# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-mcpherson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:44:22.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-mcpherson"
name: "Charles McPherson"
slug: "charles-mcpherson"
description: "Charles McPherson is an American jazz alto saxophonist born in Joplin, Missouri, United States; raised in Detroit, Michigan; and now lives in San Diego, California. He worked intermittently with Charles Mingus from 1960 to 1974, and as a performer leading his own groups."
tagline: "American jazz alto saxophonist (born 1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_McPherson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.363636363636364
  historical:           12.30079466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0574212"
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    url:       "http://www.charlesmcpherson.com/"
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    title: "Charles McPherson"
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    title: "Charles McPherson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump