# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/curtis-fowlkes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:46:54.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/curtis-fowlkes"
name: "Curtis Fowlkes"
slug: "curtis-fowlkes"
description: "Curtis Fowlkes was an American jazz trombonist and singer. He was a founding member of The Jazz Passengers. He had a twin brother James May Fowlkes and his parents were James Ray and Rosa May Fowlkes."
tagline: "American musician (1950–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Curtis_Fowlkes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-03-19"
deathDate: "2023-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.806624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/257377"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "كورتيس فولكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "كورتيس فولكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Fowlkes"
    title: "Curtis Fowlkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Fowlkes"
    title: "Curtis Fowlkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Fowlkes"
    title: "Curtis Fowlkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Fowlkes"
    title: "Curtis Fowlkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/71b77288-a3e4-4121-ad8c-5161b8bf4b66"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1145561"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump