# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:29:34.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-ellis"
name: "Don Ellis"
slug: "don-ellis"
description: "Donald Johnson Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his life he worked as a film composer, contributing a score to 1971's The French Connection and 1973's The Seven-Ups."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1934-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Ellis_Holton_trumpet.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: "1934-07-25"
deathDate: "1978-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.167652859960552
  historical:           12.83524933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254803/"
    handle:    "nm0254803"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.donellismusic.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دون إليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دون اليس"
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    title: "دون الیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Дон Елис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ellis"
    title: "Don Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ellis"
    title: "Don Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ellis"
    title: "Don Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ellis"
    title: "Don Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ellis"
    title: "Don Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ellis"
    title: "Don Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ellis"
    title: "Don Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ellis"
    title: "Don Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "ڈان ایلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Don Ellis"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump