# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-durham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:48:49.258Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-durham"
name: "Eddie Durham"
slug: "eddie-durham"
description: "Edward Durham was an American jazz guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger. He was one of the pioneers of the electric guitar in jazz. The orchestras of Bennie Moten, Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, and Glenn Miller took great benefit from his composing and arranging skill."
tagline: "American musician (1906-1987)"
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: "1906-08-19"
deathDate: "1987-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.34
  momentum:             13.53491803278689
  historical:           9.42106
  currentAttention:     1.16
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0244071/"
    handle:    "nm0244071"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/254909"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "إدي دورهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ادى دورهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Durham"
    title: "Eddie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Durham"
    title: "Eddie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Durham"
    title: "Eddie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Durham"
    title: "Eddie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Durham"
    title: "Eddie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0"
    title: "エディ・ダラム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Durham"
    title: "Eddie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/216b558a-3909-4ea5-9364-7c7c1f9e965d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727693"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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