# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-sampson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:08:42.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-sampson"
name: "Edgar Sampson"
slug: "edgar-sampson"
description: "Edgar Melvin Sampson, nicknamed \"The Lamb\", was an American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist. Born in New York City, he began playing violin aged six and picked up the saxophone in high school. He worked as an arranger and composer for many jazz bands in the 1930s and 1940s. He composed several well-known jazz standards, including \"Stompin' at the Savoy\", and \"Don't Be That Way\"."
tagline: "American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist (1907–1973)"
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: "1907-08-31"
deathDate: "1973-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.8
  momentum:             0.08333333333333334
  historical:           8.542045333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "إدغار سامبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ادقار سامبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Sampson"
    title: "Edgar Sampson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Sampson"
    title: "Edgar Sampson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Sampson"
    title: "Edgar Sampson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Sampson"
    title: "Edgar Sampson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Sampson"
    title: "Edgar Sampson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/79842485-d513-4057-a55f-eb7212752719"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347078"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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