# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-vesala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:03:23.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-vesala"
name: "Edward Vesala"
slug: "edward-vesala"
description: "Edward Vesala, born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz drummer."
tagline: "Finnish musician (1945-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Vesala_1984_(247-75).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-02-15"
deathDate: "1999-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.876674666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895170/"
    handle:    "nm0895170"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/310367"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ادوارد ڤيسالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vesala"
    title: "Edward Vesala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vesala"
    title: "Edward Vesala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vesala"
    title: "Edward Vesala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vesala"
    title: "Edward Vesala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vesala"
    title: "Edward Vesala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9"
    title: "エドワード・ヴェサラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vesala"
    title: "Edward Vesala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vesala"
    title: "Edward Vesala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/76255a92-1b9b-4b89-bab2-9c03e781a3ed"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719931"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3351214"
    title: "Edward Vesala"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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