# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-dolphy
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:53:58.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-dolphy"
name: "Eric Dolphy"
slug: "eric-dolphy"
description: "Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader. Primarily an alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flautist, Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain prominence during the same era. His use of the bass clarinet helped to establish the unconventional instrument within jazz. Dolphy extended the vocabulary and boundaries of the alto saxophone, and was among the earliest significant jazz flute soloists."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1928–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Dolphy_-_Dorsey_-_1947.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1928-06-20"
deathDate: "1964-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.91086595723909
  historical:           23.602336
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0231238"
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    title: "Ерік Долфі"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump