# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernie-wilkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:39:10.270Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernie-wilkins"
name: "Ernie Wilkins"
slug: "ernie-wilkins"
description: "Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie. He composed for Tommy Dorsey, Clark Terry, and Dizzy Gillespie. He was musical director for albums by Nat Adderley, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, and Buddy Rich."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernie_Wilkins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-07-20"
deathDate: "1999-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.137815325095733
  historical:           9.886466666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929255/"
    handle:    "nm0929255"
sources:
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    title: "Уилкинс, Эрни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "إيرني ويلكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Wilkins"
    title: "Ernie Wilkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Wilkins"
    title: "Ernie Wilkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Wilkins"
    title: "Ernie Wilkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Wilkins"
    title: "Ernie Wilkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Wilkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Wilkins"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326634"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Ernie Wilkins"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump