# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-katz
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:48:04.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-katz"
name: "Fred Katz"
slug: "fred-katz"
description: "Frederick Katz was an American cellist and composer. He was among the earliest jazz musicians to establish the cello as a viable improvising solo instrument. Katz has been described in CODA magazine as \"the first real jazz cellist.\""
tagline: "American cellist (1919-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick_Katz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1919-02-25"
deathDate: "2013-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.47
  momentum:             5.421686746987953
  historical:           9.015192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441711/"
    handle:    "nm0441711"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.fredkatz.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/308539"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/18832cee-bac3-44c3-aa45-1aee721bb3ed"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "فرد كاتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "فرد كاتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Katz"
    title: "Fred Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Katz"
    title: "Fred Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Katz_(cellist)"
    title: "Fred Katz (cellist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Katz"
    title: "Fred Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Katz"
    title: "Fred Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%B9%D8%B2_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%B9)"
    title: "فریڈ کاٹز (سیلسٹ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1452393"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89036"
    title: "Fred Katz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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