# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-quill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:30:16.745Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-quill"
name: "Gene Quill"
slug: "gene-quill"
description: "Daniel Eugene Quill was an American jazz alto saxophonist who played often with Phil Woods in the duet Phil and Quill. Quill also worked as a sideman for Buddy DeFranco, Quincy Jones, Gene Krupa, Gerry Mulligan, and Claude Thornhill. He played on the last recording of Billie Holiday in 1959. In 1988, Quill died at the age of 60 in his hometown of Atlantic City, New Jersey."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist (1927–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gene_Quill_(Q585323).jpg?width=1200"
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: "1927-12-15"
deathDate: "1988-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.138589333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/363532"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Quill"
    title: "Gene Quill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Quill"
    title: "Gene Quill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジーン・クイル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Quill"
    title: "Gene Quill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Quill"
    title: "Gene Quill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/587682ab-c034-4411-94d1-b3abcb68d48b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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