# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:22:09.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-adams"
name: "George Adams"
slug: "george-adams"
description: "George Rufus Adams was an American jazz musician who played tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. He is best known for his work with Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Roy Haynes and in the quartet he co-led with pianist Don Pullen, featuring bassist Cameron Brown and drummer Dannie Richmond. He was also known for his idiosyncratic singing."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1940-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Adams_(Sax).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: "1940-04-29"
deathDate: "1992-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.22
  momentum:             13.96825396825397
  historical:           14.23546
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جورج ادامز (شارکی یازیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_(musiker)"
    title: "George Adams (musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_(Musiker)"
    title: "George Adams (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_(musician)"
    title: "George Adams (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams"
    title: "George Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_(sassofonista)"
    title: "George Adams (sassofonista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams"
    title: "George Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_(m%C3%BCzisyen)"
    title: "George Adams (müzisyen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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