# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gigi-gryce
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:47:09.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gigi-gryce"
name: "Gigi Gryce"
slug: "gigi-gryce"
description: "Gigi Gryce, later in life changing his name to Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator."
tagline: "American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator (1925–1983)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/19/Gigi_Gryce.jpg/330px-Gigi_Gryce.jpg"
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: "1925-11-28"
deathDate: "1983-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.28
  momentum:             1.869090909090909
  historical:           12.72541866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2482015/"
    handle:    "nm2482015"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gigigryce.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيجى جريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Gryce"
    title: "Gigi Gryce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Gryce"
    title: "Gigi Gryce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Gryce"
    title: "Gigi Gryce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Gryce"
    title: "Gigi Gryce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Gryce"
    title: "Gigi Gryce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Gryce"
    title: "Gigi Gryce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジジ・グライス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%80%EC%A7%80_%EA%B7%B8%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "지지 그라이스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Gryce"
    title: "Gigi Gryce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8"
    title: "Грайс, Джиджи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%96_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81"
    title: "Джиджі Грайс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q563275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2174727"
    title: "Gigi Gryce"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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