# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gil-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:47:18.840Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gil-evans"
name: "Gil Evans"
slug: "gil-evans"
description: "Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with Miles Davis."
tagline: "American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist (1912–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ryo-gil.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1912-05-13"
deathDate: "1988-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           23.6149
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  243
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Gil Evans"
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    title: "Gil Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gil Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gil Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump