# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hilton-jefferson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:40:43.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hilton-jefferson"
name: "Hilton Jefferson"
slug: "hilton-jefferson"
description: "Hilton Jefferson was an American jazz alto saxophonist born in Danbury, Connecticut, United States, perhaps best known for leading the saxophone section from 1940 to 1949 in the Cab Calloway band. Jefferson is said to have been \"a soft, delicate saxophone player, with an exquisite sensibility.\""
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist (1903–1968)"
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: "1903-07-30"
deathDate: "1968-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.96
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.009107999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هيلتون جيفرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هیلتون جیفرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Jefferson"
    title: "Hilton Jefferson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Jefferson"
    title: "Hilton Jefferson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Jefferson"
    title: "Hilton Jefferson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Jefferson"
    title: "Hilton Jefferson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fadcfecc-6ecf-4e5c-a43b-fa67a4defb5c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282977"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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