# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horace-parlan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:49:29.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horace-parlan"
name: "Horace Parlan"
slug: "horace-parlan"
description: "Horace Parlan was an American jazz pianist and composer known for working in the hard bop and post-bop styles. In addition to his work as a bandleader, Parlan was known for his contributions to the Charles Mingus recordings Mingus Ah Um (1959) and Blues & Roots (1960)."
tagline: "(1931-2017) American-Danish jazz pianist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Alan_Dawson_and_Horace_Parlan.jpg/330px-Alan_Dawson_and_Horace_Parlan.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
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: "1931-01-19"
deathDate: "2017-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.46
  momentum:             3.446808510638298
  historical:           10.30720266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1627522/"
    handle:    "nm1627522"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/413WfGS7CgAHEJD4DtAo3e"
    handle:    "413WfGS7CgAHEJD4DtAo3e"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Parlan"
    title: "Horace Parlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Parlan"
    title: "Horace Parlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Parlan"
    title: "Horace Parlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Parlan"
    title: "Horace Parlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Parlan"
    title: "Horace Parlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Parlan"
    title: "Horace Parlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ホレス・パーラン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Parlan"
    title: "Horace Parlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Parlan"
    title: "Horace Parlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Parlan"
    title: "Horace Parlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/72ebac7b-e29d-4cd6-8ce4-36465b907ce9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1627905"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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