# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-mcghee
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:58:48.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-mcghee"
name: "Howard McGhee"
slug: "howard-mcghee"
description: "Howard McGhee was one of the first American bebop jazz trumpeters, alongside Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for his fast fingering and high notes. He had an influence on younger bebop trumpeters such as Navarro."
tagline: "American trumpeter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard_McGhee_1976.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: "1918-03-06"
deathDate: "1987-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.78
  momentum:             2.801235839340886
  historical:           14.71141466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1553068/"
    handle:    "nm1553068"
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    title: "Howard McGhee"
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    title: "Howard McGhee"
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    title: "Howard McGhee"
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    title: "Howard McGhee"
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    title: "Howard McGhee"
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    title: "Howard McGhee"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump