# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-mcduff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:28:37.337Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-mcduff"
name: "Jack McDuff"
slug: "jack-mcduff"
description: "Eugene McDuffy, known professionally as \"Brother\" Jack McDuff or \"Captain\" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. He was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio. He is also credited with giving guitarist George Benson his first break."
tagline: "American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1926-2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/43/Jack_McDuff_photo.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: "1926-09-17"
deathDate: "2001-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.99
  momentum:             0.479313824419778
  historical:           12.54143866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0GX5PlFlvOiEdNvA7YHJzs"
    handle:    "0GX5PlFlvOiEdNvA7YHJzs"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جاك مكدوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brother Jack McDuff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack McDuff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McDuff"
    title: "Jack McDuff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McDuff"
    title: "Jack McDuff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Jack_McDuff"
    title: "Brother Jack McDuff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McDuff"
    title: "Jack McDuff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McDuff"
    title: "Jack McDuff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack McDuff"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McDuff"
    title: "Jack McDuff"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Макдафф, Джек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump