# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-mcvea
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:35:41.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-mcvea"
name: "Jack McVea"
slug: "jack-mcvea"
description: "John Vivian McVea was an American swing, blues, and rhythm and blues woodwind player and bandleader. He played clarinet and tenor and baritone saxophone."
tagline: "American musician (1914–2000)"
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: "1914-11-05"
deathDate: "2000-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.11
  momentum:             0.3225806451612903
  historical:           8.340245333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0990549/"
    handle:    "nm0990549"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/330696"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%85%D9%83%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "چاك مكڤاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McVea"
    title: "Jack McVea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McVea"
    title: "Jack McVea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McVea"
    title: "Jack McVea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McVea"
    title: "Jack McVea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McVea"
    title: "Jack McVea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McVea"
    title: "Jack McVea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McVea"
    title: "Jack McVea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/23cb032e-eca4-420f-a006-cf0d4e9ca6fd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955738"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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