# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-sels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:47:35.500Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-sels"
name: "Jack Sels"
slug: "jack-sels"
description: "Jean-Jacques (Jack) Sels was a Belgian jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer."
tagline: "Belgian musician (1922-1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BroodboomSels1960.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-01-29"
deathDate: "1970-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.52
  momentum:             0.2173913043478261
  historical:           7.670050666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783512/"
    handle:    "nm0783512"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6RRckLnbfvSsC31SYgHLNF"
    handle:    "6RRckLnbfvSsC31SYgHLNF"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jazzinbelgium.com/person/jack.sels"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/757747"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sels"
    title: "Jack Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sels"
    title: "Jack Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sels"
    title: "Jack Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sels"
    title: "Jack Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sels"
    title: "Jack Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sels"
    title: "Jack Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d2dbb9b7-6fde-446e-8792-7dab22a44066"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677201"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2584211"
    title: "Jack Sels"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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