# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jaki-byard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:47:12.997Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jaki-byard"
name: "Jaki Byard"
slug: "jaki-byard"
description: "John Arthur \"Jaki\" Byard was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. Mainly a pianist, he also played tenor and alto saxophones, among several other instruments. He was known for his eclectic style, incorporating everything from ragtime and stride to free jazz."
tagline: "American musician (1922-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaki_Byard_1979.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: "1922-06-15"
deathDate: "1999-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.96
  momentum:             16.69800884955752
  historical:           14.94280666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jakibyard.org"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چاكى بيارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "ジャッキー・バイアード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard"
    title: "Jaki Byard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%94%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Джекі Баєрд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f627e4e-4d29-45f0-8dd0-84a8b7f41799"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346401"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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