# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-moody
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:30:09.880Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-moody"
name: "James Moody"
slug: "james-moody"
description: "James Moody was an American jazz saxophone and flute player and very occasional vocalist, playing predominantly in the bebop and hard bop styles. The annual James Moody Jazz Festival is held in Newark, New Jersey."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1925-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesMoody.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: "1925-03-26"
deathDate: "2010-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.76
  momentum:             1.815286624203821
  historical:           17.59348933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0600483"
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    url:       "http://www.jamesmoody.com/"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4aEpM8RuVFDhH7ry8TUn4M"
    handle:    "James Moody"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moody"
    title: "James Moody"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moody_(Saxophonist)"
    title: "James Moody (Saxophonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Moody (saxophonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moody_(saksofonisto)"
    title: "James Moody (saksofonisto)"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moody"
    title: "James Moody"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Moody"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moody_(saxophoniste)"
    title: "James Moody (saxophoniste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moody_(zen%C3%A9sz)"
    title: "James Moody (zenész)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moody_(sassofonista)"
    title: "James Moody (sassofonista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Moody"
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    title: "James Moody (saxofonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moody_(muzyk)"
    title: "James Moody (muzyk)"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moody"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "James Moody"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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