# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/javon-jackson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:03:10.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/javon-jackson"
name: "Javon Jackson"
slug: "javon-jackson"
description: "Javon Anthony Jackson is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and educator. He first became known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1987 until Blakey's death in 1990. and went on to release 22 recordings as a bandleader and tour and record on over 150 CDs with jazz greats including Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden, Betty Carter, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Stanley Turrentine and Ben E. King."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2016-09-24_Javon_Jackson_4650.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: "1965-06-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.88
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.951837333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.javonjackson.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/96443"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javon_Jackson"
    title: "Javon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javon_Jackson"
    title: "Javon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javon_Jackson"
    title: "Javon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javon_Jackson"
    title: "Javon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javon_Jackson"
    title: "Javon Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a6465be-d9d3-4c75-9820-b12ec3d4c8c7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349774"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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