# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-mcshann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:48:03.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-mcshann"
name: "Jay McShann"
slug: "jay-mcshann"
description: "James Columbus \"Jay\" McShann was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and Ben Webster."
tagline: "American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer (1916–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jay_McShann_in_Edinburgh.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: "1916-01-12"
deathDate: "2006-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.31
  momentum:             1.20855614973262
  historical:           13.17106133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574546/"
    handle:    "nm0574546"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jaymcshann.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چاى مكشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann"
    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann"
    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann"
    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann"
    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann"
    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann"
    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジェイ・マクシャン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann"
    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann"
    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McShann"
    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9"
    title: "Макшенн, Джей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3043ab78-07a1-4a2a-9528-c873ceddba94"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1684347"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1210655"
    title: "Jay McShann"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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