# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jayne-cortez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:14:13.693Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jayne-cortez"
name: "Jayne Cortez"
slug: "jayne-cortez"
description: "Jayne Cortez was an African-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist. Her writing is part of the canon of the Black Arts Movement. She was married to jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman from 1954 to 1964, and their son is jazz drummer Denardo Coleman. In 1975, Cortez married painter, sculptor, and printmaker Melvin Edwards, and they lived in Dakar, Senegal, and New York City."
tagline: "American avant-garde jazz poet (1934–2012)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-05-10"
deathDate: "2012-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.697410666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0181361/"
    handle:    "nm0181361"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jaynecortez08.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/757403"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "جين كورتيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "جين كورتيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Cortez"
    title: "Jayne Cortez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Cortez"
    title: "Jayne Cortez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Cortez"
    title: "Jayne Cortez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Cortez"
    title: "Jayne Cortez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Cortez"
    title: "Jayne Cortez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Cortez"
    title: "Jayne Cortez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Cortez"
    title: "Jayne Cortez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/65e5762b-7dae-4186-a19f-9d70edf86586"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1670154"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4473188"
    title: "Jayne Cortez"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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