# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-serge-essous
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:31:33.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-serge-essous"
name: "Jean-Serge Essous"
slug: "jean-serge-essous"
description: "Jean Serge Essous was a Congolese saxophonist, clarinetist, and cofounder of the Afrika Team in Paris, Bantous de la Capital in Brazzaville, OK Jazz and Orchestre Rock a Mambo. On 11 October 2006, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura designated him a UNESCO Artist for Peace."
tagline: "Congolese musician (1935–2009)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-01-15"
deathDate: "2009-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.35
  momentum:             2.984848484848485
  historical:           5.938553333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1392706"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Serge_Essous"
    title: "Jean Serge Essous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Serge_Essous"
    title: "Jean Serge Essous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Serge_Essous"
    title: "Jean-Serge Essous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジャン・セルジュ・エッスー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Serge_Essous"
    title: "Jean Serge Essous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Serge_Essous"
    title: "Jean Serge Essous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1832226"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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