# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-blanton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:31:08.210Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-blanton"
name: "Jimmy Blanton"
slug: "jimmy-blanton"
description: "James Blanton was an American jazz double bassist. Blanton is credited with being the originator of more complex pizzicato and arco bass solos in a jazz context than previous bassists. Nicknamed \"Jimmie\", Blanton's nickname is usually misspelled as \"Jimmy\", including by Duke Ellington."
tagline: "American musician (1918–1942)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Jimmy_Blanton.jpg"
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: "1918-10-05"
deathDate: "1942-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.038592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Jimmy Blanton"
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    title: "Jimmy Blanton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump