# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-forrest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:43:16.908Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-forrest"
name: "Jimmy Forrest"
slug: "jimmy-forrest"
description: "James Robert Forrest Jr. was an American jazz musician who played tenor saxophone throughout his career."
tagline: "African American jazz musician (1920-1980)"
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: "1920-01-24"
deathDate: "1980-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.09
  momentum:             2.495379334624186
  historical:           13.55640933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286654/"
    handle:    "nm0286654"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/272656"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2)"
    title: "جيمي فورست (عازف جاز)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جیمی فارست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Forrest"
    title: "Jimmy Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Forrest_(Jazzmusiker)"
    title: "Jimmy Forrest (Jazzmusiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Forrest_(musician)"
    title: "Jimmy Forrest (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Forrest"
    title: "Jimmy Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Forrest"
    title: "Jimmy Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جیمی فارست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Forrest"
    title: "Jimmy Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Forrest_(musicista)"
    title: "Jimmy Forrest (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88"
    title: "ジミー・フォレスト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Forrest"
    title: "Jimmy Forrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Forrest_(m%C3%BCzisyen)"
    title: "Jimmy Forrest (müzisyen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D1%96_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Джиммі Форрест"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e1f405d-1a77-4e67-8523-6dd16d8c2b18"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q961070"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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