# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-heath
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:21:31.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-heath"
name: "Jimmy Heath"
slug: "jimmy-heath"
description: "James Edward Heath, nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader (1926–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_Heath_1998.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-10-25"
deathDate: "2020-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.182851239669422
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jimmyheathofficial"
    handle:    "jimmyheathofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm1183016"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jimmyheath.com"
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    title: "Jimmy Heath"
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    title: "Jimmy Heath"
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    title: "ジミー・ヒース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jimmy Heath"
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    title: "Jimmy Heath"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump