# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-lyons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:13:05.830Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-lyons"
name: "Jimmy Lyons"
slug: "jimmy-lyons"
description: "Jimmy Lyons was an American alto saxophone player. He is best known for his long tenure in the Cecil Taylor Unit. Lyons was the only constant member of the band from the mid-1960s until his death. Taylor never worked with another musician as frequently as he did with Lyons. Lyons' playing, influenced by Charlie Parker, kept Taylor's avant-garde music tethered to the jazz tradition."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist (1931-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_Lyons.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1933-02-01"
deathDate: "1986-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.36
  momentum:             0.3973509933774835
  historical:           7.216956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/258129"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جيمي ليونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lyons"
    title: "Jimmy Lyons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lyons_(saxophonist)"
    title: "Jimmy Lyons (saxophonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lyons"
    title: "Jimmy Lyons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ジミー・ライオンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lyons"
    title: "Jimmy Lyons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cde26c1c-aefb-43bd-b2ac-6b5d99d5778d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290363"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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