# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-mcgriff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:22:32.073Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-mcgriff"
name: "Jimmy McGriff"
slug: "jimmy-mcgriff"
description: "James Harrell McGriff was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader."
tagline: "American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_McGriff.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: "1936-04-03"
deathDate: "2008-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.05
  momentum:             0.7207207207207208
  historical:           8.376173333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1A0QR12gcj2L5hYh1WWDeh"
    handle:    "1A0QR12gcj2L5hYh1WWDeh"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff"
    title: "Jimmy McGriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff"
    title: "Jimmy McGriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff"
    title: "Jimmy McGriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff"
    title: "Jimmy McGriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff"
    title: "Jimmy McGriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff"
    title: "Jimmy McGriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff"
    title: "Jimmy McGriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff"
    title: "Jimmy McGriff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/58f23499-f263-4772-9b7a-2f6cd2fe428f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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