# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-raney
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:41.614Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-raney"
name: "Jimmy Raney"
slug: "jimmy-raney"
description: "James Elbert Raney was an American jazz guitarist, born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, known for his work from 1951 to 1952 and then from 1953 to 1954 with the Red Norvo trio and, during the same time period, with Stan Getz. In 1954 and 1955, he won the DownBeat Critics' Poll for guitar. Raney worked in a variety of jazz mediums, including cool jazz, bebop, post bop, hard bop, and mainstream jazz."
tagline: "American musician (1927–1995)"
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: "1927-08-20"
deathDate: "1995-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.032796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5887409/"
    handle:    "nm5887409"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/42MZam7rropEzPCxlGTmOs"
    handle:    "42MZam7rropEzPCxlGTmOs"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/339516"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چيمى رانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Raney"
    title: "Jimmy Raney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Raney"
    title: "Jimmy Raney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Raney"
    title: "Jimmy Raney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Raney"
    title: "Jimmy Raney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Raney"
    title: "Jimmy Raney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99"
    title: "ג'ימי רייני"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Raney"
    title: "Jimmy Raney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Raney"
    title: "Jimmy Raney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Raney"
    title: "Jimmy Raney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Raney"
    title: "Jimmy Raney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Raney"
    title: "Jimmy Raney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/00efa793-199f-4c5d-a2ce-a96f51b9a5fa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724132"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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