# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-skidmore
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:28:44.524Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-skidmore"
name: "Jimmy Skidmore"
slug: "jimmy-skidmore"
description: "James Richard Skidmore was an English jazz tenor saxophonist. He was born in Manor Park, London and was the father of tenor and soprano saxophonist Alan Skidmore."
tagline: "British musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1916-02-08"
deathDate: "1998-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.669582666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1463358"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جيمى سكيدمور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Skidmore"
    title: "Jimmy Skidmore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Skidmore"
    title: "Jimmy Skidmore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Skidmore"
    title: "Jimmy Skidmore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A2"
    title: "ジミー・スキドモア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Skidmore"
    title: "Jimmy Skidmore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Skidmore"
    title: "Jimmy Skidmore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2de785ed-2d37-47df-b710-1dad1075c833"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689435"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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