# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jo-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:42:23.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jo-jones"
name: "Jo Jones"
slug: "jo-jones"
description: "Jonathan David Samuel Jones was an American jazz drummer. A band leader and pioneer in jazz percussion, Jones anchored the Count Basie Orchestra rhythm section from 1934 to 1948. He was sometimes known as Papa Jo Jones to distinguish him from younger drummer Philly Joe Jones."
tagline: "American jazz drummer (1911–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jo_Jones.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: "1911-10-07"
deathDate: "1985-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.65523466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428399/"
    handle:    "nm0428399"
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    title: "Jo Jones"
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    title: "Jo Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jo Jones"
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    title: "ג'ו ג'ונס"
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    title: "Jo Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Jones"
    title: "Jo Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Jones"
    title: "Jo Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョー・ジョーンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "조 존스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jo Jones"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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