# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-abercrombie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:43:09.418Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-abercrombie"
name: "John Abercrombie"
slug: "john-abercrombie"
description: "John Laird Abercrombie was an American jazz guitarist. His work explored jazz fusion, free jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Abercrombie studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He was known for his understated style and his work with organ trios."
tagline: "American jazz guitarist (1944–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Abercrombie.png?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: "1944-12-16"
deathDate: "2017-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.25281733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "1OCdpTg8d7Ehpj8B9j4iqa"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnabercrombie.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "John Abercrombie"
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    title: "John Abercrombie (Musiker)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abercrombie_(musicien)"
    title: "John Abercrombie (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョン・アバークロンビー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Abercrombie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Abercrombie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abercrombie"
    title: "John Abercrombie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abercrombie_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "John Abercrombie (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abercrombie_(guitarist)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abercrombie_(musiker)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Abercrombie (müzisyen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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