# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-clayton-q253285
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:02:57.184Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-clayton-q253285"
name: "John Clayton"
slug: "john-clayton-q253285"
description: "John Lee Clayton Jr. is an American jazz musician, classical double bassist, arranger, and composer."
tagline: "American jazz and classical double bassist, arranger and bigband leader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jiggs_Whigham_%26_John_Clayton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1952-08-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.773905333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JohnClaytonbass"
    handle:    "JohnClaytonbass"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7xpCL3ZjAsjhUIPJBE5PmB"
    handle:    "7xpCL3ZjAsjhUIPJBE5PmB"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.johnclaytonjazz.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/267719"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2)"
    title: "جون كلايتون (عازف جاز)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clayton_(Bassist)"
    title: "John Clayton (Bassist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clayton_(bassist)"
    title: "John Clayton (bassist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clayton_(bassiste)"
    title: "John Clayton (bassiste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_(%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98)"
    title: "ג'ון קלייטון (בסיסט)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clayton"
    title: "John Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3_(%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88)"
    title: "ジョン・クレイトン (ベーシスト)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clayton_(bassist)"
    title: "John Clayton (bassist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/006dcc8a-09f1-4659-82ed-9ed7693dbebd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q253285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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