# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-scofield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:46:18.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-scofield"
name: "John Scofield"
slug: "john-scofield"
description: "John Scofield is an American guitarist and composer. His music blends jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention as part of the band of Miles Davis."
tagline: "American jazz guitarist and composer (born 1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Scofield_(cropped)-8643.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: "1951-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           64.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.02169866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 949
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/oldmansco/"
    handle:    "oldmansco"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/johnscofieldguitarist"
    handle:    "johnscofieldguitarist"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778604/"
    handle:    "nm0778604"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "14RXohtx6NiBGFTW8IdmAK"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCox0a_pbj_auPuirufg-H4Q"
    handle:    "@johnscofieldvevo4203"
    followers: 949
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scofield"
    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scofield"
    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջոն Սքոֆիլդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Scofield"
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    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scofield"
    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Скофилд, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/233253"
    title: "John Scofield"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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