# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-surman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:55:46.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-surman"
name: "John Surman"
slug: "john-surman"
description: "John Douglas Surman is an English jazz saxophone, clarinet, and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music. He has composed and performed music for dance performances and film soundtracks."
tagline: "British saxophonist and clarinetist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Surman_2.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1944-08-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.85706
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0839683/"
    handle:    "nm0839683"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnsurman.com"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5THaOlI8Qr3Za3FD6FnWvK"
    handle:    "John Surman"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون سورمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "جان سورمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surman"
    title: "John Surman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surman"
    title: "John Surman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surman"
    title: "John Surman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surman"
    title: "John Surman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "جان سورمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surman"
    title: "John Surman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surman"
    title: "John Surman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surman"
    title: "John Surman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョン・サーマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surman"
    title: "John Surman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surman"
    title: "John Surman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Серман, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4da58868-23ff-4839-b7f3-e79b00cf6d6f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1123533"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32807"
    title: "John Surman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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