# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-faddis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:47:33.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-faddis"
name: "Jon Faddis"
slug: "jon-faddis"
description: "Jon Faddis is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education. Upon his first appearance on the scene, he became known for his ability to closely mirror the sound of trumpet icon Dizzy Gillespie, who was his mentor along with pianist Stan Kenton and trumpeter Bill Catalano."
tagline: "American jazz trumpet player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jon_Faddis.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: "1953-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.2
  momentum:             0.1153324287652646
  historical:           12.32034266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264901/"
    handle:    "nm0264901"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jonfaddis.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジョン・ファディス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2103a430-9bb8-4dd1-8c6a-40a6b1b17a3f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1350269"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1210649"
    title: "Jon Faddis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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