# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonah-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:33:32.538Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonah-jones"
name: "Jonah Jones"
slug: "jonah-jones"
description: "Jonah Jones was a jazz trumpeter who created concise versions of jazz and swing and jazz standards that appealed to a mass audience. In the jazz community, he is known for his work with Stuff Smith. He was sometimes referred to as \"King Louis II\", a reference to Louis Armstrong. Jones started playing alto saxophone at the age of 12 in the Booker T. Washington Community Center band in Louisville, Kentucky, before quickly transitioning to trumpet, where he excelled."
tagline: "American jazz trumpeter (1909–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonah_Jones%2C_Columbia_Studio%2C_NYC%2C_march_1947_(Gottlieb_04681).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: "1909-12-31"
deathDate: "2000-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.52
  momentum:             1.417322834645669
  historical:           8.754393333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/123414"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جونا جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Jones_(Jazzmusiker)"
    title: "Jonah Jones (Jazzmusiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Jones"
    title: "Jonah Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Jones"
    title: "Jonah Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Jones"
    title: "Jonah Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Jones"
    title: "Jonah Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EB%82%98_%EC%A1%B4%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "조나 존스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Jones"
    title: "Jonah Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d5fc2a70-7784-4877-84d3-473c99c09833"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350938"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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