# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-bowie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:31:11.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-bowie"
name: "Joseph Bowie"
slug: "joseph-bowie"
description: "Joseph Bowie is an American jazz trombonist and vocalist. The brother of trumpeter Lester Bowie, Joseph is known for leading the jazz-punk group Defunkt and for membership in the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble."
tagline: "American jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Bowie_Defunkt_Headless_tambourine_Unterfahrt_2012-02-21-001_(cropped).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: "1953-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.91
  momentum:             1.508515815085158
  historical:           8.750361333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/265057"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%8A"
    title: "جوزيف بويي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%89"
    title: "چوزيف بويى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bowie"
    title: "Joseph Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bowie"
    title: "Joseph Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bowie"
    title: "Joseph Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bowie"
    title: "Joseph Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bowie"
    title: "Joseph Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bowie"
    title: "Joseph Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a57422a0-6e28-4ea6-99ee-d44338a9ccca"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724190"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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