# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenny-dorham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:59:02.455Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenny-dorham"
name: "Kenny Dorham"
slug: "kenny-dorham"
description: "McKinley Howard \"Kenny\" Dorham was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and occasional singer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public recognition from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did. For this reason, writer Gary Giddins said that Dorham's name has become \"virtually synonymous with 'underrated'.\""
tagline: "American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer (1924–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenny_Dorham_Advertisement.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: "1924-08-30"
deathDate: "1972-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.03
  momentum:             15
  historical:           19.24544266666667
  currentAttention:     7.96
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2324526/"
    handle:    "nm2324526"
sources:
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    title: "Kenny Dorham"
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    title: "Kenny Dorham"
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    title: "קני דורהאם"
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    title: "Kenny Dorham"
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    title: "Kenny Dorham"
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    title: "Kenny Dorham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump