# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leslie-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:12:28.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leslie-adams"
name: "Leslie Adams"
slug: "leslie-adams"
description: "Harrison Leslie Adams Jr. was an American composer. His works have been performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra, Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and the Center for Black Music Research, among others. Metropolitan Opera artists have performed his vocal works internationally. He has also received composition awards from the National Association of Negro Women and the Christian Arts National Competition for Choral Music. Adams is best known for writing music for voice but has also written numerous purely instrumental compositions. Adams's music is composed largely within the tradition of Western classical music and also incorporates elements unique to African-American music."
tagline: "American musician (1932–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H_leslie_adams.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: "1932-12-20"
deathDate: "2024-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.71
  momentum:             0.6818181818181819
  historical:           6.141577333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.under.org/cpcc/ladams.htm"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/81e4e9c5-bbf6-438d-9ba3-4d2994e5185f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Adams"
    title: "Leslie Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ليزلي آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ليزلى آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Leslie_Adams"
    title: "H. Leslie Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Adams_(composer)"
    title: "Leslie Adams (composer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Adams"
    title: "Leslie Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1562605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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