# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-bowie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:09:13.091Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-bowie"
name: "Lester Bowie"
slug: "lester-bowie"
description: "Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago."
tagline: "American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lester_Bowie.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-10-11"
deathDate: "1999-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "nm0101156"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump