# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcus-strickland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:40:27.133Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcus-strickland"
name: "Marcus Strickland"
slug: "marcus-strickland"
description: "Marcus Strickland is an American jazz soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist. He was born in Gainesville, Florida, and grew up in Miami. Down Beat magazine's Critics' Poll named him 'Rising Star on Tenor Saxophone' in 2010 and 'Rising Star on Soprano Saxophone' in 2008. JazzTimes magazine's Reader's Poll named him 'Best New Artist' in 2006. He placed third in the 2002 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Additionally, he teaches jazz saxophone at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami."
tagline: "American jazz soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcus_Strickland_06N5666.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: "1979-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.25
  momentum:             0.9223300970873787
  historical:           7.0081
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/marcustrickland"
    handle:    "marcustrickland"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6de0V6wLyRKp3I2LDMrXCr"
    handle:    "6de0V6wLyRKp3I2LDMrXCr"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.marcusstrickland.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ماركوس ستريكلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Strickland"
    title: "Marcus Strickland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Strickland"
    title: "Marcus Strickland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Strickland"
    title: "Marcus Strickland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Strickland"
    title: "Marcus Strickland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Strickland"
    title: "Marcus Strickland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/610a028f-aa19-43d4-afc0-338556fa6693"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1894385"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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