# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melba-liston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:39:57.079Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melba-liston"
name: "Melba Liston"
slug: "melba-liston"
description: "Melba Doretta Liston was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. She was the first woman trombonist to play alongside men in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s, but as her career progressed she became better known as an arranger, particularly in partnership with pianist Randy Weston. Other major artists with whom she worked include Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, and Count Basie."
tagline: "American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer (1926–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melba_Liston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1926-01-13"
deathDate: "1999-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.52502266666667
  currentAttention:     6.96
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514285/"
    handle:    "nm0514285"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميلبا ليستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Liston"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мельба Лістон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/90b5459b-6f1a-4dc7-a27a-9b26acda1ea3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274146"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5906413"
    title: "Melba Liston"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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