# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mezz-mezzrow
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:29:06.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mezz-mezzrow"
name: "Mezz Mezzrow"
slug: "mezz-mezzrow"
description: "Milton Mesirow, better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. He is remembered for organizing and financing recording sessions with Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet. He recorded with Bechet as well and briefly acted as manager for Louis Armstrong. Mezzrow is equally known as a colorful character, as portrayed in his autobiography, Really the Blues, co-written with Bernard Wolfe and published in 1946."
tagline: "American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo_Portrait_of_the_American_musician_Mezz_Mezzrow_1959_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_2098.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: "1899-11-09"
deathDate: "1972-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.448096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1573787/"
    handle:    "nm1573787"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميز ميزرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a3aea435-d1fb-45ca-b38d-411335d4717f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326297"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4250465"
    title: "Mezz Mezzrow"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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