# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-cuscuna
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:45:39.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-cuscuna"
name: "Michael Cuscuna"
slug: "michael-cuscuna"
description: "Michael Cuscuna was an American jazz record producer and writer. He was the co-founder of Mosaic Records and a discographer of Blue Note Records."
tagline: "American jazz record producer and writer (1948–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/MichaelCuscuna_Katz_2042_6a_1995_copy_%281%29.jpg/330px-MichaelCuscuna_Katz_2042_6a_1995_copy_%281%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1948-09-20"
deathDate: "2024-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.8
  momentum:             12.93103448275862
  historical:           7.680310666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193679/"
    handle:    "nm0193679"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/252960"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "مايكل كوسكونا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cuscuna"
    title: "Michael Cuscuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cuscuna"
    title: "Michael Cuscuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cuscuna"
    title: "Michael Cuscuna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A"
    title: "マイケル・カスクーナ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Кускуна, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e9e9e70d-0fa4-44d6-a029-d085d92bc7d8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q786553"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1473100"
    title: "Michael Cuscuna"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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