# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/muhal-richard-abrams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:08:56.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/muhal-richard-abrams"
name: "Muhal Richard Abrams"
slug: "muhal-richard-abrams"
description: "Muhal Richard Abrams was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium. He recorded and toured the United States, Canada and Europe with his orchestra, sextet, quartet, duo, and as a solo pianist."
tagline: "American musician (1930-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Muhal_Richard_Abrams_06N4854.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: "1930-09-19"
deathDate: "2017-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.70237866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Muhal Richard Abrams"
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    title: "Muhal Richard Abrams"
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    title: "Muhal Richard Abrams"
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    title: "Muhal Richard Abrams"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump