# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nat-pierce
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:31:46.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nat-pierce"
name: "Nat Pierce"
slug: "nat-pierce"
description: "Nathaniel Pierce Blish Jr., known professionally as Nat Pierce was an American jazz pianist and prolific composer and arranger, perhaps best known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 1951 to 1955. Pieces by Pierce were predominantly created for use in big bands."
tagline: "American musician (1925–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nat_Pierce.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: "1925-07-16"
deathDate: "1992-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.94128933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682430/"
    handle:    "nm0682430"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/354660"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "نت بيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "نت بيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "نت بیرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Pierce"
    title: "Nat Pierce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Pierce"
    title: "Nat Pierce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Pierce"
    title: "Nat Pierce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Pierce"
    title: "Nat Pierce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ナット・ピアース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Pierce"
    title: "Nat Pierce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Pierce"
    title: "Nat Pierce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6b8db50b-b838-42b2-9772-cb4564b4f7a8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126468"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2029155"
    title: "Nat Pierce"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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