# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norris-turney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:32:23.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norris-turney"
name: "Norris Turney"
slug: "norris-turney"
description: "Norris William Turney was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist."
tagline: "American musician (1921-2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Duke_Ellington_at_the_Minsk_Sports_Palace_01.jpg/330px-Duke_Ellington_at_the_Minsk_Sports_Palace_01.jpg"
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: "1921-09-08"
deathDate: "2001-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.78
  momentum:             2.880434782608696
  historical:           6.803852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/372552"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "نوريس تيرني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "نوريس تيرنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Turney"
    title: "Norris Turney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Turney"
    title: "Norris Turney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Turney"
    title: "Norris Turney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_Turney"
    title: "Norris Turney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6e3be447-44a4-4cfd-a1e8-f7fad8cf2320"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527821"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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