# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oliver-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:43:27.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oliver-nelson"
name: "Oliver Nelson"
slug: "oliver-nelson"
description: "Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) is regarded as one of the most significant recordings of its era. The centerpiece of the album is the definitive version of Nelson's composition, \"Stolen Moments\". Other important recordings from the 1960s are the albums More Blues and the Abstract Truth (1964) and Sound Pieces (1966), both also on Impulse!."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Oliver_Edward_Nelson.jpg/330px-Oliver_Edward_Nelson.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932-06-04"
deathDate: "1975-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     11.64
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625648/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump