# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oscar-pettiford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:19:07.711Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-pettiford"
name: "Oscar Pettiford"
slug: "oscar-pettiford"
description: "Oscar Pettiford was an American jazz double bassist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom."
tagline: "American musician (1922–1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oscar_Pettiford_(Gottlieb_07051).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-09-30"
deathDate: "1960-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     30.44
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump