# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-desmond
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:06:38.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-desmond"
name: "Paul Desmond"
slug: "paul-desmond"
description: "Paul Desmond was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer and proponent of cool jazz. He was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and composed the group's biggest hit, \"Take Five\". The song remains the best-selling jazz song of all time."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1924-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Desmond_from_Carl_Van_Vechten_collection.png?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: "1924-11-25"
deathDate: "1977-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.75
  momentum:             0.1997511297399961
  historical:           24.360664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221474/"
    handle:    "nm0221474"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://puredesmond.ca"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Paul Desmond"
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    title: "Paul Desmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Desmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Desmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Paul Desmond"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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