# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-mccandless
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:51:52.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-mccandless"
name: "Paul McCandless"
slug: "paul-mccandless"
description: "Paul Brownlee McCandless Jr. is an American multi-instrumentalist and founding member of the American jazz group Oregon. He is one of the few jazz oboists. He also plays bass clarinet, English horn, flute, penny whistle, tenor saxophone, sopranino saxophone, and soprano saxophone."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Mc_Candless.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: "1947-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.21
  momentum:             18.39622641509434
  historical:           9.892766666666668
  currentAttention:     4.36
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/316791"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "باول مكندلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "پاول مکندلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCandless"
    title: "Paul McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCandless"
    title: "Paul McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCandless"
    title: "Paul McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCandless"
    title: "Paul McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCandless"
    title: "Paul McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCandless"
    title: "Paul McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "МакКэндлесс, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCandless"
    title: "Paul McCandless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/29cfc71a-2ac7-4841-bfaa-db447262c96f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q330611"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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