# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pepper-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:32:43.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pepper-adams"
name: "Pepper Adams"
slug: "pepper-adams"
description: "Park Frederick \"Pepper\" Adams III was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a sideman. He worked with an array of musicians, and had especially fruitful collaborations with trumpeter Donald Byrd and as a member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band."
tagline: "American saxophonist (1930-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PepperAdamsFrance78.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: "1930-10-08"
deathDate: "1986-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.863504
  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/nm2620795/"
    handle:    "nm2620795"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.pepperadams.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "پيپير ادمس"
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    title: "Pepper Adams"
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    title: "Pepper Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pepper Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pepper Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pepper Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pepper Adams"
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    title: "Pepper Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pepper Adams"
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    title: "Pepper Adams"
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    title: "ペッパー・アダムス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pepper Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_Adams"
    title: "Pepper Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_Adams"
    title: "Pepper Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552381"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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