# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pheeroan-aklaff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:05:53.768Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pheeroan-aklaff"
name: "Pheeroan akLaff"
slug: "pheeroan-aklaff"
description: "Pheeroan akLaff is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. He began playing in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan and Ann Arbor, with R & B keyboardist Travis Biggs, funk keyboardist Nimrod “The Grinder” Lumpkin, The Ebony Set and The Last Days. He moved to New Haven, Connecticut, and formed a group with saxophonist/flautist/percussionist Dwight Andrews. He debuted with saxophonist Bill Barron in 1975, followed by a tenure in Leo Smith's ‘New Dalta Ahkri’ (1977-1979)."
tagline: "American jazz drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pheeroan_akLaff_ibk.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1955-01-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.018684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.pheeroanaklaff.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/282988"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheeroan_akLaff"
    title: "Pheeroan akLaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheeroan_akLaff"
    title: "Pheeroan akLaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheeroan_akLaff"
    title: "Pheeroan akLaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheeroan_akLaff"
    title: "Pheeroan akLaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95"
    title: "フェローン・アクラフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheeroan_akLaff"
    title: "Pheeroan akLaff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/360cb0b5-dc4e-4fd5-b52c-efe4b0e9e27a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2085444"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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