# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-nimmons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:07:55.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-nimmons"
name: "Phil Nimmons"
slug: "phil-nimmons"
description: "Phillip Rista Nimmons was a Canadian jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and educator. Nimmons played \"free jazz\" and mainstream styles, and other genres including classical music. He composed more than 400 pieces in various genres, and for various instrumentations including film scores, music for radio and television, chamber music, music for large ensembles, concert band and symphony orchestras. He studied clarinet at the Juilliard School, and composition at the Royal Conservatory of Music."
tagline: "Canadian jazz musician (1923–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Phillip_Rista_Nimmons_jazz_clarinetist.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1923-06-03"
deathDate: "2024-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.38
  momentum:             0.9859154929577465
  historical:           7.472282666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Phil-Nimmons-Official-233764906766242"
    handle:    "Phil-Nimmons-Official-233764906766242"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632375/"
    handle:    "nm0632375"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فيل نيمونس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Nimmons"
    title: "Phil Nimmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Nimmons"
    title: "Phil Nimmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Nimmons"
    title: "Phil Nimmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Nimmons"
    title: "Phil Nimmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Nimmons"
    title: "Phil Nimmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Ниммонс, Фил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5b4f8e08-b85d-43f1-ad42-f34be2663a8b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2085696"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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