# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-brown
# Generated: 2026-09-07T15:59:40.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-brown"
name: "Ray Brown"
slug: "ray-brown"
description: "Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist, known for his extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. He was also a founding member of the group that would later develop into the Modern Jazz Quartet."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1926–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_Brown_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-10-13"
deathDate: "2002-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8782608695652174
  historical:           22.18191866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0SvD7DL5CQTbcrMtns1US8"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Brown (musicus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassisten_Ray_Brown"
    title: "Bassisten Ray Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Brown"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump