# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-copeland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:42:35.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-copeland"
name: "Ray Copeland"
slug: "ray-copeland"
description: "Ray Copeland was an American jazz trumpet player and teacher."
tagline: "American musician (1926–1984)"
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: "1926-07-17"
deathDate: "1984-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.609936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/258087"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "راي كوبلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Copeland_(Jazzmusiker)"
    title: "Ray Copeland (Jazzmusiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Copeland_(musician)"
    title: "Ray Copeland (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Copeland"
    title: "Ray Copeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Copeland"
    title: "Ray Copeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Copeland"
    title: "Ray Copeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89"
    title: "レイ・コープランド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Copeland"
    title: "Ray Copeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Рей Коупленд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/da72be4c-8300-4bfe-8e76-8910ca3fafea"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356168"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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