# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-wetzel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:50:05.237Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-wetzel"
name: "Ray Wetzel"
slug: "ray-wetzel"
description: "Ray Wetzel was an American jazz trumpeter. Critic Scott Yanow described him as \"greatly admired by his fellow trumpeters\"."
tagline: "American jazz trumpeter (1924-1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray-wetzel.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: "1924-09-22"
deathDate: "1951-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.86
  momentum:             7.058823529411764
  historical:           7.002916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/753394"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "راى ويتزيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wetzel"
    title: "Ray Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wetzel"
    title: "Ray Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wetzel"
    title: "Ray Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%84%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB"
    title: "レイ・ウェッツェル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wetzel"
    title: "Ray Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f63a213-50db-4a76-900a-b75690dba3ab"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2134003"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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