# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/red-garland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:48:03.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/red-garland"
name: "Red Garland"
slug: "red-garland"
description: "William McKinley \"Red\" Garland Jr. was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped popularize the block chord style of playing in jazz piano."
tagline: "American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red_Garland_9A.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: "1923-05-13"
deathDate: "1984-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.62823466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2422419/"
    handle:    "nm2422419"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/35iymrFS4VnsKn35ebHKX9"
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    title: "Red Garland"
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    title: "Red Garland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Red Garland"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump