# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/red-norvo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:07.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/red-norvo"
name: "Red Norvo"
slug: "red-norvo"
description: "Red Norvo was an American musician, one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as \"Mr. Swing\". He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. His recordings included \"Dance of the Octopus\", \"Bughouse\", \"Knockin' on Wood\", \"Congo Blues\", and \"Hole in the Wall\"."
tagline: "American musician (1908–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GottleibRedNorvo.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: "1908-03-31"
deathDate: "1999-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.444964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636364/"
    handle:    "nm0636364"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريد نورڤو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
    title: "Red Norvo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Norvo"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/54badd18-ff72-4409-bd06-acf6b0011529"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491814"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/232958"
    title: "Red Norvo"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump