# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rob-mcconnell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:01:52.473Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rob-mcconnell"
name: "Rob McConnell"
slug: "rob-mcconnell"
description: "Robert Murray Gordon McConnell was a Canadian jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger. McConnell is best known for establishing and leading the big band The Boss Brass, which he directed from 1967 to 1999."
tagline: "Canadian jazz musician (1935–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fraser_MacPherson%2C_Rob_McConnell_1989.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-02-14"
deathDate: "2010-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.211916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566312/"
    handle:    "nm0566312"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "روب مكونيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob McConnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_McConnell"
    title: "Rob McConnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_McConnell"
    title: "Rob McConnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_McConnell"
    title: "Rob McConnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_McConnell"
    title: "Rob McConnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_McConnell"
    title: "Rob McConnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_McConnell"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448257"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3181477"
    title: "Rob McConnell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump