# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:07:35.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-taylor"
name: "Sam Taylor"
slug: "sam-taylor"
description: "Samuel Leroy Taylor Jr., known as Sam \"The Man\" Taylor, was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, and blues tenor saxophonist and bandleader."
tagline: "American jazz and blues saxophonist (1916–1990)"
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: "1916-07-12"
deathDate: "1990-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.356733333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/332590"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Taylor_(Jazzmusiker)"
    title: "Sam Taylor (Jazzmusiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Taylor_(saxophonist)"
    title: "Sam Taylor (saxophonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Taylor_(%C4%B5azmuzikisto)"
    title: "Sam Taylor (ĵazmuzikisto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Taylor"
    title: "Sam Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "サム・テイラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%98_%ED%85%8C%EC%9D%BC%EB%9F%AC"
    title: "샘 테일러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Taylor_(Jazzmusiker)"
    title: "Sam Taylor (Jazzmusiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Taylor_(muzikant)"
    title: "Sam Taylor (muzikant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/17380f51-672a-4b9d-927c-431c40eb59a9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487099"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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