# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-yahel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:47:30.830Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-yahel"
name: "Sam Yahel"
slug: "sam-yahel"
description: "Sam Yahel is a jazz pianist and Hammond organist. In 1990 he moved to New York City and worked with Bill Frisell, Wycliffe Gordon, Ryan Kisor, Maceo Parker, Madeleine Peyroux, and Joshua Redman."
tagline: "American jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam-yahel.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: "1970"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.4
  momentum:             1.666666666666667
  historical:           6.144961333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6rMp5njV15uyFIk72LasbD"
    handle:    "6rMp5njV15uyFIk72LasbD"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/252333"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سام ياهيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Yahel"
    title: "Sam Yahel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Yahel"
    title: "Sam Yahel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Yahel"
    title: "Sam Yahel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Yahel"
    title: "Sam Yahel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b10160a7-6f40-410f-ad58-6d801e15629f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2216703"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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