# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:04:59.596Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-nelson"
name: "Steve Nelson"
slug: "steve-nelson"
description: "Steve Nelson is an American jazz vibraphonist and marimba player. In addition to his solo work, Nelson is known for collaborating since the 1990s with bassist Dave Holland's Quintet and Big Band."
tagline: "American jazz vibraphonist and marimba player"
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: "1954-08-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.73
  momentum:             1.542553191489362
  historical:           7.015624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/119997"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ستيف نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "ستيف نيلسون (عازف جاز من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nelson_(Musiker)"
    title: "Steve Nelson (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nelson_(vibraphonist)"
    title: "Steve Nelson (vibraphonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nelson"
    title: "Steve Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nelson"
    title: "Steve Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/96999c17-c729-421c-9429-6f2b81050761"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599056"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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