# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sunny-murray
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:56:26.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sunny-murray"
name: "Sunny Murray"
slug: "sunny-murray"
description: "James Marcellus Arthur \"Sunny\" Murray was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming."
tagline: "American jazz drummer (1936–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sunny_Murray.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: "1936-09-21"
deathDate: "2017-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.87
  momentum:             7.67391057003072
  historical:           12.09553866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 186
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5669560/"
    handle:    "nm5669560"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1sEOsClatR9SKKmELXJVUJ"
    handle:    "1sEOsClatR9SKKmELXJVUJ"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCETP7BJgYd2VcheVJaF6R5g"
    handle:    "Sunny Murray - Topic"
    followers: 186
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "سوني موراي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "سونى موراى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "سونی مورای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray"
    title: "Sunny Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray"
    title: "Sunny Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray"
    title: "Sunny Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray"
    title: "Sunny Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray"
    title: "Sunny Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray"
    title: "Sunny Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray"
    title: "Sunny Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray"
    title: "Sunny Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray"
    title: "Sunny Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3870c548-7743-4a14-b9c5-4327e964e729"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q587818"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1285434"
    title: "Sunny Murray"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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