# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-cora
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:57:35.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-cora"
name: "Tom Cora"
slug: "tom-cora"
description: "Thomas Henry Corra, better known as Tom Cora, was an American cellist and composer, best known for his improvisational performances in the field of experimental jazz and rock. He recorded with John Zorn, Butch Morris, and the Ex, and was a member of Curlew, Third Person and Skeleton Crew."
tagline: "American cellist and composer (1953–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Cora_by_Frank_Schindelbeck_Jazzphotography.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: "1953-09-14"
deathDate: "1998-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.71
  momentum:             12.48963802155292
  historical:           10.94704933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178991/"
    handle:    "nm0178991"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1sSIqtxS2yVnNwEI84iUDI"
    handle:    "1sSIqtxS2yVnNwEI84iUDI"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Tom Cora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "توم كورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "توم كورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "تام کرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cora"
    title: "Tom Cora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cora"
    title: "Tom Cora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "تام کرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cora"
    title: "Tom Cora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cora"
    title: "Tom Cora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cora"
    title: "Tom Cora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC"
    title: "Кора, Том"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4f848050-be63-4fcc-8581-bbd90f1ec1e6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741613"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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