# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-kofi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:08:36.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-kofi"
name: "Tony Kofi"
slug: "tony-kofi"
description: "Tony Kofi is a British jazz saxophonist and flautist. He leads a trio and quartet and is co-founder of the Monk Liberation Band. His trio includes drummer Winston Clifford and Hammond B3 organist Anders Olinder. Kofi is signed to the Specific Jazz label. He has twice won BBC Jazz Awards: Best Instrumentalist in 2008 and Best Album in 2005 for All Is Know. Tony joined Grand Union Orchestra in 1998, led by artistic director Tony Haynes, and has been a prominent player ever since. In May 2021 Kofi appeared on BBC Radio 4 to discuss his early life and the life-changing event that led him to take up the saxophone."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Kofi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.9
  momentum:             6.195652173913043
  historical:           7.677394666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 256
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/tonykofi"
    handle:    "tonykofi"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kofimusic/"
    handle:    "kofimusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/tonydkofi"
    handle:    "tonydkofi"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://tonykofimusic.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzCawOJGXuqfTCSEVAtgViQ"
    handle:    "@tonykofimusic"
    followers: 256
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/409681"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A"
    title: "توني كوفي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D9%89"
    title: "تونى كوفى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Kofi"
    title: "Tony Kofi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Kofi"
    title: "Tony Kofi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3"
    title: "トニー・コフィ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Kofi"
    title: "Tony Kofi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Kofi"
    title: "Tony Kofi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/adfbaedb-38b0-4900-bb0f-40d7294b81f7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2093045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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