# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tricky-sam-nanton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:03:46.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tricky-sam-nanton"
name: "Tricky Sam Nanton"
slug: "tricky-sam-nanton"
description: "Joe \"Tricky Sam\" Nanton was an American trombonist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. A pioneer of the plunger mute, Nanton is notable for his use of the distinctive wah-wah effect."
tagline: "American musician (1904–1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tricky_Sam_Nanton_1943_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1904-02-01"
deathDate: "1946-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.210656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620961/"
    handle:    "nm0620961"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Tricky Sam Nanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky_Sam_Nanton"
    title: "Tricky Sam Nanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky_Sam_Nanton"
    title: "Tricky Sam Nanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky_Sam_Nanton"
    title: "Tricky Sam Nanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky_Sam_Nanton"
    title: "Tricky Sam Nanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nanton"
    title: "Joe Nanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky_Sam_Nanton"
    title: "Tricky Sam Nanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky_Sam_Nanton"
    title: "Tricky Sam Nanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b1669585-019f-483d-80c2-caada4275157"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725157"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1121209"
    title: "Joe 'Tricky Sam' Nanton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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