# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/turk-murphy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:18:05.509Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/turk-murphy"
name: "Turk Murphy"
slug: "turk-murphy"
description: "Melvin Edward Alton \"Turk\" Murphy was an American trombonist and bandleader, who played traditional and Dixieland jazz."
tagline: "American jazz trombonist, band leader (1915–1987)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/TurkMurphy.jpg/330px-TurkMurphy.jpg"
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: "1915-12-16"
deathDate: "1987-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.52
  momentum:             11.01809729370746
  historical:           6.814616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614765/"
    handle:    "nm0614765"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/412555"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_Murphy"
    title: "Turk Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_Murphy"
    title: "Turk Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_Murphy"
    title: "Turk Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_Murphy"
    title: "Turk Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_Murphy"
    title: "Turk Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8cb374c5-b076-472f-aead-e4290007a366"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2460777"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3670999"
    title: "Turk Murphy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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