# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vi-redd
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:57:32.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vi-redd"
name: "Vi Redd"
slug: "vi-redd"
description: "Elvira Louise Redd was an American jazz alto saxophone player, vocalist and educator. She was active from the early 1950s and was known primarily for playing in the blues style. She was highly regarded as an accomplished veteran, and performed with Count Basie, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Linda Hopkins, Marian McPartland and Dizzy Gillespie."
tagline: "American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator (1928–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vi-Redd-rochester-ny-june-1977.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1928-09-20"
deathDate: "2022-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.69
  momentum:             4.858035404373482
  historical:           7.482902666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/980628"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "ڤى ريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_Redd"
    title: "Vi Redd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_Redd"
    title: "Vi Redd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_Redd"
    title: "Vi Redd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_Redd"
    title: "Vi Redd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_Redd"
    title: "Vi Redd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_Redd"
    title: "Vi Redd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/06defc41-779e-4c45-9491-56357b8cb53b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513985"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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