# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wadada-leo-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:34:32.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wadada-leo-smith"
name: "Wadada Leo Smith"
slug: "wadada-leo-smith"
description: "Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith is an American trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the field of creative music. He was one of three finalists for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Ten Freedom Summers, released on May 22, 2012."
tagline: "American jazz trumpeter and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wadada_Leo_Smith.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: "1941-12-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.10223466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1eE9oB7Z69NzfALiUJYKUm"
    handle:    "1eE9oB7Z69NzfALiUJYKUm"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.wadadaleosmith.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "وادادا ليو سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadada_Leo_Smith"
    title: "Wadada Leo Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadada_Leo_Smith"
    title: "Wadada Leo Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadada_Leo_Smith"
    title: "Wadada Leo Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadada_Leo_Smith"
    title: "Wadada Leo Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadada_Leo_Smith"
    title: "Wadada Leo Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadada_Leo_Smith"
    title: "Wadada Leo Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%80%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ワダダ・レオ・スミス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%80%EB%8B%A4%EB%8B%A4_%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4_%EC%8A%A4%EB%AF%B8%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "와다다 리오 스미스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadada_Leo_Smith"
    title: "Wadada Leo Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/11ce83c2-1ae1-4958-a28a-b58e61a6fb60"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2538661"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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