# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-dennis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:16:26.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-dennis"
name: "Willie Dennis"
slug: "willie-dennis"
description: "Willie Dennis was an American jazz trombonist known as a big band musician but who was also an excellent bebop soloist."
tagline: "Jazz musician (1926–1965)"
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: "1926-01-10"
deathDate: "1965-07-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.151009333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "فيلي دنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "فيلى دنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Dennis"
    title: "Willie Dennis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Dennis"
    title: "Willie Dennis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Dennis"
    title: "Willie Dennis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46f5ea60-f443-4635-a98d-e8390e18fd75"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/253064"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2581428"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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