# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willis-jackson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:19:40.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willis-jackson"
name: "Willis Jackson"
slug: "willis-jackson"
description: "Willis \"Gator\" Jackson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist."
tagline: "American jazz tenor saxophonist (1932–1987)"
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: "1932-04-25"
deathDate: "1987-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.949821333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/44131"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليس جاكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Jackson"
    title: "Willis Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Jackson_(saxophonist)"
    title: "Willis Jackson (saxophonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_%22Gator%22_Jackson"
    title: "Willis \"Gator\" Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Jackson"
    title: "Willis Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ウィリス・ジャクソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Jackson"
    title: "Willis Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Вілліс Джексон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/826a05c0-d560-4411-a39b-2d6d50a2acc6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923594"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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