# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zez-confrey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:09:31.605Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zez-confrey"
name: "Zez Confrey"
slug: "zez-confrey"
description: "Edward Elzear \"Zez\" Confrey was an American composer and performer of novelty piano and jazz music. His most noted works were \"Kitten on the Keys\" and \"Dizzy Fingers.\" Studying at the Chicago Musical College and becoming enthralled by French impressionists played a critical role in how he composed and performed music."
tagline: "American composer and pianist (1895–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ZezConfreySeatedWithVictorPhonograph.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: "1895-04-03"
deathDate: "1971-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.36
  momentum:             5.840362386754139
  historical:           12.96573333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174594/"
    handle:    "nm0174594"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/716431"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "زيز كونفرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zez_Confrey"
    title: "Zez Confrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zez_Confrey"
    title: "Zez Confrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CE%B5%CE%B6_%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%86%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%8B"
    title: "Ζεζ Κόνφρεϋ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zez_Confrey"
    title: "Zez Confrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zez_Confrey"
    title: "Zez Confrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zez_Confrey"
    title: "Zez Confrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zez_Confrey"
    title: "Zez Confrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zez_Confrey"
    title: "Zez Confrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%B7"
    title: "Конфри, Зез"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zez_Confrey"
    title: "Zez Confrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zez_Confrey"
    title: "Zez Confrey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D1%80%D1%96"
    title: "Зез Конфрі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/29fa57fe-26de-4249-9e85-5d41f760b252"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2263974"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1144917"
    title: "Zez Confrey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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