Juan Tizol

Puerto Rican trombonist and composer (1900–1984)
Person human Q1349428
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Juan Tizol

Summary

Juan Tizol is a human[1]. Born in Vega Baja[2], he… he was born on January 22, 1900[3]. He passed away in Inglewood[4]. He died on April 23, 1984[5]. He worked as a composer[6] and jazz musician[7]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (189 views/month, #7,225 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Juan Tizol was born in Vega Baja[2].
  • Born in San Juan[9], Juan Tizol…
  • Juan Tizol died in Inglewood[4].
  • Juan Tizol was born on January 22, 1900[3].
  • Juan Tizol died on April 23, 1984[5].
  • Juan Tizol held citizenship in United States[10].
  • Spanish was Juan Tizol's native language[11].
  • Juan Tizol is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group[12].
  • Juan Tizol worked as a composer[6].
  • Juan Tizol's professions included jazz musician[7].
  • Juan Tizol is recorded as male[13].
  • Juan Tizol's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Juan Tizol's genre is jazz[15].
  • Juan Tizol's Commons category is recorded as Juan Tizol[16].
  • Juan Tizol's family name is recorded as Tizol[17].
  • Juan Tizol's given name is recorded as Juan[18].
  • Juan Tizol's instrument is recorded as trombone[19].
  • Juan Tizol's described by source is recorded as Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians[20].
  • Juan Tizol's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Spanish[21].
  • Juan Tizol's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[22].
  • Juan Tizol's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Juan Tizol Martínez'}[23].
  • Juan Tizol's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Juan Tizol'}[24].
  • Juan Tizol's second family name in Spanish name is recorded as Martínez[25].
  • Juan Tizol's copyright representative is recorded as American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers[26].
  • Juan Tizol's copyright status as a creator is recorded as works protected by copyrights[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: PR[29]

  • Began / founded: 1900-12-31[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1984-04-23[31]

  • Genre(s): jazz[32]

  • Community tags: jazz[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c1955c20-c693-4bb6-99f8-604251d2f01e[34]

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Vega Baja[2], a municipality of Puerto Rico[35], in United States[36], founded in 1776[37] and San Juan[9], a city in the United States[38], in United States[39]. Juan Tizol was born on January 22, 1900[3]. He is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group[12]. Spanish was his native language[11].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include composer[6] and jazz musician[7].

Death and Burial

Juan Tizol died on April 23, 1984[5]. He died in Inglewood[4].

Why It Matters

Juan Tizol ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (189 views/month, #7,225 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] He is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

Where was Juan Tizol born?

Juan Tizol's place of birth was Vega Baja[2].

Where did Juan Tizol die?

Juan Tizol died in Inglewood[4].

What did Juan Tizol do for work?

Juan Tizol worked as composer[6] and jazz musician[7].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [34] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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