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Shep Fields

American jazz bandleader (1910–1981)
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Shep Fields
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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
September 12, 1910
Date of death
February 23, 1981, February 26, 1981[10]
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[12]
Occupation
bandleader, conductor, clarinetist, jazz musician, saxophonist, musician[13]
Employer
Bluebird Records[14]
Genre
jazz[16]
Cause of death
myocardial infarction[17]
Family name
Fields (surname)[18]
Given name
Shep[19]
Instrument
saxophone, clarinet[21][22]
Manner of death
natural causes[20]
Place of burial
Mount Hebron Cemetery[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Saul Feldman en Shep Fields ru Шеп Филдс
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
0000000114541391
VIAF cluster ID
104146989
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82078290
GND ID
143387375
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
139431646
DAHR artist ID
103682
Discogs artist ID
575611
Europeana entity
agent/base/164317
FAST ID
93685
Find a Grave memorial ID
6844852
Freebase ID
/m/0d3q_5
Geni profile ID
6000000002766225089
Show all 24 identifiers +12
HAND ID
C71E-1DC6-740F-F206-F7FC
IMDb ID
nm0276350
KANTO ID
000185426
Kinobox person ID
1226800
MusicBrainz artist ID
8e7afcad-1cb0-4856-ac5c-4ac7041063dd
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
442409
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000014450
National Library of Latvia ID
000070007
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095816985
Prabook ID
1886651
WikiTree person ID
Feldman-793
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmDpJXMWkCftYKp8djwG3

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
conductor, bandleader, saxophonist, clarinetist, jazz musician
Instrument 2
saxophone, clarinet
Cause of death 1
myocardial infarction
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
Bluebird Records
Genre 1
jazz
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Brooklyn
Place of burial 1
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Place of death 1
Los Angeles
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Tarasivka
← Performer 1
September in the Rain
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Summary

Shep Fields was born on September 12, 1910[1], in Brooklyn[2]. He died on February 23, 1981[3], in Los Angeles[4]. He worked as a bandleader[5], conductor[6], clarinetist[7], jazz musician[8], and saxophonist[9].

FAQs

Where was Shep Fields born?

Shep Fields was born in Brooklyn[2].

Where did Shep Fields die?

Shep Fields died in Los Angeles[4].

What did Shep Fields do for work?

Shep Fields worked as a bandleader[5], conductor[6], clarinetist[7], jazz musician[8], and saxophonist[9].

Related Entities

Los Angeles United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → C71E-1DC6-740F-F206-F7FC
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46230: HAND ID (0)"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Los Angeles
    Cause of death → myocardial infarction
    Instance of → human
    Given name → Shep
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32152: import P21 and P106 from GND (34)"
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