# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-wendel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:06:57.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-wendel"
name: "Ben Wendel"
slug: "ben-wendel"
description: "Ben Wendel is a Canadian-American jazz saxophonist, bassoonist, and pianist who is a founding member of the band Kneebody. He has worked with Ignacio Berroa, Tigran Hamasyan, Bill Frisell, Terence Blanchard, Antonio Sanchez, Gerald Clayton, Taylor Eigsti, Linda May Han Oh, Eric Harland, Moonchild, Louis Cole, Daedelus, Snoop Dogg, and Prince."
tagline: "American jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Wendel_Nasjonal_Jazzscene_2022_(205733).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: "1976-02-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.07
  momentum:             15.26315789473684
  historical:           7.227972
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/benwendel"
    handle:    "benwendel"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/benwendel/"
    handle:    "benwendel"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/benwendelmusic"
    handle:    "benwendelmusic"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.benwendel.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/209746"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84"
    title: "بين وندل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wendel"
    title: "Ben Wendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wendel"
    title: "Ben Wendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wendel"
    title: "Ben Wendel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ベン・ウェンデル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Уэндел, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d03b178f-d46b-43a0-b683-f24a32440b00"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886670"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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