# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-anschell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:31:19.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-anschell"
name: "Bill Anschell"
slug: "bill-anschell"
description: "Bill Anschell is a jazz pianist and composer. He has recorded seven CDs as a leader, and performed or recorded with many jazz greats. His original compositions and piano work are prominently featured on Freelon's Grammy Award-nominated recording Shaking Free and her CBS recordings Heritage and Listen. His own CDs have received extensive national airplay and critical acclaim. His compositions have appeared in many films and television series, including \"The West Wing,\" \"The Wire,\" \"Bloodline,\" and \"NCIS: LA.\""
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Anschell%2C_at_piano%2C_from_below.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: "1950"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.44
  momentum:             1.222222222222222
  historical:           6.136969333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3887347/"
    handle:    "nm3887347"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.billanschell.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1764559"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بيل انستشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anschell"
    title: "Bill Anschell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anschell"
    title: "Bill Anschell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anschell"
    title: "Bill Anschell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anschell"
    title: "Bill Anschell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fe12f55c-7be0-4021-83f8-a4101fd3887d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730695"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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