# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-watrous
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:51:16.719Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-watrous"
name: "Bill Watrous"
slug: "bill-watrous"
description: "William Russell Watrous III was an American jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad \"A Time for Love\", which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name. A self-described \"bop-oriented\" player, he was well known among trombonists as a master technician and for his mellifluous sound."
tagline: "American trombonist (1939–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Watrous.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1939-06-08"
deathDate: "2018-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.04
  momentum:             1.466083150984683
  historical:           9.904394666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4147125/"
    handle:    "nm4147125"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.billwatrous.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watrous"
    title: "Bill Watrous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watrous"
    title: "Bill Watrous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watrous"
    title: "Bill Watrous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watrous"
    title: "Bill Watrous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watrous"
    title: "Bill Watrous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watrous"
    title: "Bill Watrous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watrous"
    title: "Bill Watrous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ビル・ワトラス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watrous"
    title: "Bill Watrous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watrous"
    title: "Bill Watrous"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ecc4fec3-f4d4-4f98-a36e-6ac31e231e18"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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