# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-cranshaw
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:18:10.792Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-cranshaw"
name: "Bob Cranshaw"
slug: "bob-cranshaw"
description: "Melbourne Robert Cranshaw was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records as a house bassist. He is known for his long association with Sonny Rollins, starting with a live appearance at the 1959 Playboy jazz festival in Chicago and Rollins's 1962 album The Bridge."
tagline: "American musician (1932–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Cranshaw.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: "1932-12-10"
deathDate: "2016-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.369297333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1045096/"
    handle:    "nm1045096"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/135870"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "بوب كرانشو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cranshaw"
    title: "Bob Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cranshaw"
    title: "Bob Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cranshaw"
    title: "Bob Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cranshaw"
    title: "Bob Cranshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6"
    title: "ボブ・クランショウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%BE"
    title: "Боб Креншо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%BE%D1%83"
    title: "Боб Креншоу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6bf4f019-5ac1-4b48-80fe-e48823377419"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887868"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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