# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-franceschini
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:15:28.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-franceschini"
name: "Bob Franceschini"
slug: "bob-franceschini"
description: "Bob Franceschini is an American jazz saxophonist and instrumentalist, songwriter, and arranger. He has appeared on more than eighty albums including those of Mike Stern, Paul Simon, and Willie Colón."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Franceschini_Cosmopolite_2018_(222332).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: "1961-12-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.142225333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bobfranbop"
    handle:    "bobfranbop"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bobfranceschini/"
    handle:    "bobfranceschini"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bobfranceschini.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/83944"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "بوب فرانسيسكينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Franceschini"
    title: "Bob Franceschini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Franceschini"
    title: "Bob Franceschini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Franceschini"
    title: "Bob Franceschini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Franceschini"
    title: "Bob Franceschini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ef3fe5b7-9990-45d6-8ede-c572d1ca5ab0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2907661"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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