# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chuck-wayne
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:54:31.597Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chuck-wayne"
name: "Chuck Wayne"
slug: "chuck-wayne"
description: "Chuck Wayne was an American jazz guitarist. He came to prominence in the 1940s, and was among the earliest jazz guitarists to play in the bebop style. Wayne was a member of Woody Herman's First Herd, the first guitarist in the George Shearing quintet, and Tony Bennett's music director and accompanist. He developed a systematic method for playing jazz guitar."
tagline: "American jazz guitarist (1923-1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chuck_Wayne.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: "1923-02-27"
deathDate: "1997-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.92
  momentum:             0.08733624454148471
  historical:           6.816632
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915531/"
    handle:    "nm0915531"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/339517"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تشاك واين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تشاك واين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Wayne"
    title: "Chuck Wayne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Wayne"
    title: "Chuck Wayne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Wayne"
    title: "Chuck Wayne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Wayne"
    title: "Chuck Wayne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9fb7145f-492a-4797-b716-8121e486f01b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q381723"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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