# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-weckl
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:19:31.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-weckl"
name: "Dave Weckl"
slug: "dave-weckl"
description: "Dave Weckl is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2000."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Weckl_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2018_(171010).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: "1960-01-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.18608933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "davewecklmusic"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/officialdaveweckl/"
    handle:    "officialdaveweckl"
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    handle:    "6h0KtnUiBpkxxjvZZPvNSw"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.daveweckl.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Weckl"
    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "デイヴ・ウェックル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Weckl"
    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Weckl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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