# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-grolnick
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:40:07.549Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-grolnick"
name: "Don Grolnick"
slug: "don-grolnick"
description: "Don Grolnick was an American jazz pianist, composer, and record producer. He was a member of the groups Steps Ahead and Dreams, both with Michael Brecker, and played often with the Brecker Brothers. As a session musician, he recorded with John Scofield, Billy Cobham, Roberta Flack, Harry Chapin, Dave Holland, Chuck Mangione, Bette Midler, Marcus Miller, Bob Mintzer, Linda Ronstadt, David Sanborn, Carly Simon, Barry Manilow, JD Souther, Steely Dan, and James Taylor."
tagline: "American musician (1947–1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Portrait_of_Don_Grolnick.jpeg"
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: "1947-09-23"
deathDate: "1996-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.79377733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2307600/"
    handle:    "nm2307600"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.dongrolnick.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دون جرولنيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick"
    title: "Don Grolnick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick"
    title: "Don Grolnick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick"
    title: "Don Grolnick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick"
    title: "Don Grolnick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick"
    title: "Don Grolnick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick"
    title: "Don Grolnick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ドン・グロルニック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick"
    title: "Don Grolnick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick"
    title: "Don Grolnick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/497eeac9-3a7d-44a8-a0f3-1151a6e04bcb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1239185"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3962129"
    title: "Don Grolnick"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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