# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-was
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:05:16.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-was"
name: "Don Was"
slug: "don-was"
description: "Don Edward Fagenson, known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, bassist, record producer, music director, film composer, documentary filmmaker and radio host. Since 2011, he has also served as president of the American jazz label Blue Note Records."
tagline: "American musician, producer & record company executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Was_-_AMA_Nashville_2010_-_Ron_Baker.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           19.50511066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005537/"
    handle:    "nm0005537"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3UZweLueIxSfgpLuFfeRYu"
    handle:    "3UZweLueIxSfgpLuFfeRYu"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Was"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Was"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Was"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Was"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Was"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Was"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Was"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump