# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-alexander-q181116
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:16:34.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-alexander-q181116"
name: "Eric Alexander"
slug: "eric-alexander-q181116"
description: "Eric Alexander is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator. Having placed second at the 1991 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition behind Joshua Redman and ahead of Chris Potter and Tim Warfield, he was soon signed by a record label and has since recorded over 20 albums as a leader and over 300 as a sideman."
tagline: "American saxophonist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Alexander.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: "1968-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.51
  momentum:             10.37914691943128
  historical:           9.433264000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4obfH4xleG9EzLN4NTNEfu"
    handle:    "4obfH4xleG9EzLN4NTNEfu"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ericalexanderjazz.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/212816"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2)"
    title: "إريك الكسندر (عازف جاز)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "اريك الكسندر (عازف جاز من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Alexander"
    title: "Eric Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Alexander_(jazz_saxophonist)"
    title: "Eric Alexander (jazz saxophonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Alexander_(saxo)"
    title: "Eric Alexander (saxo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Alexander"
    title: "Eric Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC"
    title: "エリック・アレキサンダー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Alexander_(saxofonist)"
    title: "Eric Alexander (saxofonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_(%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Александер, Эрик (саксофонист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/98fa25e6-aee9-4939-8eca-2f6ff7a31a0a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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