# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernie-watts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:00:58.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernie-watts"
name: "Ernie Watts"
slug: "ernie-watts"
description: "Ernest James Watts is an American jazz and R&B saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's album The Grand Wazoo he played the \"Mystery Horn\", a straight-necked C melody saxophone. Watts also played the saxophone riff on \"The One You Love\" from Glenn Frey's album, No Fun Aloud."
tagline: "American jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernie_Watts.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-10-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.794460056202328
  historical:           12.17243466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915139/"
    handle:    "nm0915139"
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    handle:    "2savq7Id5eDV0DVsoug0wH"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.erniewatts.com/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Ernie Watts"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Watts"
    title: "Ernie Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Watts"
    title: "Ernie Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Watts"
    title: "Ernie Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Watts"
    title: "Ernie Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Watts"
    title: "Ernie Watts"
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    title: "アーニー・ワッツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Watts"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/70c5aa15-491d-41ad-bf81-0992169beb4f"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump