# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-lipsius
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:22:33.974Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-lipsius"
name: "Fred Lipsius"
slug: "fred-lipsius"
description: "Fred Lipsius is an American musician who is the original saxophonist and arranger for the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears, for which he played alto saxophone and piano. He was with the band from 1967 to 1971 and has collected 3 GRAMMY Awards and 9 Gold Records."
tagline: "American musician and arranger"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FredLipsius.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: "1943-11-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           13.01163333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "FredLipsius"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/fred.lipsius.5"
    handle:    "fred.lipsius.5"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm8009520"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فريد ليبسيوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lipsius"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lipsius"
    title: "Fred Lipsius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lipsius"
    title: "Fred Lipsius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lipsius"
    title: "Fred Lipsius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lipsius"
    title: "Fred Lipsius"
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    title: "Fred Lipsius"
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    title: "Fred Lipsius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lipsius"
    title: "Fred Lipsius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Липсиус, Фред"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump