# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:50:37.424Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-foster"
name: "Gary Foster"
slug: "gary-foster"
description: "Norman Gary Foster was an American musician who played saxophone, clarinet, and flute. He is considered a crossover artist, performing jazz, pop, and classical music. He has been prominent in the film, television, and music industries for five decades, having performed on over 500 movie scores and with over 200 orchestras."
tagline: "Musician, Instrumentalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GARY_FOSTER_photo.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: "1936-05-25"
deathDate: "2026-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.691182666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287812/"
    handle:    "nm0287812"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/348535"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "غاري فوستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "قاری فوستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Foster_(Musiker)"
    title: "Gary Foster (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Foster_(musician)"
    title: "Gary Foster (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Foster_(musicus)"
    title: "Gary Foster (musicus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%93%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Фостер, Гэри (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/32d44439-8e82-46f7-978b-e4a16f501fdd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1494844"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1891500"
    title: "Gary Foster"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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