# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-smulyan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:09:10.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-smulyan"
name: "Gary Smulyan"
slug: "gary-smulyan"
description: "Gary Smulyan is an American jazz musician who plays baritone saxophone. He studied at Hofstra University before working with Woody Herman. He leads a trio with bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Kenny Washington."
tagline: "American jazz baritone saxophonist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary-smylyan.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: "1956-04-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.142225333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.garysmulyan.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/303420"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Smulyan"
    title: "Gary Smulyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Smulyan"
    title: "Gary Smulyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Smulyan"
    title: "Gary Smulyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Smulyan"
    title: "Gary Smulyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Smulyan"
    title: "Gary Smulyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c0ebf40c-4ff0-4206-be7a-b32b0a0b6ac4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1494952"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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