# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grover-washington-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:05:12.039Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grover-washington-jr"
name: "Grover Washington Jr."
slug: "grover-washington-jr"
description: "Grover Washington Jr. was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award winner. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders and legends of the smooth jazz genre.\nHe wrote some of his material and later became an arranger and producer."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist (1943–1999)"
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gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1943-12-12"
deathDate: "1999-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump