# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janusz-muniak
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:46:16.400Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janusz-muniak"
name: "Janusz Muniak"
slug: "janusz-muniak"
description: "Janusz Józef Muniak was a Polish jazz musician, saxophonist, flutist, arranger, and composer. He was one of the pioneers of free jazz in Europe, although later in life tended towards the mainstream style."
tagline: "Polish jazz saxophonist (1941-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JRKRUK_20131102_JANUSZ_MUNIAK_PINCZOW_IMG_5665.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-06-03"
deathDate: "2016-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.21
  momentum:             1.130873956960913
  historical:           9.418252
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/314135"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Muniak"
    title: "Janusz Muniak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Muniak"
    title: "Janusz Muniak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Muniak"
    title: "Janusz Muniak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Muniak"
    title: "Janusz Muniak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Muniak"
    title: "Janusz Muniak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A9_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A7"
    title: "יאנוש מוניאק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Muniak"
    title: "Janusz Muniak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Muniak"
    title: "Janusz Muniak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Muniak"
    title: "Janusz Muniak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4adb20be-bb89-48e6-b4d1-e6449f104830"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6335171"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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