# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-beckenstein
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:06:58.732Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-beckenstein"
name: "Jay Beckenstein"
slug: "jay-beckenstein"
description: "Jay Barnet Beckenstein is an American saxophonist, composer, producer, and the co-founder of the band Spyro Gyra. He owned BearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JayBeckensteinPerforming.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: "1951-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.649536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jaybeckenstein.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/261358"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Beckenstein"
    title: "Jay Beckenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Beckenstein"
    title: "Jay Beckenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Beckenstein"
    title: "Jay Beckenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Beckenstein"
    title: "Jay Beckenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジェイ・ベッケンスタイン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%B5%D1%98_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BD"
    title: "Џеј Бекенстајн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Beckenstein"
    title: "Jay Beckenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Beckenstein"
    title: "Jay Beckenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Beckenstein"
    title: "Jay Beckenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f2d1499a-445d-4827-a1d1-2c452e68917f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q940085"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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