# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-tain-watts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:15:32.693Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-tain-watts"
name: "Jeff \"Tain\" Watts"
slug: "jeff-tain-watts"
description: "Jeff \"Tain\" Watts is an American jazz drummer and composer who has worked across genres including Grammy wins with The Metropolitan Opera, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis Quartet and Mingus Big Band. Performing with Michael Brecker, Alice Coltrane, Kenny Garrett, McCoy Tyner, Ravi Coltrane, and others."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_Tain_Watts.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: "1960-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.76
  momentum:             2.508038585209003
  historical:           11.447052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://tainish.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيف تاين واتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff \"Tain\" Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Tain Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_%22Tain%22_Watts"
    title: "Jeff \"Tain\" Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_%22Tain%22_Watts"
    title: "Jeff \"Tain\" Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_%C2%AB_Tain_%C2%BB_Watts"
    title: "Jeff « Tain » Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_%E2%80%9ETain%E2%80%9D_Watts"
    title: "Jeff „Tain” Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_%22Tain%22_Watts"
    title: "Jeff \"Tain\" Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%83%E3%83%84"
    title: "ジェフ・テイン・ワッツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_'Tain'_Watts"
    title: "Jeff 'Tain' Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff «Tain» Watts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff «Tain» Watts"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d1f941ab-04e4-491d-ae27-71bbb076f5d5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump