# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jens-winther
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:29:43.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jens-winther"
name: "Jens Winther"
slug: "jens-winther"
description: "Jens Winther was a Danish jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader. He composed for and played in a long line of European big bands and other orchestras. His work includes compositions for symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles and choirs. As a bandleader, he was noted on the international Jazz scene with his JW European Quartet, particularly since 2007. In 2008, he founded the fusion band JW Electrazz. From 2009, he was based in Berlin, Germany."
tagline: "Danish jazzmusician, composer and conductor (1960-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jens_Winther_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1960-10-29"
deathDate: "2011-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.47
  momentum:             5.363984674329499
  historical:           7.470086666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/315709"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AB%D8%B1"
    title: "ينس وينثر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AB%D8%B1"
    title: "ينس وينثر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Winther_(musiker)"
    title: "Jens Winther (musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Winther_(Jazzmusiker)"
    title: "Jens Winther (Jazzmusiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Winther"
    title: "Jens Winther"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "イェンス・ウィンター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Winther_(musigan)"
    title: "Jens Winther (musigan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4318ea1e-1d83-4fc0-ba3d-d94a048da3e5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1592572"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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