# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-vandermark
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:58.951Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-vandermark"
name: "Ken Vandermark"
slug: "ken-vandermark"
description: "Ken Vandermark is an American composer and reedist."
tagline: "American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Vandermark_05N2767.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: "1964-09-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.72
  momentum:             8.048594132029338
  historical:           8.349785333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kenvandermark"
    handle:    "kenvandermark"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/55Wpgt1Y1RISpita5RLxGm"
    handle:    "55Wpgt1Y1RISpita5RLxGm"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://kenvandermark.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/254018"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Vandermark"
    title: "Ken Vandermark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Vandermark"
    title: "Ken Vandermark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Vandermark"
    title: "Ken Vandermark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Vandermark"
    title: "Ken Vandermark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Vandermark"
    title: "Ken Vandermark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Vandermark"
    title: "Ken Vandermark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Vandermark"
    title: "Ken Vandermark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Vandermark"
    title: "Ken Vandermark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e5a4107f-5bb3-4f24-b9b7-927bb23840b5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1360707"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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