# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-gross
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:54:17.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-gross"
name: "Mark Gross"
slug: "mark-gross"
description: "Mark Gross is an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop tradition. He studied at the Berklee College of Music, graduating in 1988, then worked in the band of Lionel Hampton and performed in Five Guys Named Moe on Broadway. He has since worked with a variety of other artists, including the bands of Delfeayo Marsalis, Nat Adderley and the Dave Holland Big Band. Gross also plays soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones, flute and clarinet."
tagline: "American jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_Gross_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1966-02-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.36
  momentum:             17.74193548387097
  historical:           7.005688
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "مارك غروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gross_(Saxophonist)"
    title: "Mark Gross (Saxophonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gross_(musician)"
    title: "Mark Gross (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gross"
    title: "Mark Gross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gross"
    title: "Mark Gross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gross"
    title: "Mark Gross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f171bd5e-cc70-4cee-8b4a-d9eac8941d1e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6767830"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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