# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-formanek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:51:52.174Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-formanek"
name: "Michael Formanek"
slug: "michael-formanek"
description: "Michael Formanek is an American jazz bassist born in San Francisco, California, United States, and associated with the jazz scene in New York."
tagline: "American jazz bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael-formanek01.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: "1958-05-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.876998666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelformanek.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307550"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "مايكل فورمانك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Formanek"
    title: "Michael Formanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Formanek"
    title: "Michael Formanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Formanek"
    title: "Michael Formanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Formanek"
    title: "Michael Formanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%A7"
    title: "מייקל פורמנק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Formanek"
    title: "Michael Formanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a93cd6a-13be-4261-b70f-1570d5ac5425"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355704"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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