# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nathan-east
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:55:25.238Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nathan-east"
name: "Nathan East"
slug: "nathan-east"
description: "Nathan Harrell East is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass guitarist and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from the University of California, San Diego (1978). He is a founding member of contemporary jazz quartet Fourplay and has recorded, performed, and co-written songs with performers such as Bobby Womack, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Joe Satriani, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Toto, Kenny Loggins, Daft Punk, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock."
tagline: "American jazz, R&B and rock bassist, guitarist and singer (born 1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NathanEast2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-12-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump