# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/prince-lasha
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:42:15.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/prince-lasha"
name: "Prince Lasha"
slug: "prince-lasha"
description: "William B. Lawsha, better known as Prince Lasha, was an American jazz alto saxophonist, baritone saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist and English horn player."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1929–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prince_Lasha_%26_Wanda_Sabir.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: "1929-09-10"
deathDate: "2008-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.21
  momentum:             1.232876712328767
  historical:           8.544313333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/241014"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7"
    title: "برنس لاشا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Lasha"
    title: "Prince Lasha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Lasha"
    title: "Prince Lasha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Lasha"
    title: "Prince Lasha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Lasha"
    title: "Prince Lasha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Lasha"
    title: "Prince Lasha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Lasha"
    title: "Prince Lasha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Lasha"
    title: "Prince Lasha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1358e39-5f5b-4a73-bdcf-67150cea7a3d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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