# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-nathanson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:59:55.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-nathanson"
name: "Roy Nathanson"
slug: "roy-nathanson"
description: "Roy Jay Nathanson is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and teacher. He became the leader and principal composer of the Jazz Passengers, a six piece group that he founded with Curtis Fowlkes in 1987. They have toured Europe many times and played at major festivals in Finland, Germany, Italy, France and Switzerland, as well as the J.V.C. Festival in New York, the Du Maurier Festival in Canada and toured throughout the United States and Canada. The band has recorded eight albums since their debut release."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_Nathanson.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: "1951-05-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.09
  momentum:             4.166666666666667
  historical:           7.00648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622299/"
    handle:    "nm0622299"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/116604"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روى ناثانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Nathanson"
    title: "Roy Nathanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Nathanson"
    title: "Roy Nathanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Nathanson"
    title: "Roy Nathanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B6%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ロイ・ネイザンソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Nathanson"
    title: "Roy Nathanson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f5323307-a069-4223-8b61-47266da06844"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2170880"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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