# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walt-weiskopf
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:45:33.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walt-weiskopf"
name: "Walt Weiskopf"
slug: "walt-weiskopf"
description: "Walt Weiskopf is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, author and educator. He has released sixteen albums as a leader, and performed on countless other albums as a sideman. He has collaborated with artists such as Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra and Steely Dan."
tagline: "American jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walt_Weiskopf_Sax_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1959-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.93
  momentum:             1.139240506329114
  historical:           7.478870666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/473407"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%81"
    title: "والت ويسكوپف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Weiskopf"
    title: "Walt Weiskopf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Weiskopf"
    title: "Walt Weiskopf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Weiskopf"
    title: "Walt Weiskopf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Weiskopf"
    title: "Walt Weiskopf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Weiskopf"
    title: "Walt Weiskopf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Weiskopf"
    title: "Walt Weiskopf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/81f5f851-bf90-4e97-940a-c1e87785899c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1526019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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