# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-parazaider
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:13.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-parazaider"
name: "Walter Parazaider"
slug: "walter-parazaider"
description: "Walter Parazaider was an American woodwind musician who was a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He was best known for being one-third of Chicago's brass/woodwind section alongside Lee Loughnane and James Pankow. Parazaider was a multi-instrumentalist. He played a wide variety of wind instruments, including saxophone, flute, and clarinet. He also occasionally played guitar."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Parazaider.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: "1945-03-14"
deathDate: "2026-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.48
  momentum:             25
  historical:           11.70687333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Parazaider"
    title: "Walter Parazaider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Parazaider"
    title: "Walter Parazaider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Parazaider"
    title: "Walter Parazaider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Parazaider"
    title: "Walter Parazaider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Parazaider"
    title: "Walter Parazaider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウォルター・パラゼイダー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Parazaider"
    title: "Walter Parazaider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Parazaider"
    title: "Walter Parazaider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d2639d3f-046e-4ac7-ad5b-0c3a104ebcd7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/475106"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7965783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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