# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-smith-iii
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:48:20.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-smith-iii"
name: "Walter Smith III"
slug: "walter-smith-iii"
description: "Walter Smith III is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the Chair of the Woodwind Department at the Berklee College of Music."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Smith_III_(5694770794).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: "1980-09-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.234056000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/waltersmithmusic"
    handle:    "waltersmithmusic"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.waltersmith3.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "والتر سميث الثالث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Smith_III"
    title: "Walter Smith III"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Smith_III"
    title: "Walter Smith III"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Smith_III"
    title: "Walter Smith III"
    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%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B93%E4%B8%96"
    title: "ウォルター・スミス3世"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Smith_III"
    title: "Walter Smith III"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0da19599-974e-4030-ae9e-7a62fd948935"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1472994"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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