# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-krantz
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:02:16.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-krantz"
name: "Wayne Krantz"
slug: "wayne-krantz"
description: "Wayne Krantz is an American guitarist and composer. He has performed and recorded with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Donald Fagen, Billy Cobham, Chris Potter, David Binney, and Carla Bley. Since the early 1990s, Krantz has focused primarily on his solo career, mostly as the leader of various trio combinations."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wayne_Krantz_by_Rich_M.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: "1956-07-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.34
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.789205333333333
  currentAttention:     18.36
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.waynekrantz.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/473411"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "واين كرانتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "واين كرانتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Krantz"
    title: "Wayne Krantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Krantz"
    title: "Wayne Krantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Krantz"
    title: "Wayne Krantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84"
    title: "ウェイン・クランツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Krantz"
    title: "Wayne Krantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Krantz"
    title: "Wayne Krantz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a65e3a2-b905-49d1-beca-d3872a57504d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325319"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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