# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilbur-ware
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:17:26.484Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilbur-ware"
name: "Wilbur Ware"
slug: "wilbur-ware"
description: "Wilbur Bernard Ware was an American jazz double bassist. He was a regular bassist for the Riverside record label in the 1950s, and recorded regularly in that decade with Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Drew, and Thelonious Monk. He also appeared on records released by J.R. Monterose, Toots Thielemans, Sonny Clark, Tina Brooks, Zoot Sims, Archie Shepp and Grant Green, among others."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1923-1979)"
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: "1923-09-08"
deathDate: "1979-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.14
  momentum:             8
  historical:           13.37448133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ويلبر وير"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ware"
    title: "Wilbur Ware"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ware"
    title: "Wilbur Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ware"
    title: "Wilbur Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ware"
    title: "Wilbur Ware"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ware"
    title: "Wilbur Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wilbur Ware"
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    title: "Wilbur Ware"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump