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John Jorgenson

American musician
Person human Q963411

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
July 6, 1956
Place of birth
Madison
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
saxophonist, jazz musician, pianist, jazz guitarist, composer, musician[9]
Educated at
University of Redlands, Redlands High School[10][11]
Genre
Gypsy jazz[14]
Official website
johnjorgenson.com[17]
Given name
John[16]
Instrument
clarinet, saxophone, double bass, bassoon, guitar, piano[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Member of
The Desert Rose Band[12]
P14750
93B5-2BA5-E216-9C90-FAF4[25]
Record label
Cleopatra Records[15]
Start of work period
1970[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Jorgenson en John Richard Jorgenson es John Richard Jorgenson fr John Richard Jorgenson it John Richard Jorgenson ja ジョン・ジョーゲンソン ko 존 조겐슨 ru Джон Джоргенсон zh 约翰·乔根森
🔖 Identifiers · 23
ISNI
0000000372042819
VIAF cluster ID
19882286
GND ID
135236843
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John Jorgenson at Kentucky Coffee Tree Cafe.JPG ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000230160
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14046357s
Discogs artist ID
433169
Europeana entity
agent/base/92451
Film.ru person ID
john-jorgenson-0
Freebase ID
/m/026xtvc
Grammy Awards artist ID
john-jorgenson/11023
IMDb ID
nm0430397
Show all 23 identifiers +11
IdRef ID
158486757
Kinobox person ID
872562
MusicBrainz artist ID
4cdf9976-951c-45c2-a1ec-6fde579d2f1a
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000047117
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100025187
Podchaser creator ID
107aDv4dcM
SecondHandSongs artist ID
76662
Songkick artist ID
490002
TMDB person ID
230242
Tidal artist ID
5587087
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpV7hWQ9tj3Tdpj3fGPwC

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🔗 Connections
Instrument 6
guitar, piano, saxophone, clarinet, double bass, bassoon
Occupation 3
pianist, saxophonist, jazz musician
Mb:member of band 2
The Desert Rose Band, John Jorgenson Quintet
Belongs to 1
The Desert Rose Band
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
University of Redlands
Genre 1
Gypsy jazz
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Madison
Record label 1
Cleopatra Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Jorgenson was born on July 6, 1956[1], in Madison[2]. He has worked as a saxophonist[3], jazz musician[4], pianist[5], jazz guitarist[6], and composer[7].

FAQs

Where was John Jorgenson born?

John Jorgenson was born in Madison[2].

What did John Jorgenson do for work?

John Jorgenson worked as a saxophonist[3], jazz musician[4], pianist[5], jazz guitarist[6], and composer[7].

Where did John Jorgenson go to school?

John Jorgenson was educated at University of Redlands[10] and Redlands High School[11].

Related Entities

United States University of Redlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 5587087
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63221|batch #63221]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part2.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Occupation → saxophonist, jazz musician, pianist +3
    Website → —
    Instance of → human
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32157|batch #32157]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (38)"
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