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Bob Cranshaw

American musician (1932–2016)
Person human Q887868

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
December 10, 1932, December 3, 1932[2][8]
Date of death
November 2, 2016
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
Manhattan
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
jazz musician, bassist, musician
Educated at
Evanston Township High School[10]
Genre
jazz, music of the Caribbean[12][13]
Cause of death
cancer[14]
Family name
Cranshaw[15]
Given name
Bob[16]
Instrument
guitar, double bass, bass[18][19][20]
Manner of death
natural causes[17]
P14750
71F4-2F25-E3B0-4245-0FED[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bob Cranshaw en Melbourne Robert Cranshaw ja ボブ・クランショウ uk Боб Креншоу uk Мельбурн Роберт Креншоу
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000081438047
VIAF cluster ID
64191362
Library of Congress authority ID
n79017434
GND ID
134352041
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bob Cranshaw.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000065862
American Film Institute person ID
225527
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13892818k
Carnegie Hall agent ID
32549
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134352041
Discogs artist ID
135870
Europeana entity
agent/base/65766
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FAST ID
31136
Find a Grave memorial ID
172199021
Freebase ID
/m/02_jfl
Grove Music Online ID
J105200
IMDb ID
nm1045096
IdRef ID
082676488
Internet Broadway Database person ID
86651
Libraries Australia ID
35370939
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
13315
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000300716
NLA Trove people ID
928978
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007422865705171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1449576
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073636452
OpenMLOL author ID
366568
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095645990
Rate Your Music artist ID
bob_cranshaw
SBN author ID
MODV297953
SNAC ARK ID
w6t2939n
SecondHandSongs artist ID
48795
TMDB person ID
1131127
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/f28b581a-b7f9-4629-b742-db33b5b1e84f

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Instrument 3
guitar, double bass, bass
Mb:member of band 2
Saturday Night Live Band, The Young Lions
Cause of death 1
cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
jazz
Given name 1
Bob
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Occupation 1
jazz musician
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Place of death 1
Manhattan
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Carl Woese
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Summary

Born in Chicago[1], he… he was born on December 10, 1932[2]. He died in Manhattan[3]. He died on November 2, 2016[4]. He worked as a jazz musician[5], bassist[6], and musician[7].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[22]

  • Country: US[23]

  • Began / founded: 1932-12-10[24]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2016-11-02[25]

  • Genre(s): hard bop, jazz, post-bop[26]

  • Community tags: hard bop, jazz, post-bop[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6bf4f019-5ac1-4b48-80fe-e48823377419[28]

FAQs

Where was Bob Cranshaw born?

Bob Cranshaw was born in Chicago[1].

Where did Bob Cranshaw die?

Bob Cranshaw died in Manhattan[3].

What did Bob Cranshaw do for work?

Bob Cranshaw worked as jazz musician[5], bassist[6], and musician[7].

Where did Bob Cranshaw go to school?

Bob Cranshaw was educated at Evanston Township High School[10].

Related Entities

Carl Woese United States

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  1. [1] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Educated at → Evanston Township High School
    Manner of death → natural causes
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