Julius Watkins

American jazz musician (1921-1977)
Person human Q1357150
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Julius Watkins

Summary

Julius Watkins is a human[1]. Born in Detroit[2], he… he was born on October 10, 1921[3]. He died in Short Hills[4]. He died on April 4, 1977[5]. He worked as a horn player[6], music educator[7], jazz musician[8], musician[9], and wind instrument player[10]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month, #7,273 of 1,000,298).[11]

Key Facts

  • Julius Watkins's place of birth was Detroit[2].
  • Julius Watkins died in Short Hills[4].
  • Julius Watkins was born on October 10, 1921[3].
  • Julius Watkins died on April 4, 1977[5].
  • Julius Watkins held citizenship in United States[12].
  • Julius Watkins is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group[13].
  • Julius Watkins's professions included horn player[6].
  • Julius Watkins's professions included music educator[7].
  • Julius Watkins's professions included jazz musician[8].
  • Julius Watkins worked as a musician[9].
  • Julius Watkins worked as a wind instrument player[10].
  • Julius Watkins's field of work was jazz[14].
  • Julius Watkins's field of work was music[15].
  • Julius Watkins was employed by Manhattan School of Music[16].
  • Julius Watkins is recorded as male[17].
  • Julius Watkins's instance of is recorded as human[18].
  • Julius Watkins's record label is recorded as Blue Note[19].
  • Julius Watkins's family name is recorded as Watkins[20].
  • Julius Watkins's given name is recorded as Julius[21].
  • Julius Watkins's instrument is recorded as horn[22].
  • Julius Watkins's described by source is recorded as Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians[23].
  • Julius Watkins's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[24].

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.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[25]

  • Country: US[26]

  • Began / founded: 1921-10-10[27]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1977-04-04[28]

  • Genre(s): hard bop, jazz[29]

  • Community tags: hard bop, jazz[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ec4d5918-4e2a-4b4f-8677-0bcff102cc1b[31]

Body

Origins and Family

Born in Detroit[2], Julius Watkins… he was born on October 10, 1921[3]. He is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group[13].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include horn player[6], music educator[7], jazz musician[8], musician[9], and wind instrument player[10]. Fields of work include jazz[14], a music genre[32], founded in 1917[33] and music[15], a type of arts[34]. Among Julius Watkins's employers was Manhattan School of Music[16].

Death and Burial

Julius Watkins died on April 4, 1977[5]. He passed away in Short Hills[4].

Why It Matters

Julius Watkins ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month, #7,273 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35]

FAQs

Where was Julius Watkins born?

Julius Watkins was born in Detroit[2].

Where did Julius Watkins die?

Julius Watkins died in Short Hills[4].

What did Julius Watkins do for work?

Julius Watkins worked as horn player[6], music educator[7], jazz musician[8], musician[9], and wind instrument player[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [18] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [11] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Place of death Short Hills
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    Field of work jazz, music
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