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Wilbur Ware

American jazz musician (1923-1979)
Person human Q340063

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
September 8, 1923, 1923[8]
Date of death
September 9, 1979, 1979[9]
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
Philadelphia
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
double-bassist, jazz musician, musician
Field of work
jazz[11]
Genre
jazz[14]
Cause of death
pulmonary emphysema[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Family name
Ware[17]
Given name
Wilbur[18]
Instrument
double bass[20]
Manner of death
natural causes[19]
Member of
Thelonious Monk Septet[12]
Record label
Riverside[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Wilbur Bernard Ware en Wilbur Ware ar ويلبر وير cs Wilbur Bernard Ware de Wilbur Bernard Ware id Wilbur Bernard Ware ja ウィルバー・ウェア uk Вілбур Бернард Вейр uk Вілбур Вейр
🔖 Identifiers · 35
ISNI
0000000118217097
VIAF cluster ID
269634945
Library of Congress authority ID
no91011299
GND ID
134826795
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000255770
American National Biography ID
1802907
BIBSYS ID
1014756
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
139330741
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11367025
DBC author ID
87097992453529
Deezer artist ID
4691967
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134826795
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Discogs artist ID
258089
Europeana entity
agent/base/81723
FAST ID
1499622
Freebase ID
/m/0b4vhl
Golden ID
Wilbur_Ware-J6DN33
Grove Music Online ID
J472200
IdRef ID
133966623
Libraries Australia ID
35776665
MusicBrainz artist ID
d8718343-cdc1-49bb-b8cb-d241e5d16b79
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000050975
NL CR AUT ID
xx0274824
NLA Trove people ID
1082235
NUKAT ID
n2020206709
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5856762
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
10178953X
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803120953365
RERO ID (legacy)
A003958354
SBN author ID
MODV298783
SVKKL authority ID
0363262-Ware-Wilbur-19231979
SecondHandSongs artist ID
46057
Tidal artist ID
5586073
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbxBDWMJgKtDkMBRTtYfq
Yale LUX ID
person/3f4c1d2a-5465-4147-a15b-b989d8a36916

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🔗 Connections
Mb:member of band 4
Kenny Dorham Quartet, The Johnny Griffin Quartet, Thelonious Monk Quartet, Thelonious Monk Septet
Occupation 3
musician, double-bassist, jazz musician
Cause of death 1
pulmonary emphysema
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Field of work 1
jazz
Genre 1
jazz
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
double bass
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Place of death 1
Philadelphia
Record label 1
Riverside
Sex or gender 1
male
← Depicts 1
A Great Day in Harlem
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Summary

Wilbur Ware was born on September 8, 1923[1], in Chicago[2]. He died on September 9, 1979[3], in Philadelphia[4]. He worked as a double-bassist[5], jazz musician[6], and musician[7].

FAQs

Where was Wilbur Ware born?

Wilbur Ware was born in Chicago[2].

Where did Wilbur Ware die?

Wilbur Ware died in Philadelphia[4].

What did Wilbur Ware do for work?

Wilbur Ware worked as a double-bassist[5], jazz musician[6], and musician[7].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 4691967
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 3d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'ja', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt',
    Tidal artist ID → 5586073
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0363262-Ware-Wilbur-19231979
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0363262-Ware-Wilbur-19231979, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Wilbur
    Field of work → jazz
    Family name → Ware
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32084|batch #32084]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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