{
 "id": "ray-wetzel-3f63a213",
 "name": "Ray Wetzel",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": null,
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "3f63a213-50db-4a76-900a-b75690dba3ab"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q2134003"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "0000000120207525"
  ],
  "ipi": [
   "00077426457"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "753394"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "R. Wetzel",
  "R. Wetzle",
  "R. Witzel",
  "R.Wetzel",
  "Ray \"Nimrod\" Wetzel",
  "Ray Watzel",
  "Ray Weitzel",
  "Ray Wetzell",
  "Ray Whetzel",
  "Ray Witzel",
  "Tay Wetzel",
  "Weltzel",
  "Wetze",
  "Wetzel"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3f63a213-50db-4a76-900a-b75690dba3ab",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "489ce91b-6658-3307-9877-795b68554c98"
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1924-09-22",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3f63a213-50db-4a76-900a-b75690dba3ab",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1924-09-22",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Parkersburg",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3f63a213-50db-4a76-900a-b75690dba3ab",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "32e188b3-12b7-4ad4-b105-7aecb7808ca7"
    },
    {
     "value": "Parkersburg",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q329485",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "citizenship": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q30",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "US",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3f63a213-50db-4a76-900a-b75690dba3ab",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "American jazz trumpeter (1924-1951)",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04"
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1951-08-17",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3f63a213-50db-4a76-900a-b75690dba3ab",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1951-08-17",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "genre": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "jazz",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q8341",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "instrument": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "trumpet",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q8338",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "member_of": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Woody Herman And His Orchestra",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "753394",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:284746",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Metronome All Stars",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "753394",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:311056",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Stan Kenton And His Orchestra",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "753394",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:320804",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Teddy Powell And His Orchestra",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "753394",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:341409",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Neal Hefti's Orchestra",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "753394",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:430844",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Woody Herman & The Herd",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "753394",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:661482",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Vido Musso And His Orchestra",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "753394",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:1125303",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Vanderbilt Stars",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "753394",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:4792675",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "The Band That Plays The Blues",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "753394",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:5757047",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "The Poll Cats",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "753394",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:7501792",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    }
   ]
  },
  "occupation": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "trumpeter",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q12377274",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "composer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q36834",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "jazz musician",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q15981151",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "musician",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q2134003",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q639669",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/10048801"
  },
  {
   "kind": "allmusic",
   "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000412121"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/753394"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/210918"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wetzel"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94006297"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6876c5s"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/210918"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14038009c"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1532852"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no94006297"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2134003"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wetzel"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2134003"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/ray-wetzel-3f63a213",
  "cite_as": "Ray Wetzel, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/ray-wetzel-3f63a213",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "discogs",
    "dump": "20261001",
    "date": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-04T113007",
    "date": "2026-11-04",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}