Tony Levin (drummer)

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Tony Levin is an English jazz and rock drummer best known for his work with the progressive rock band Sky and collaborations with artists such as John Surman and Allan Holdsworth.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tony Levin	5
Tony Levin (drummer) canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19148898 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tony Levin (drummer)
Context triple: [Sky (band), hasMember, Tony Levin (drummer)]

A. Tony Levin
Tony Levin is an American bassist and Chapman Stick virtuoso best known for his work with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and numerous other rock and progressive artists.
B. Philip Selway
Philip Selway is an English musician best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Radiohead.
C. Mark Aronoff
Mark Aronoff is an American linguist renowned for his influential work in morphology and for his long-standing role as a professor at Stony Brook University.
D. Brian Downey (drummer)
Brian Downey is an Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the hard rock band Thin Lizzy.
E. Bill Berry
Bill Berry is an American musician best known as the drummer and a founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tony Levin (drummer)
Target entity description: Tony Levin is an English jazz and rock drummer best known for his work with the progressive rock band Sky and collaborations with artists such as John Surman and Allan Holdsworth.

A. Tony Levin
Tony Levin is an American bassist and Chapman Stick virtuoso best known for his work with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and numerous other rock and progressive artists.
B. Philip Selway
Philip Selway is an English musician best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Radiohead.
C. Mark Aronoff
Mark Aronoff is an American linguist renowned for his influential work in morphology and for his long-standing role as a professor at Stony Brook University.
D. Brian Downey (drummer)
Brian Downey is an Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the hard rock band Thin Lizzy.
E. Bill Berry
Bill Berry is an American musician best known as the drummer and a founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sky (band) → hasMember → Tony Levin (drummer) ⓘ

National Health → hasMember → Tony Levin (drummer) ⓘ

Three of a Perfect Pair → composer → Tony Levin ⓘ

subject linked to: Three of a Perfect Pair (album by King Crimson)