Russell Batiste Jr. – drums
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Russell Batiste Jr. was an American drummer best known for his powerful, funk-infused playing in the New Orleans music scene and collaborations with bands like the Funky Meters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Russell Batiste Jr. – drums canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22658949 — 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)
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Target entity: Russell Batiste Jr. – drums Context triple: [Vida Blue, hasNotableMemberRole, Russell Batiste Jr. – drums]
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A.
Steve Jordan (drums)
Steve Jordan is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter renowned for his work with artists like John Mayer, the Rolling Stones, and in the Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman bands.
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B.
Stephen Perkins – drums
Stephen Perkins is an American drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and various related projects.
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C.
Chris Herold – drums
Chris Herold is the drummer for the band Kingfish, contributing percussion and rhythmic backing to their performances and recordings.
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D.
Steve Jansen – drums, percussion
Steve Jansen is an English drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the influential art pop and new wave band Japan.
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E.
Alex Kirst – drums
Alex Kirst was a rock drummer best known for his work with Iggy Pop and the band The Nymphs.
- 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: Russell Batiste Jr. – drums Target entity description: Russell Batiste Jr. was an American drummer best known for his powerful, funk-infused playing in the New Orleans music scene and collaborations with bands like the Funky Meters.
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A.
Steve Jordan (drums)
Steve Jordan is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter renowned for his work with artists like John Mayer, the Rolling Stones, and in the Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman bands.
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B.
Stephen Perkins – drums
Stephen Perkins is an American drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and various related projects.
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C.
Chris Herold – drums
Chris Herold is the drummer for the band Kingfish, contributing percussion and rhythmic backing to their performances and recordings.
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D.
Steve Jansen – drums, percussion
Steve Jansen is an English drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the influential art pop and new wave band Japan.
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E.
Alex Kirst – drums
Alex Kirst was a rock drummer best known for his work with Iggy Pop and the band The Nymphs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.