Paul Butterfield
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Paul Butterfield was an influential American blues harmonica player and bandleader known for pioneering electric Chicago blues and blues-rock in the 1960s and 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paul Butterfield canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4650059 — 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: Paul Butterfield Context triple: [The Last Waltz (concert), featuredGuestPerformer, Paul Butterfield]
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A.
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Paul Butterfield Blues Band was an influential American electric blues and blues-rock group from Chicago, led by harmonica player and singer Paul Butterfield, known for helping popularize urban blues among rock audiences in the 1960s.
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B.
Otis Taylor
Otis Taylor is an American blues musician and songwriter known for his hypnotic, trance-blues style and socially conscious lyrics.
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C.
Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield was an influential American blues and rock guitarist best known for his work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and his pioneering electric guitar contributions in the 1960s.
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D.
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy is a legendary American blues guitarist and singer known for his fiery playing style, showmanship, and major influence on rock and modern electric blues.
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E.
Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf was a towering American blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player whose powerful voice and influential recordings helped shape Chicago blues and rock music.
- 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: Paul Butterfield Target entity description: Paul Butterfield was an influential American blues harmonica player and bandleader known for pioneering electric Chicago blues and blues-rock in the 1960s and 1970s.
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A.
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Paul Butterfield Blues Band was an influential American electric blues and blues-rock group from Chicago, led by harmonica player and singer Paul Butterfield, known for helping popularize urban blues among rock audiences in the 1960s.
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B.
Otis Taylor
Otis Taylor is an American blues musician and songwriter known for his hypnotic, trance-blues style and socially conscious lyrics.
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C.
Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield was an influential American blues and rock guitarist best known for his work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and his pioneering electric guitar contributions in the 1960s.
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D.
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy is a legendary American blues guitarist and singer known for his fiery playing style, showmanship, and major influence on rock and modern electric blues.
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E.
Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf was a towering American blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player whose powerful voice and influential recordings helped shape Chicago blues and rock music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
ⓘ
blues band ⓘ blues musician ⓘ harmonica player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Paul Butterfield's Better Days
ⓘ
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
|
| associatedBand |
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Butterfield ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music performance
ⓘ
song interpretation ⓘ |
| genre |
Chicago blues
ⓘ
blues ⓘ blues rock ⓘ electric blues ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| hasRole |
band leader
ⓘ
frontman ⓘ |
| influenced |
American blues-rock bands of the late 1960s
ⓘ
later blues-rock harmonica players ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
blues rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| instrument |
harmonica
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
integrating electric blues into rock audiences
ⓘ
virtuosic blues harmonica playing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Paul Butterfield ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influencing the development of blues rock
ⓘ
pioneering electric Chicago blues in the 1960s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
East-West (album)
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (album) ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
|
| occupation |
bandleader
ⓘ
harmonica player ⓘ musician ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| performanceStyle |
amplified harmonica
ⓘ
electric Chicago blues ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Chicago
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| recordLabel | Elektra Records ⓘ |
| style |
electric ensemble blues
ⓘ
improvisational blues solos ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Paul Butterfield Description of subject: Paul Butterfield was an influential American blues harmonica player and bandleader known for pioneering electric Chicago blues and blues-rock in the 1960s and 1970s.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Last Waltz concert by The Band
subject linked to:
East-West (album with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band)