Jazz (novel)
E470038
"Jazz" is a 1992 novel by Toni Morrison that explores love, violence, and memory in 1920s Harlem through a polyphonic, jazz-like narrative style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jazz (1992 novel) | 1 |
| Jazz (novel) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4790876 — 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: Jazz (novel) Context triple: [Dorcas, isCharacterIn, Jazz (novel)]
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A.
Victoires du Jazz
Victoires du Jazz is a major French music award ceremony dedicated to recognizing outstanding achievements in jazz.
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B.
Jazz Police
"Jazz Police" is a darkly humorous, jazz-inflected song by Leonard Cohen from his 1988 album *I'm Your Man*, blending sardonic lyrics with an offbeat, experimental arrangement.
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C.
Ragtime
Ragtime is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical that intertwines the stories of three families in early 20th-century America to explore themes of race, class, and social change.
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D.
Harlem's Nocturne
"Harlem's Nocturne" is the atmospheric, piano-driven opening track by Alicia Keys that sets a soulful, introspective tone for her album "The Diary of Alicia Keys."
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E.
Jazz Goes to Town
Jazz Goes to Town is an annual jazz music festival held in Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic, featuring a wide range of local and international jazz performers.
- 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: Jazz (novel) Target entity description: "Jazz" is a 1992 novel by Toni Morrison that explores love, violence, and memory in 1920s Harlem through a polyphonic, jazz-like narrative style.
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A.
Victoires du Jazz
Victoires du Jazz is a major French music award ceremony dedicated to recognizing outstanding achievements in jazz.
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B.
Jazz Police
"Jazz Police" is a darkly humorous, jazz-inflected song by Leonard Cohen from his 1988 album *I'm Your Man*, blending sardonic lyrics with an offbeat, experimental arrangement.
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C.
Ragtime
Ragtime is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical that intertwines the stories of three families in early 20th-century America to explore themes of race, class, and social change.
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D.
Harlem's Nocturne
"Harlem's Nocturne" is the atmospheric, piano-driven opening track by Alicia Keys that sets a soulful, introspective tone for her album "The Diary of Alicia Keys."
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E.
Jazz Goes to Town
Jazz Goes to Town is an annual jazz music festival held in Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic, featuring a wide range of local and international jazz performers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Toni Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
Harlem Renaissance culture
ⓘ
complex marital relationships ⓘ interplay of past and present ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| followedBy | Paradise (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-679-73564-8 ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | unnamed first-person narrator ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 229 ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
circular
ⓘ
improvisational ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | jazz music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dorcas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joe Trace NERFINISHED ⓘ Violet Trace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
jazz-like structure
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nonlinear ⓘ polyphonic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimental narrative voice
ⓘ
integration of musical form into prose ⓘ |
| partOf | Toni Morrison’s loose trilogy with Beloved and Paradise ⓘ |
| precededBy | Beloved (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Harlem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
African-American urban experience
ⓘ
healing ⓘ jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ migration ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Jazz (novel) Description of subject: "Jazz" is a 1992 novel by Toni Morrison that explores love, violence, and memory in 1920s Harlem through a polyphonic, jazz-like narrative style.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jazz (1992 novel)