Mary Lou's Mass
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Mary Lou's Mass is a groundbreaking jazz liturgical composition by pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams that blends sacred Catholic mass texts with modern jazz idioms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Lou's Mass canonical | 2 |
| Mary Lou’s Mass | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5137199 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Lou's Mass Context triple: [Mary Lou Williams, notableWork, Mary Lou's Mass]
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C.
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- 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: Mary Lou's Mass Target entity description: Mary Lou's Mass is a groundbreaking jazz liturgical composition by pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams that blends sacred Catholic mass texts with modern jazz idioms.
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A.
The Patsy
The Patsy is a 1964 comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a hapless bellboy groomed to become a superstar.
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B.
Fat Mary
Fat Mary is the nickname of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a 19th-century British royal known for her charitable work and as the mother of Queen Mary, consort of King George V.
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C.
Scenes from the Heart
Scenes from the Heart is a memoir-style book co-written by Swedish opera singer Malena Ernman and her family that chronicles their personal journey through climate activism and raising Greta Thunberg.
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D.
Around the Way Girl
"Around the Way Girl" is a popular 1990 hip-hop single by LL Cool J that blends smooth rap with R&B influences and became one of his signature hits.
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E.
Around the Way Girl
Around the Way Girl is the memoir of actress Taraji P. Henson, chronicling her journey from a tough Washington, D.C. upbringing to Hollywood stardom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic Mass setting
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jazz composition ⓘ liturgical composition ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mary Lou Williams ⓘ |
| composer | Mary Lou Williams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| creatorRoleOfComposer | pianist ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Catholic worship ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
choir
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jazz ensemble ⓘ piano ⓘ vocal soloists ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Agnus Dei
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Credo ⓘ Gloria ⓘ Kyrie ⓘ Sanctus ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
religious devotion
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sacred jazz ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African American jazz tradition
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Catholic liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
concert performance
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liturgical performance ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a pioneering jazz Mass
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integration of jazz with Catholic liturgy ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| style |
blues
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gospel influences ⓘ modern jazz idioms ⓘ swing ⓘ |
| usesTextFrom | Catholic Mass ⓘ |
| workType | Mass ordinary setting ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (3)
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