Joe Sample
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Joe Sample was an American jazz pianist, composer, and founding member of The Crusaders, known for his influential work in jazz fusion and collaborations with numerous vocalists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joe Sample canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5245815 — 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: Joe Sample Context triple: [Randy Crawford, associatedAct, Joe Sample]
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A.
Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer renowned for his work with Weather Report, Steps Ahead, and numerous leading jazz and fusion artists.
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B.
Christian McBride
Christian McBride is a Grammy-winning American jazz bassist, bandleader, and composer renowned for his virtuosity, versatility, and work across straight-ahead jazz, fusion, and beyond.
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C.
Ron Carter
Ron Carter is a highly influential American jazz double bassist and composer, best known for his work with the Miles Davis Quintet and as one of the most recorded bassists in jazz history.
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D.
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller is an acclaimed American jazz bassist, composer, and producer known for his influential work in jazz fusion and collaborations with artists like Miles Davis and Luther Vandross.
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E.
Greg Osby
Greg Osby is an American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative contributions to contemporary jazz and his influential work on the Blue Note label.
- 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: Joe Sample Target entity description: Joe Sample was an American jazz pianist, composer, and founding member of The Crusaders, known for his influential work in jazz fusion and collaborations with numerous vocalists.
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A.
Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer renowned for his work with Weather Report, Steps Ahead, and numerous leading jazz and fusion artists.
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B.
Christian McBride
Christian McBride is a Grammy-winning American jazz bassist, bandleader, and composer renowned for his virtuosity, versatility, and work across straight-ahead jazz, fusion, and beyond.
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C.
Ron Carter
Ron Carter is a highly influential American jazz double bassist and composer, best known for his work with the Miles Davis Quintet and as one of the most recorded bassists in jazz history.
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D.
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller is an acclaimed American jazz bassist, composer, and producer known for his influential work in jazz fusion and collaborations with artists like Miles Davis and Luther Vandross.
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E.
Greg Osby
Greg Osby is an American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative contributions to contemporary jazz and his influential work on the Blue Note label.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band member
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz pianist ⓘ recording artist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
B. B. King
NERFINISHED
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George Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ Joni Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Marvin Gaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Randy Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ Steely Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crusaders NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jazz Crusaders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Joseph Leslie Sample NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | mesothelioma ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-02-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-09-12 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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jazz fusion ⓘ smooth jazz ⓘ soul jazz ⓘ |
| instrument |
electric piano
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keyboards ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| memberOf |
The Crusaders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Jazz Crusaders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Joe Sample NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
collaborated with numerous vocalists in jazz and pop
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helped popularize electric piano in jazz fusion ⓘ pioneer of jazz fusion piano ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Carmel
NERFINISHED
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Rainbow Seeker NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ member of The Crusaders ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ founding member of The Crusaders ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ pianist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Thumb Records
NERFINISHED
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MCA Records ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
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: Joe Sample Description of subject: Joe Sample was an American jazz pianist, composer, and founding member of The Crusaders, known for his influential work in jazz fusion and collaborations with numerous vocalists.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tommy LiPuma