Blues Alley, Washington, D.C.
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Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. is a renowned, intimate jazz club celebrated for hosting legendary live performances and recordings.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blues Alley, Washington, D.C. canonical | 2 |
| 1 Blues Alley | 1 |
| Blues Alley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5252925 — 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: Blues Alley, Washington, D.C. Context triple: [Eva Cassidy, performedAt, Blues Alley, Washington, D.C.]
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A.
B.B. King’s Blues Club
B.B. King’s Blues Club is a renowned live music venue and restaurant named after blues legend B.B. King, celebrated for its authentic blues performances and Southern-style cuisine.
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B.
Blues City Cafe
Blues City Cafe is a popular Memphis restaurant and music spot known for its classic Southern comfort food and live blues atmosphere.
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C.
Buddy Guy’s Legends
Buddy Guy’s Legends is a renowned Chicago blues club owned by legendary guitarist Buddy Guy, famous for hosting live performances by top blues and rock musicians.
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D.
Anacostia Arts Center
Anacostia Arts Center is a community-focused arts and cultural hub featuring galleries, performance spaces, and creative businesses in Washington, D.C.’s historic Anacostia neighborhood.
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E.
Ryman Auditorium
Ryman Auditorium is a historic Nashville music venue famed as the longtime home of the Grand Ole Opry and a landmark of American country 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: Blues Alley, Washington, D.C. Target entity description: Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. is a renowned, intimate jazz club celebrated for hosting legendary live performances and recordings.
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A.
B.B. King’s Blues Club
B.B. King’s Blues Club is a renowned live music venue and restaurant named after blues legend B.B. King, celebrated for its authentic blues performances and Southern-style cuisine.
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B.
Blues City Cafe
Blues City Cafe is a popular Memphis restaurant and music spot known for its classic Southern comfort food and live blues atmosphere.
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C.
Buddy Guy’s Legends
Buddy Guy’s Legends is a renowned Chicago blues club owned by legendary guitarist Buddy Guy, famous for hosting live performances by top blues and rock musicians.
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D.
Anacostia Arts Center
Anacostia Arts Center is a community-focused arts and cultural hub featuring galleries, performance spaces, and creative businesses in Washington, D.C.’s historic Anacostia neighborhood.
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E.
Ryman Auditorium
Ryman Auditorium is a historic Nashville music venue famed as the longtime home of the Grand Ole Opry and a landmark of American country music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | jazz club ⓘ |
| ambience | intimate, supper-club setting ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Washington, D.C. jazz scene ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy | Harry Schnipper ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1965 ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| hasCapacity | small, intimate audience ⓘ |
| hasNotableLiveAlbumRecorded |
Carmen McRae – "Carmen McRae at the Great American Music Hall and Blues Alley"
ⓘ
Shirley Horn – "I Remember Miles" (partly associated with Blues Alley performances) ⓘ |
| hasNotablePatron | local and international jazz audiences ⓘ |
| hasPerformanceFormat |
seated table service
ⓘ
ticketed shows ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
good acoustics
ⓘ
historic jazz atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasType | supper club ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.bluesalley.com/ ⓘ |
| hosts |
local jazz musicians
ⓘ
touring jazz artists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hosting renowned jazz musicians
ⓘ
intimate jazz performances ⓘ live jazz recordings ⓘ |
| languageOfVenue | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Georgetown ⓘ |
| notableRecordingVenueFor |
Carmen McRae
ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ Grover Washington Jr. ⓘ Shirley Horn ⓘ Stan Getz ⓘ Wynton Marsalis ⓘ |
| offers |
food and drink service
ⓘ
live music nightly ⓘ |
| partOf | cultural venues in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| reputation | one of the oldest continuously operating jazz supper clubs in the United States ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 1073 Wisconsin Avenue NW ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
music journalism articles
ⓘ
travel and culture guides ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blues Alley, Washington, D.C. Description of subject: Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. is a renowned, intimate jazz club celebrated for hosting legendary live performances and recordings.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Blues Alley, Washington, D.C.
subject linked to:
album "Trios Live"
linked to: Blues Alley, Washington, D.C.