Bennie Maupin
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Bennie Maupin is an American jazz saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and composer best known for his work with Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis during the fusion era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bennie Maupin canonical | 8 |
| Benny Maupin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5349994 — 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: Bennie Maupin Context triple: [Head Hunters, featuresMusician, Bennie Maupin]
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A.
Gil Evans
Gil Evans was a pioneering Canadian-born jazz pianist, arranger, and composer best known for his innovative orchestrations and influential collaborations with Miles Davis.
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B.
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter was an influential American jazz saxophonist and composer known for his work with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, the Miles Davis Quintet, and Weather Report, as well as his innovative solo recordings.
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C.
Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz was an influential American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his cool jazz style and work with the Miles Davis Nonet on the landmark "Birth of the Cool" sessions.
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D.
Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd is an influential American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer known for his genre-blending style and acclaimed work since the 1960s.
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E.
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader known for his work in hard bop and later pioneering jazz-funk and fusion styles.
- 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: Bennie Maupin Target entity description: Bennie Maupin is an American jazz saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and composer best known for his work with Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis during the fusion era.
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A.
Gil Evans
Gil Evans was a pioneering Canadian-born jazz pianist, arranger, and composer best known for his innovative orchestrations and influential collaborations with Miles Davis.
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B.
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter was an influential American jazz saxophonist and composer known for his work with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, the Miles Davis Quintet, and Weather Report, as well as his innovative solo recordings.
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C.
Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz was an influential American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his cool jazz style and work with the Miles Davis Nonet on the landmark "Birth of the Cool" sessions.
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D.
Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd is an influential American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer known for his genre-blending style and acclaimed work since the 1960s.
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E.
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader known for his work in hard bop and later pioneering jazz-funk and fusion styles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bass clarinetist
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Headhunters-era Herbie Hancock band
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Herbie Hancock ⓘ Miles Davis ⓘ Mwandishi band ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Maupin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
jazz composition
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music ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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jazz fusion ⓘ |
| givenName | Bennie ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass clarinet
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flute ⓘ soprano saxophone ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| name | Bennie Maupin ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAlbumAppearance |
Bitches Brew
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Crossings ⓘ Head Hunters ⓘ Mwandishi ⓘ Sextant ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to Miles Davis’s electric period
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membership in Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi and Headhunters groups ⓘ work during the jazz fusion era ⓘ |
| notableWorkWith |
Herbie Hancock
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Miles Davis ⓘ |
| occupation |
bass clarinetist
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composer ⓘ jazz saxophonist ⓘ |
| roleInFusionEra | key reed player in electric jazz ensembles ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
atmospheric and textural improvisation
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use of bass clarinet in electric jazz contexts ⓘ |
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: Bennie Maupin Description of subject: Bennie Maupin is an American jazz saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and composer best known for his work with Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis during the fusion era.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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