Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers

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jazz ensemble

Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers was a pioneering 1920s jazz recording ensemble led by pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, renowned for its influential early New Orleans–style jazz recordings.

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Label	Occurrences
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers canonical	2
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5494290 — 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: Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
Context triple: [Kid Ory, recordedWith, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers]

A. Tito Burns Sextet
Tito Burns Sextet was a British jazz ensemble active in the mid-20th century, known for blending swing and modern jazz styles under the leadership of accordionist and bandleader Tito Burns.
B. King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band was a pioneering early 1920s New Orleans-style jazz ensemble led by cornetist Joe "King" Oliver that helped launch the career of Louis Armstrong and popularize ensemble jazz in Chicago.
C. Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators was a jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Barney Bigard, notable for its influential early swing-era recordings.
D. Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band was an early 20th-century American jazz group credited with making the first commercially released jazz recordings and popularizing the genre worldwide.
E. Bennie Moten Orchestra
The Bennie Moten Orchestra was a pioneering Kansas City jazz big band of the 1920s and early 1930s, known for helping shape the swing era and launching the careers of musicians like Count Basie.
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: Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
Target entity description: Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers was a pioneering 1920s jazz recording ensemble led by pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, renowned for its influential early New Orleans–style jazz recordings.

A. Tito Burns Sextet
Tito Burns Sextet was a British jazz ensemble active in the mid-20th century, known for blending swing and modern jazz styles under the leadership of accordionist and bandleader Tito Burns.
B. King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band was a pioneering early 1920s New Orleans-style jazz ensemble led by cornetist Joe "King" Oliver that helped launch the career of Louis Armstrong and popularize ensemble jazz in Chicago.
C. Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators was a jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Barney Bigard, notable for its influential early swing-era recordings.
D. Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band was an early 20th-century American jazz group credited with making the first commercially released jazz recordings and popularizing the genre worldwide.
E. Bennie Moten Orchestra
The Bennie Moten Orchestra was a pioneering Kansas City jazz big band of the 1920s and early 1930s, known for helping shape the swing era and launching the careers of musicians like Count Basie.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jazz ensemble ⓘ
activePeriod	1920s ⓘ
associatedMovement	classic jazz era ⓘ early jazz ⓘ
associatedWith	Jelly Roll Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endOfMainRecordingPeriod	1928 ⓘ
ensembleType	studio band ⓘ
firstRecordingsDate	1926 ⓘ
genre	New Orleans jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ
hasMember	Andrew Hilaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Baby Dodds NERFINISHED ⓘ Barney Bigard NERFINISHED ⓘ George Baquet NERFINISHED ⓘ George Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Jelly Roll Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lindsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Dodds NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny St. Cyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Kid Ory NERFINISHED ⓘ Omer Simeon NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Barbarin NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Stump Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Zue Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	considered among the most important early jazz recording groups ⓘ
influenced	later big band jazz arrangements ⓘ
influencedBy	New Orleans brass band tradition ⓘ ragtime ⓘ
leader	Jelly Roll Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfRecording	Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	New Orleans–style jazz arrangements ⓘ pioneering early jazz recordings ⓘ
notableWork	Black Bottom Stomp NERFINISHED ⓘ Dead Man Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ Grandpa's Spells NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidewalk Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Someday Sweetheart NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chant NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceMedium	acoustic recordings ⓘ electrical recordings ⓘ
recordLabel	Victor Talking Machine Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	carefully arranged ensemble passages ⓘ collective improvisation ⓘ use of breaks and stop-time ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kid Ory → recordedWith → Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers ⓘ

Baby Dodds → memberOf → Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers ⓘ

Johnny Dodds → associatedBand → Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

Johnny St. Cyr → performedWith → Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers ⓘ