Reid Miles
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Reid Miles was an influential American graphic designer best known for his iconic, minimalist album covers for Blue Note Records in the 1950s and 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reid Miles canonical | 33 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5349868 — 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: Reid Miles Context triple: [Maiden Voyage, coverArtDesigner, Reid Miles]
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A.
Reid Scott
Reid Scott is an American actor best known for his role as Dan Egan on the HBO political satire series "Veep."
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B.
Brian Routh
Brian Routh was a British performance artist and musician best known as one half of the avant-garde comedy and performance duo The Kipper Kids.
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C.
Miles Chapin
Miles Chapin is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, particularly in comedies and cult favorites from the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Chris Ridenhour
Chris Ridenhour is a film composer known for scoring numerous low-budget genre movies, including works produced by The Asylum.
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E.
Adam Biddle
Adam Biddle is a British cinematographer known for his dynamic, high-energy visual style in action films such as "Crank."
- 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: Reid Miles Target entity description: Reid Miles was an influential American graphic designer best known for his iconic, minimalist album covers for Blue Note Records in the 1950s and 1960s.
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A.
Reid Scott
Reid Scott is an American actor best known for his role as Dan Egan on the HBO political satire series "Veep."
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B.
Brian Routh
Brian Routh was a British performance artist and musician best known as one half of the avant-garde comedy and performance duo The Kipper Kids.
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C.
Miles Chapin
Miles Chapin is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, particularly in comedies and cult favorites from the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Chris Ridenhour
Chris Ridenhour is a film composer known for scoring numerous low-budget genre movies, including works produced by The Asylum.
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E.
Adam Biddle
Adam Biddle is a British cinematographer known for his dynamic, high-energy visual style in action films such as "Crank."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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art director ⓘ graphic designer ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Blue Note Records
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jazz music industry ⓘ |
| designCharacteristic |
asymmetrical composition
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bold typography ⓘ limited color palettes ⓘ strong geometric layouts ⓘ |
| employer | Blue Note Records ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
graphic design
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record sleeve design ⓘ |
| genre | jazz album cover design ⓘ |
| influenced |
jazz album cover design
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late 20th-century graphic design ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European typography
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modernist graphic design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Blue Note Records album covers
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album cover design ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legacy | considered one of the most influential album cover designers of the 20th century ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| name | Reid Miles ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating a visual identity for Blue Note Records ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album cover for "Blue Train"
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album cover for "Moanin'" ⓘ album cover for "Out to Lunch!" ⓘ album cover for "Somethin' Else" ⓘ album covers for Blue Note Records ⓘ |
| notedFor | integration of photography and typography in album covers ⓘ |
| occupation |
art director
ⓘ
graphic designer ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | New York City ⓘ |
| style |
minimalist design
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typographic design ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
photography
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two-color printing ⓘ typography ⓘ |
| workedFor | Blue Note Records ⓘ |
| workFocus |
LP record sleeves
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jazz musician promotional imagery ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Reid Miles Description of subject: Reid Miles was an influential American graphic designer best known for his iconic, minimalist album covers for Blue Note Records in the 1950s and 1960s.
Referenced by (33)
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