Way Out West
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Way Out West is a landmark 1957 jazz album by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, celebrated for its pianoless trio format and inventive reinterpretations of Western-themed tunes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Way Out West canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Way Out West Context triple: [Sonny Rollins, notableWork, Way Out West]
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A.
Stay Out West
Stay Out West is the late-night club and venue program that extends the Way Out West festival experience across Gothenburg after the main festival hours.
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B.
Way Out There
"Way Out There" is a classic Western cowboy song popularized by the Sons of the Pioneers, known for its evocative frontier imagery and harmonies.
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C.
Out There
"Out There" is a powerful ballad from Disney's animated film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," composed by Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken, in which Quasimodo yearns for freedom and acceptance beyond the confines of Notre Dame.
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D.
Go West
Go West is a 1940 American comedy Western film starring the Marx Brothers, featuring their trademark slapstick and wordplay set against a frontier railroad scheme.
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E.
Go West
"Go West" is a 1993 synth-pop cover by Pet Shop Boys of the Village People song, known for its anthemic melody and football-chant popularity.
- 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: Way Out West Target entity description: Way Out West is a landmark 1957 jazz album by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, celebrated for its pianoless trio format and inventive reinterpretations of Western-themed tunes.
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A.
Stay Out West
Stay Out West is the late-night club and venue program that extends the Way Out West festival experience across Gothenburg after the main festival hours.
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B.
Way Out There
"Way Out There" is a classic Western cowboy song popularized by the Sons of the Pioneers, known for its evocative frontier imagery and harmonies.
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C.
Out There
"Out There" is a powerful ballad from Disney's animated film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," composed by Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken, in which Quasimodo yearns for freedom and acceptance beyond the confines of Notre Dame.
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D.
Go West
Go West is a 1940 American comedy Western film starring the Marx Brothers, featuring their trademark slapstick and wordplay set against a frontier railroad scheme.
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E.
Go West
"Go West" is a 1993 synth-pop cover by Pet Shop Boys of the Village People song, known for its anthemic melody and football-chant popularity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
ⓘ
jazz album ⓘ |
| artist | Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Saxophone Colossus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sonny Rollins Plus 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | Ray Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | early Sonny Rollins leader album ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtFeature |
Sonny Rollins wearing a cowboy hat
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desert landscape ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| drummer | Shelly Manne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineer | Roy DuNann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredInstrument | tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| format | pianoless trio ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_Out_West_(Sonny_Rollins_album) ⓘ |
| influenceOn | development of saxophone trio format ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
double bass
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drums ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | Contemporary C3530 ⓘ |
| length | 50:09 ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
pianoless trio format
ⓘ
reinterpretations of Western-themed songs ⓘ |
| originalMedium | 12-inch LP ⓘ |
| performer | Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personnel |
Ray Brown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shelly Manne NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Lester Koenig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1957-03-07 ⓘ |
| recordingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingStudio | Contemporary Records Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Contemporary Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reissueFormat |
CD
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digital download ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957-03-07 ⓘ |
| side |
Side A
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Side B ⓘ |
| subgenre | hard bop ⓘ |
| theme | American West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| track |
Come, Gone
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I’m an Old Cowhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Solitude NERFINISHED ⓘ There Is No Greater Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Wagon Wheels NERFINISHED ⓘ Way Out West (track) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackCount | 6 ⓘ |
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