Chris Potter
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Chris Potter is a highly acclaimed contemporary jazz saxophonist and composer known for his technical virtuosity, versatility, and work as both a bandleader and sideman with many leading jazz artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chris Potter canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5552544 — 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: Chris Potter Context triple: [Sonny Rollins, influenced, Chris Potter]
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A.
Chris Grier
Chris Grier is an American football executive best known for serving as the general manager of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, overseeing the team’s roster construction and football operations.
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B.
Sean Porter
Sean Porter is an American cinematographer known for his work on independent and genre films, including the thriller "Green Room."
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C.
Phil Jordan
Phil Jordan is a musician best known as a former member of the American rock band No Doubt.
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D.
Richie Stotts
Richie Stotts is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the shock rock band Plasmatics.
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E.
Torry Holt
Torry Holt is a former NFL wide receiver best known as a key member of the St. Louis Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" offense and one of the most productive pass-catchers of the 2000s.
- 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: Chris Potter Target entity description: Chris Potter is a highly acclaimed contemporary jazz saxophonist and composer known for his technical virtuosity, versatility, and work as both a bandleader and sideman with many leading jazz artists.
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A.
Chris Grier
Chris Grier is an American football executive best known for serving as the general manager of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, overseeing the team’s roster construction and football operations.
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B.
Sean Porter
Sean Porter is an American cinematographer known for his work on independent and genre films, including the thriller "Green Room."
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C.
Phil Jordan
Phil Jordan is a musician best known as a former member of the American rock band No Doubt.
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D.
Richie Stotts
Richie Stotts is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the shock rock band Plasmatics.
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E.
Torry Holt
Torry Holt is a former NFL wide receiver best known as a key member of the St. Louis Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" offense and one of the most productive pass-catchers of the 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ person ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1990 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Adam Rogers
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Brian Blade ⓘ Dave Holland ⓘ John Scofield ⓘ Kenny Werner ⓘ Pat Metheny ⓘ Paul Motian ⓘ Red Rodney ⓘ Scott Colley ⓘ Steely Dan ⓘ |
| award |
Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
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linked to:
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
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| birthName | Christopher Potter ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-01-01 ⓘ |
| education |
Manhattan School of Music (attended)
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linked to:
Manhattan School of Music
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| genre |
contemporary jazz
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jazz ⓘ |
| instrument |
alto saxophone
ⓘ
bass clarinet ⓘ clarinet ⓘ flute ⓘ soprano saxophone ⓘ |
| knownFor |
harmonic sophistication
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technical virtuosity on the saxophone ⓘ versatility as a sideman and bandleader ⓘ |
| name | Chris Potter ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "Gratitude"
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album "Imaginary Cities" ⓘ album "The Sirens" ⓘ album "Traveling Mercies" ⓘ album "Underground" ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| primaryInstrument | tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Concord Records
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Criss Cross Jazz ⓘ ECM Records ⓘ Sunnyside Records ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, United States
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linked to:
New York City
|
| role |
leader on numerous recording sessions
ⓘ
sideman with many leading jazz artists ⓘ |
| style |
fusion of contemporary and traditional jazz elements
ⓘ
modern post-bop ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Chris Potter Description of subject: Chris Potter is a highly acclaimed contemporary jazz saxophonist and composer known for his technical virtuosity, versatility, and work as both a bandleader and sideman with many leading jazz artists.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.