Blues & Roots
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Blues & Roots is a 1960 jazz album by bassist and composer Charles Mingus, celebrated for its powerful blend of hard bop, gospel, and blues influences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blues & Roots canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5572210 — 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: Blues & Roots Context triple: [Charles Mingus, notableWork, Blues & Roots]
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A.
Blues
Blues is a professional rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand, that competes in the Super Rugby competition.
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B.
Blues
Blues is a genre of music characterized by expressive melodies, blue notes, and themes of hardship and emotion that originated in African American communities in the Deep South of the United States.
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C.
Blues
Blues is the common nickname for Birmingham City Football Club, an English professional football team based in Birmingham.
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D.
the Blues
The Blues is the official mascot and nickname for the athletic teams of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
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E.
The Blues
"The Blues" is a 1990 R&B single by Tony! Toni! Toné! known for its smooth groove, soulful vocals, and early contribution to the group’s rise in contemporary R&B.
- 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: Blues & Roots Target entity description: Blues & Roots is a 1960 jazz album by bassist and composer Charles Mingus, celebrated for its powerful blend of hard bop, gospel, and blues influences.
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A.
Blues
Blues is a professional rugby union team based in Auckland, New Zealand, that competes in the Super Rugby competition.
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B.
Blues
Blues is the common nickname for Birmingham City Football Club, an English professional football team based in Birmingham.
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C.
Blues
Blues is a genre of music characterized by expressive melodies, blue notes, and themes of hardship and emotion that originated in African American communities in the Deep South of the United States.
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D.
the Blues
The Blues is the official mascot and nickname for the athletic teams of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
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E.
The Blues
"The Blues" is a 1990 R&B single by Tony! Toni! Toné! known for its smooth groove, soulful vocals, and early contribution to the group’s rise in contemporary R&B.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Charles Mingus ⓘ |
| chronologyPrevious | Mingus Ah Um ⓘ |
| composer | Charles Mingus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
alto saxophone
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baritone saxophone ⓘ double bass ⓘ drums ⓘ piano ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
gospel ⓘ hard bop ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
blues-based improvisation
ⓘ
driving ensemble passages ⓘ strong gospel feel ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Cryin’ Blues
ⓘ
E’s Flat Ah’s Flat Too ⓘ Moanin’ ⓘ
linked to:
Moanin'
My Jelly Roll Soul ⓘ Tensions ⓘ Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
modern jazz
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post-bop ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| notableFor | blend of hard bop, gospel, and blues influences ⓘ |
| partOf | Charles Mingus discography ⓘ |
| performer | Charles Mingus ⓘ |
| primaryBandleader | Charles Mingus ⓘ |
| producer | Nesuhi Ertegun ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1959 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Atlantic Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1960 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blues & Roots Description of subject: Blues & Roots is a 1960 jazz album by bassist and composer Charles Mingus, celebrated for its powerful blend of hard bop, gospel, and blues influences.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.