Terry Bozzio
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Terry Bozzio is an American drummer renowned for his virtuosic, polyrhythmic playing and work with Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, and various rock and fusion projects.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Terry Bozzio canonical | 11 |
| Simon Phillips | 4 |
| Terry Bozzio (support/recording) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5616881 — 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: Terry Bozzio Context triple: [Steve Stevens, collaboratedWith, Terry Bozzio]
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A.
Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer best known as one of the founding members and longtime percussionists of the iconic rock band the Grateful Dead.
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B.
Charlie Benante
Charlie Benante is an American drummer best known as a longtime member and primary songwriter of the thrash metal band Anthrax.
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C.
Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham is a Panamanian-American jazz fusion drummer renowned for his virtuosic technique and influential work in both solo projects and collaborations with leading fusion artists.
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D.
Lenny White
Lenny White is an American jazz fusion drummer best known for his work with Chick Corea’s band Return to Forever and his influential contributions to 1970s fusion.
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E.
Mark Aronoff
Mark Aronoff is an American linguist renowned for his influential work in morphology and for his long-standing role as a professor at Stony Brook University.
- 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: Terry Bozzio Target entity description: Terry Bozzio is an American drummer renowned for his virtuosic, polyrhythmic playing and work with Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, and various rock and fusion projects.
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A.
Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer best known as one of the founding members and longtime percussionists of the iconic rock band the Grateful Dead.
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B.
Charlie Benante
Charlie Benante is an American drummer best known as a longtime member and primary songwriter of the thrash metal band Anthrax.
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C.
Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham is a Panamanian-American jazz fusion drummer renowned for his virtuosic technique and influential work in both solo projects and collaborations with leading fusion artists.
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D.
Lenny White
Lenny White is an American jazz fusion drummer best known for his work with Chick Corea’s band Return to Forever and his influential contributions to 1970s fusion.
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E.
Mark Aronoff
Mark Aronoff is an American linguist renowned for his influential work in morphology and for his long-standing role as a professor at Stony Brook University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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drummer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Allan Holdsworth
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Billy Sheehan ⓘ Bozzio Levin Stevens ⓘ Dweezil Zappa ⓘ Frank Zappa ⓘ Jeff Beck ⓘ Mick Jagger ⓘ Missing Persons ⓘ Patrick O'Hearn ⓘ
linked to:
Patrick O’Hearn
Steve Vai ⓘ Tony Levin ⓘ UK (band) ⓘ
linked to:
U.K.
Warren Cuccurullo ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Modern Drummer Hall of Fame induction
ⓘ
linked to:
Modern Drummer Hall of Fame
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Bozzio ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music composition
ⓘ
music performance ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental rock
ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | Terry ⓘ |
| instrument |
drum kit
ⓘ
percussion ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Frank Zappa band
ⓘ
linked to:
The Mothers of Invention
Missing Persons ⓘ |
| name | Terry Bozzio ⓘ |
| notableFor |
polyrhythmic playing
ⓘ
virtuosic drumming ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bozzio Levin Stevens albums
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solo drum performances ⓘ work with Frank Zappa in the late 1970s ⓘ work with Missing Persons in the 1980s ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
drummer ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| style |
large drum kit setups
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melodic drumming approach ⓘ use of complex polyrhythms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Terry Bozzio Description of subject: Terry Bozzio is an American drummer renowned for his virtuosic, polyrhythmic playing and work with Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, and various rock and fusion projects.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Terry Bozzio
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