Frederick William Green
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Frederick William Green was an influential American jazz guitarist best known for his long tenure with the Count Basie Orchestra, where he helped define the role of rhythm guitar in big band music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frederick William Green canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6401208 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick William Green Context triple: [Freddie Green, fullName, Frederick William Green]
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A.
Frederick Mills
Frederick Mills was a person significant enough in local or regional history that Mills County, Iowa, was named in his honor.
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B.
J. F. N. Green
J. F. N. Green was an academic mentor and advisor to geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson, contributing to the development of early ideas in Earth sciences.
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C.
Frederick Etchells
Frederick Etchells was a British artist, architect, and translator best known for his involvement in the early 20th-century avant-garde, particularly the Vorticist movement.
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D.
Charles Edward Greene
Charles Edward Greene, better known as "Mean" Joe Greene, is a Hall of Fame defensive tackle who became an iconic figure of the Pittsburgh Steelers' dominant 1970s teams.
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E.
Frederick Lawrence
Frederick Lawrence is a scholar and translator best known for producing the English translation of Jürgen Habermas’s influential work *The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere*.
- 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: Frederick William Green Target entity description: Frederick William Green was an influential American jazz guitarist best known for his long tenure with the Count Basie Orchestra, where he helped define the role of rhythm guitar in big band music.
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A.
Frederick Mills
Frederick Mills was a person significant enough in local or regional history that Mills County, Iowa, was named in his honor.
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B.
J. F. N. Green
J. F. N. Green was an academic mentor and advisor to geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson, contributing to the development of early ideas in Earth sciences.
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C.
Frederick Etchells
Frederick Etchells was a British artist, architect, and translator best known for his involvement in the early 20th-century avant-garde, particularly the Vorticist movement.
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D.
Charles Edward Greene
Charles Edward Greene, better known as "Mean" Joe Greene, is a Hall of Fame defensive tackle who became an iconic figure of the Pittsburgh Steelers' dominant 1970s teams.
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E.
Frederick Lawrence
Frederick Lawrence is a scholar and translator best known for producing the English translation of Jürgen Habermas’s influential work *The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| activeIn | Kansas City jazz scene (via Basie band) ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Freddie Green ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Count Basie
ⓘ
Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1911-03-31 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Charleston, South Carolina, United States ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Palm Downtown Cemetery, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1987-03-01 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
|
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Green ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
swing ⓘ |
| givenName | Frederick ⓘ |
| helpedDefine | role of rhythm guitar in big band music ⓘ |
| influenced |
big band guitarists
ⓘ
rhythm guitarists in jazz ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
rhythm guitar ⓘ |
| legacy | standard for big band rhythm guitar ⓘ |
| memberOf | Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ |
| name | Frederick William Green ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rhythm guitar playing
ⓘ
work with Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ |
| notableWork | participation in Count Basie recordings of the 1930s and 1940s ⓘ |
| occupation |
jazz guitarist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ |
| partOf | Count Basie "All-American Rhythm Section" ⓘ |
| performanceRole | non-soloing rhythm guitarist ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| styleCharacteristic |
emphasis on time and swing feel
ⓘ
four-to-the-bar rhythm guitar style ⓘ sparse chord voicings ⓘ |
| touredWith | Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Jo Jones
ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ Walter Page ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1930s–1980s ⓘ |
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