Africa/Brass
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Africa/Brass is a landmark 1961 jazz album by John Coltrane, noted for its rich orchestral arrangements and expansive, modal explorations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Africa/Brass canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6700580 — 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: Africa/Brass Context triple: [Impulse! Records, notableRelease, Africa/Brass]
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A.
African Rhythms
"African Rhythms" is a jazz-influenced hip-hop track by J Dilla from his debut studio album "Welcome 2 Detroit."
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B.
Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a Nigerian music genre pioneered by Fela Kuti that fuses West African rhythms with jazz, funk, and highlife, characterized by complex grooves, extended instrumental sections, and politically charged lyrics.
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C.
Bas-Congo
Bas-Congo, now known as Kongo Central Province, is a western region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Angola, historically significant as part of the Kingdom of Kongo.
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D.
Umbanda
Umbanda is a Brazilian syncretic religion that blends African traditions, Indigenous beliefs, and elements of Catholicism and Spiritism, centered on mediumship and the worship of various deities and spirits.
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E.
World Soul
The World Soul is a central Neoplatonic concept describing a cosmic, animating principle that mediates between the intelligible realm and the material universe, giving life and order to all things.
- 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: Africa/Brass Target entity description: Africa/Brass is a landmark 1961 jazz album by John Coltrane, noted for its rich orchestral arrangements and expansive, modal explorations.
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A.
African Rhythms
"African Rhythms" is a jazz-influenced hip-hop track by J Dilla from his debut studio album "Welcome 2 Detroit."
-
B.
Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a Nigerian music genre pioneered by Fela Kuti that fuses West African rhythms with jazz, funk, and highlife, characterized by complex grooves, extended instrumental sections, and politically charged lyrics.
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C.
Bas-Congo
Bas-Congo, now known as Kongo Central Province, is a western region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Angola, historically significant as part of the Kingdom of Kongo.
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D.
Umbanda
Umbanda is a Brazilian syncretic religion that blends African traditions, Indigenous beliefs, and elements of Catholicism and Spiritism, centered on mediumship and the worship of various deities and spirits.
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E.
World Soul
The World Soul is a central Neoplatonic concept describing a cosmic, animating principle that mediates between the intelligible realm and the material universe, giving life and order to all things.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
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jazz album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| arranger |
Eric Dolphy
ⓘ
McCoy Tyner ⓘ |
| artist | John Coltrane ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Impulse! A-6 (original LP) ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | first album for Impulse! Records by John Coltrane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | widely regarded as a landmark John Coltrane recording ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass
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drums ⓘ orchestral brass ⓘ piano ⓘ soprano saxophone ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| featuresMusician |
Art Davis
ⓘ
Elvin Jones ⓘ Eric Dolphy ⓘ McCoy Tyner ⓘ Reggie Workman ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
modal jazz ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Africa
ⓘ
Blues Minor ⓘ Greensleeves ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
avant-garde jazz
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orchestral jazz ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expansive modal explorations
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large-ensemble jazz scoring ⓘ rich orchestral arrangements ⓘ |
| performer | John Coltrane ⓘ |
| producer | Creed Taylor ⓘ |
| recordedAtLocation | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Van Gelder Studio ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Impulse! Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
dense brass voicings
ⓘ
extended compositions ⓘ use of modal harmony ⓘ |
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