John Scofield
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John Scofield is an American jazz guitarist and composer known for his distinctive blend of post-bop, funk, and fusion styles and his influential work as both a bandleader and collaborator.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Scofield canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7161757 — 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: John Scofield Context triple: [Wes Montgomery, influenced, John Scofield]
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A.
Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour is an American jazz fusion and smooth jazz guitarist, composer, and session musician known for his virtuosic playing and extensive recording career.
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B.
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny is an influential American jazz guitarist and composer known for his innovative work in modern jazz and fusion, particularly with the Pat Metheny Group.
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C.
David Sanborn
David Sanborn was an influential American alto saxophonist known for his distinctive tone and for bridging jazz, R&B, and pop music.
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D.
Michael Franks
Michael Franks is an American jazz and soft rock singer-songwriter known for his smooth vocal style and sophisticated, often witty lyrics.
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E.
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola is an American jazz fusion guitarist renowned for his virtuosic technique, complex compositions, and influential work with Return to Forever and as a solo artist.
- 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: John Scofield Target entity description: John Scofield is an American jazz guitarist and composer known for his distinctive blend of post-bop, funk, and fusion styles and his influential work as both a bandleader and collaborator.
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A.
Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour is an American jazz fusion and smooth jazz guitarist, composer, and session musician known for his virtuosic playing and extensive recording career.
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B.
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny is an influential American jazz guitarist and composer known for his innovative work in modern jazz and fusion, particularly with the Pat Metheny Group.
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C.
David Sanborn
David Sanborn was an influential American alto saxophonist known for his distinctive tone and for bridging jazz, R&B, and pop music.
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D.
Michael Franks
Michael Franks is an American jazz and soft rock singer-songwriter known for his smooth vocal style and sophisticated, often witty lyrics.
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E.
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola is an American jazz fusion guitarist renowned for his virtuosic technique, complex compositions, and influential work with Return to Forever and as a solo artist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
ⓘ
composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz guitarist ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bill Frisell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Mingus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack DeJohnette NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaco Pastorius NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Medeski Martin & Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Metheny NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Swallow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-12-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Berklee College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Scofield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ post-bop ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
electric guitar
ⓘ
guitar ⓘ |
| name | John Scofield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential jazz guitar style
ⓘ
work as bandleader and collaborator ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Go Go
NERFINISHED
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Blue Matter NERFINISHED ⓘ Combo 66 NERFINISHED ⓘ Country for Old Men NERFINISHED ⓘ EnRoute NERFINISHED ⓘ Hand Jive NERFINISHED ⓘ John Scofield (2022 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Loud Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ Meant to Be NERFINISHED ⓘ Past Present NERFINISHED ⓘ Still Warm NERFINISHED ⓘ Swallow Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ Time on My Hands NERFINISHED ⓘ Works for Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Überjam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dayton, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Note Records
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ECM Records NERFINISHED ⓘ EmArcy Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Enja Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Gramavision Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ |
| style | blend of post-bop, funk, and fusion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: John Scofield Description of subject: John Scofield is an American jazz guitarist and composer known for his distinctive blend of post-bop, funk, and fusion styles and his influential work as both a bandleader and collaborator.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.