The Cat
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The Cat is a 1964 soul-jazz album by organist Jimmy Smith, renowned for its big-band arrangements by Lalo Schifrin and its prominent use in film and television soundtracks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7212670 — 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: The Cat Context triple: [Jimmy Smith, notableWork, The Cat]
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A.
The Mousehole Cat
The Mousehole Cat is a beloved children's picture book by Antonia Barber, illustrated by Nicola Bayley, that retells the Cornish legend of a fisherman and his cat who save their village from famine.
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B.
The Cat About Town
The Cat About Town is a distinguished, portly, and impeccably dressed feline character from T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” known for frequenting gentlemen’s clubs and living a life of refined leisure.
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C.
The Blue Kitten
The Blue Kitten is a musical comedy co-written by playwright Guy Bolton, known for its lighthearted plot and tuneful score typical of early 20th-century musical theatre.
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D.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a whimsical collection of light verse about anthropomorphic cats by T. S. Eliot, best known today as the basis for the musical "Cats."
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E.
The Cat's Meow
The Cat's Meow is a 2001 period mystery-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich that dramatizes the infamous 1924 death aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht involving figures like Charlie Chaplin and Marion Davies.
- 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: The Cat Target entity description: The Cat is a 1964 soul-jazz album by organist Jimmy Smith, renowned for its big-band arrangements by Lalo Schifrin and its prominent use in film and television soundtracks.
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A.
The Mousehole Cat
The Mousehole Cat is a beloved children's picture book by Antonia Barber, illustrated by Nicola Bayley, that retells the Cornish legend of a fisherman and his cat who save their village from famine.
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B.
The Cat About Town
The Cat About Town is a distinguished, portly, and impeccably dressed feline character from T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” known for frequenting gentlemen’s clubs and living a life of refined leisure.
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C.
The Blue Kitten
The Blue Kitten is a musical comedy co-written by playwright Guy Bolton, known for its lighthearted plot and tuneful score typical of early 20th-century musical theatre.
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D.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a whimsical collection of light verse about anthropomorphic cats by T. S. Eliot, best known today as the basis for the musical "Cats."
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E.
The Cat's Meow
The Cat's Meow is a 2001 period mystery-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich that dramatizes the infamous 1924 death aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht involving figures like Charlie Chaplin and Marion Davies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| arranger | Lalo Schifrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Jimmy Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
film Joy House
ⓘ
film The Carpetbaggers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | Jimmy Smith Verve albums NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Lalo Schifrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| features | big band arrangements ⓘ |
| featuresArtist | Lalo Schifrin Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
soul jazz ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | The Cat (Jimmy Smith album cover) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed in jazz community ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
cinematic jazz
ⓘ
orchestral jazz ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Basin Street Blues
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blues in the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago Serenade NERFINISHED ⓘ Delon's Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Main Title from The Carpetbaggers ⓘ The Cat NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cat (Main Title from Joy House) NERFINISHED ⓘ Theme from Joy House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | soundtrack-associated jazz album ⓘ |
| influenced | later jazz-funk and soundtrack jazz recordings ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 32 minutes ⓘ |
| mainInstrument | Hammond organ ⓘ |
| notableFor |
use in film soundtracks
ⓘ
use in television soundtracks ⓘ |
| orchestrator | Lalo Schifrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Verve Records catalog ⓘ |
| performer | Jimmy Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Hobo Flats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Creed Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt | Van Gelder Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedWith | big band ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Verve Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1964 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Cat Description of subject: The Cat is a 1964 soul-jazz album by organist Jimmy Smith, renowned for its big-band arrangements by Lalo Schifrin and its prominent use in film and television soundtracks.
Referenced by (1)
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