Paul Kossoff
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Paul Kossoff was an English rock and blues guitarist best known as a founding member of the band Free and for his emotive, vibrato-rich playing style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul Kossoff canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7299025 — 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: Paul Kossoff Context triple: [British blues boom, notableMusician, Paul Kossoff]
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A.
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth was a pioneering English jazz fusion guitarist and composer renowned for his advanced harmonies, fluid legato technique, and influential work with bands like Soft Machine, U.K., and his own solo projects.
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B.
Stanley Jordan
Stanley Jordan is an American jazz guitarist renowned for his innovative two-handed tapping technique and genre-blending improvisational style.
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C.
Lenny Belardo
Lenny Belardo is the fictional, enigmatic young American pope at the center of the television series "The Young Pope."
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D.
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the jazz and world-fusion group Oregon, noted for his intricate acoustic work and contributions to ECM Records.
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E.
Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton is an American jazz, pop, and rock guitarist and session musician renowned for his smooth, melodic style and extensive studio work with major artists and television soundtracks.
- 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: Paul Kossoff Target entity description: Paul Kossoff was an English rock and blues guitarist best known as a founding member of the band Free and for his emotive, vibrato-rich playing style.
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A.
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth was a pioneering English jazz fusion guitarist and composer renowned for his advanced harmonies, fluid legato technique, and influential work with bands like Soft Machine, U.K., and his own solo projects.
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B.
Stanley Jordan
Stanley Jordan is an American jazz guitarist renowned for his innovative two-handed tapping technique and genre-blending improvisational style.
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C.
Lenny Belardo
Lenny Belardo is the fictional, enigmatic young American pope at the center of the television series "The Young Pope."
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D.
Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the jazz and world-fusion group Oregon, noted for his intricate acoustic work and contributions to ECM Records.
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E.
Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton is an American jazz, pop, and rock guitarist and session musician renowned for his smooth, melodic style and extensive studio work with major artists and television soundtracks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
ⓘ
human ⓘ rock musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1976 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Back Street Crawler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Black Cat Bones NERFINISHED ⓘ Free NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Golders Green Crematorium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pulmonary embolism ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-09-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1976-03-19 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Kossoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | David Kossoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Paul Francis Kossoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| influenced | many later rock guitarists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
B.B. King
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eric Clapton NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | electric guitar ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Back Street Crawler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Free NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFeature | slow, wide guitar vibrato ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a founding member of the band Free
ⓘ
emotive, vibrato-rich guitar playing style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "Back Street Crawler"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
album "Fire and Water" with Free ⓘ album "Kossoff Kirke Tetsu Rabbit" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "All Right Now" with Free NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath | on board a flight from Los Angeles to New York City ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ |
| relative | Margaret Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInstrument | Gibson Les Paul guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Paul Kossoff Description of subject: Paul Kossoff was an English rock and blues guitarist best known as a founding member of the band Free and for his emotive, vibrato-rich playing style.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.