Lonnie Smith
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Lonnie Smith was an American jazz Hammond B-3 organist known for his soulful, groove-oriented playing and contributions to the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry Young | 1 |
| Lonnie Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7212680 — 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: Lonnie Smith Context triple: [Jimmy Smith, influenced, Lonnie Smith]
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A.
Charles McPherson
Charles McPherson is an American jazz alto saxophonist known for his bebop-rooted style and long association with bassist and composer Charles Mingus.
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B.
Oscar Robinson
Oscar Robinson was the husband of American actress Esther Rolle, best known for her role as Florida Evans on the television series "Good Times."
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C.
Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul saxophonist best known for his work with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, as well as his influential solo career.
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D.
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell is an American jazz guitarist renowned for his sophisticated bebop-influenced style and influential recordings on the Blue Note and Verve labels.
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E.
Red Norvo
Red Norvo was an influential American jazz vibraphonist, xylophonist, and bandleader known for his pioneering role in the development of cool jazz and bebop.
- 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: Lonnie Smith Target entity description: Lonnie Smith was an American jazz Hammond B-3 organist known for his soulful, groove-oriented playing and contributions to the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
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A.
Charles McPherson
Charles McPherson is an American jazz alto saxophonist known for his bebop-rooted style and long association with bassist and composer Charles Mingus.
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B.
Oscar Robinson
Oscar Robinson was the husband of American actress Esther Rolle, best known for her role as Florida Evans on the television series "Good Times."
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C.
Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul saxophonist best known for his work with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, as well as his influential solo career.
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D.
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell is an American jazz guitarist renowned for his sophisticated bebop-influenced style and influential recordings on the Blue Note and Verve labels.
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E.
Red Norvo
Red Norvo was an influential American jazz vibraphonist, xylophonist, and bandleader known for his pioneering role in the development of cool jazz and bebop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hammond organ player
ⓘ
human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Dr. Lonnie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
George Benson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Idris Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Donaldson NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvin Sparks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-07-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-09-28 ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
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hard bop ⓘ jazz ⓘ soul jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Lonnie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairStyle | often wore a turban ⓘ |
| instrument |
Hammond B-3 organ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
organ ⓘ |
| name | Lonnie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to hard bop
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contributions to soul-jazz ⓘ soulful groove-oriented organ playing ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "Afro-desia"
NERFINISHED
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album "All in My Mind" ⓘ album "Breathe" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Drives" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Evolution" ⓘ album "Live at Club Mozambique" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Move Your Hand" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Rise Up!" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "The Turbanator" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Think!" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Turning Point" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lackawanna, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Note Records
ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ Palmetto Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilgrimage Records NERFINISHED ⓘ T.K. Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionOrBelief | Sikh-inspired image (stage persona) ⓘ |
| style | improvisation rooted in blues and gospel ⓘ |
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: Lonnie Smith Description of subject: Lonnie Smith was an American jazz Hammond B-3 organist known for his soulful, groove-oriented playing and contributions to the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Larry Young