Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
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Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is an innovative American ensemble known for its genre-blending fusion of bluegrass, jazz, funk, and world music, led by virtuoso banjoist Béla Fleck.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Béla Fleck and the Flecktones canonical | 3 |
| Bela Fleck & The Flecktones | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7728727 — 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: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Context triple: [Béla Fleck, memberOf, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones]
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Punch Brothers
Punch Brothers is an American progressive bluegrass band known for its virtuosic musicianship, intricate compositions, and genre-blending approach to acoustic music.
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B.
Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck is a virtuoso American banjo player and composer known for pioneering genre-blending work that fuses bluegrass, jazz, classical, and world music, particularly with his band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.
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C.
David Grisman Quintet
The David Grisman Quintet is an influential acoustic ensemble led by mandolinist David Grisman, known for pioneering the "Dawg music" style that blends bluegrass, jazz, folk, and world music.
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D.
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek is an American progressive bluegrass band known for its virtuosic musicianship, genre-blending acoustic sound, and influential role in modernizing bluegrass music.
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E.
Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Group is an influential jazz fusion ensemble led by guitarist Pat Metheny, known for its innovative compositions, rich harmonies, and pioneering use of technology in contemporary jazz.
- 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: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Target entity description: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is an innovative American ensemble known for its genre-blending fusion of bluegrass, jazz, funk, and world music, led by virtuoso banjoist Béla Fleck.
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A.
Punch Brothers
Punch Brothers is an American progressive bluegrass band known for its virtuosic musicianship, intricate compositions, and genre-blending approach to acoustic music.
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B.
Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck is a virtuoso American banjo player and composer known for pioneering genre-blending work that fuses bluegrass, jazz, classical, and world music, particularly with his band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.
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C.
David Grisman Quintet
The David Grisman Quintet is an influential acoustic ensemble led by mandolinist David Grisman, known for pioneering the "Dawg music" style that blends bluegrass, jazz, folk, and world music.
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D.
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek is an American progressive bluegrass band known for its virtuosic musicianship, genre-blending acoustic sound, and influential role in modernizing bluegrass music.
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E.
Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Group is an influential jazz fusion ensemble led by guitarist Pat Metheny, known for its innovative compositions, rich harmonies, and pioneering use of technology in contemporary jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | musical ensemble ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Flecktones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerMember |
Howard Levy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeff Coffin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
jam band ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ newgrass ⓘ progressive bluegrass ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
Future Man's SynthAxe Drumitar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
banjo ⓘ bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ harmonica ⓘ piano ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| hasLeader | Béla Fleck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Béla Fleck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howard Levy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Coffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Wooten NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Wooten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberRole |
Béla Fleck – banjo
ⓘ
Howard Levy – harmonica and keyboards NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Coffin – saxophones and woodwinds NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Wooten – percussion and Drumitar ⓘ Victor Wooten – bass ⓘ |
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Big Country
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ Stomping Grounds NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sinister Minister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (album)
NERFINISHED
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Flight of the Cosmic Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ Jingle All the Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Left of Cool NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ Outbound NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocket Science NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hidden Land NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest NERFINISHED ⓘ UFO Tofu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Compass Records
NERFINISHED
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Elektra Records ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Description of subject: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is an innovative American ensemble known for its genre-blending fusion of bluegrass, jazz, funk, and world music, led by virtuoso banjoist Béla Fleck.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones