Johnny Coles
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Johnny Coles was an American jazz trumpeter known for his lyrical style and work with prominent bandleaders such as Gil Evans, Charles Mingus, and Herbie Hancock.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johnny Coles canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8119678 — 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: Johnny Coles Context triple: [Sketches of Spain, featuresMusician, Johnny Coles]
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A.
Buddy Cole
Buddy Cole is a flamboyant, openly gay bar owner and monologue-delivering character portrayed by Scott Thompson on the Canadian sketch comedy show "The Kids in the Hall."
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B.
Lenny Cooke
Lenny Cooke is a 2013 documentary film chronicling the rise and unfulfilled NBA dreams of high school basketball phenom Lenny Cooke, co-directed by Josh and Benny Safdie.
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C.
Billy Cole
Billy Cole is a menacing human servant and protector of the vampire Jerry Dandrige in the 1985 horror film "Fright Night."
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D.
Bob Cole
Bob Cole was a legendary Canadian sportscaster best known as the iconic play-by-play voice of NHL games on Hockey Night in Canada.
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E.
Bill Cosey
Bill Cosey is the charismatic, morally ambiguous patriarch and hotel owner whose life and legacy drive the intertwined relationships and conflicts in Toni Morrison’s novel "Love."
- 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: Johnny Coles Target entity description: Johnny Coles was an American jazz trumpeter known for his lyrical style and work with prominent bandleaders such as Gil Evans, Charles Mingus, and Herbie Hancock.
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A.
Buddy Cole
Buddy Cole is a flamboyant, openly gay bar owner and monologue-delivering character portrayed by Scott Thompson on the Canadian sketch comedy show "The Kids in the Hall."
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B.
Lenny Cooke
Lenny Cooke is a 2013 documentary film chronicling the rise and unfulfilled NBA dreams of high school basketball phenom Lenny Cooke, co-directed by Josh and Benny Safdie.
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C.
Billy Cole
Billy Cole is a menacing human servant and protector of the vampire Jerry Dandrige in the 1985 horror film "Fright Night."
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D.
Bob Cole
Bob Cole was a legendary Canadian sportscaster best known as the iconic play-by-play voice of NHL games on Hockey Night in Canada.
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E.
Bill Cosey
Bill Cosey is the charismatic, morally ambiguous patriarch and hotel owner whose life and legacy drive the intertwined relationships and conflicts in Toni Morrison’s novel "Love."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
jazz trumpeter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1990s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Charles Mingus
NERFINISHED
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Gil Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cool jazz
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hard bop ⓘ post-bop ⓘ |
| birthName | John Coles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-07-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1997-12-21 ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| instrument | trumpet ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Charles Mingus Sextet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke Ellington Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Gil Evans Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbie Hancock Sextet NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Charles band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | lyrical trumpet style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Little Johnny C
NERFINISHED
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Mingus at Antibes NERFINISHED ⓘ Out of the Cool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
jazz musician
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trumpeter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Trenton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Note Records
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Enja Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Epic Records ⓘ Impulse! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEnsemble |
band member
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sideman ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
lyrical phrasing
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melodic improvisation ⓘ warm tone ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Art Blakey
NERFINISHED
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Charles Mingus NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Gil Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ James Moody NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Burrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (2)
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