Bob Mintzer
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Bob Mintzer is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader known for his influential work with big bands and jazz fusion ensembles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bob Mintzer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8120056 — 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: Bob Mintzer Context triple: [Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, notableRecipient, Bob Mintzer]
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A.
Thad Jones
Thad Jones was an influential American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his sophisticated arrangements and co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
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B.
Mitch Henderson
Mitch Henderson is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the Princeton University men’s basketball program.
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C.
Mitch Henderson
Mitch Henderson is the NASA flight director in Andy Weir’s science fiction novel "The Martian," known for his determination to rescue stranded astronaut Mark Watney.
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D.
Bennie Maupin
Bennie Maupin is an American jazz saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and composer best known for his work with Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis during the fusion era.
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E.
Michael Stern
Michael Stern is an American conductor best known for his long tenure leading the Kansas City Symphony and for his work with major orchestras in the United States and abroad.
- 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: Bob Mintzer Target entity description: Bob Mintzer is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader known for his influential work with big bands and jazz fusion ensembles.
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A.
Thad Jones
Thad Jones was an influential American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his sophisticated arrangements and co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
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B.
Mitch Henderson
Mitch Henderson is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the Princeton University men’s basketball program.
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C.
Mitch Henderson
Mitch Henderson is the NASA flight director in Andy Weir’s science fiction novel "The Martian," known for his determination to rescue stranded astronaut Mark Watney.
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D.
Bennie Maupin
Bennie Maupin is an American jazz saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and composer best known for his work with Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis during the fusion era.
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E.
Michael Stern
Michael Stern is an American conductor best known for his long tenure leading the Kansas City Symphony and for his work with major orchestras in the United States and abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arranger
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bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Buddy Rich
NERFINISHED
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GRP All-Star Big Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaco Pastorius NERFINISHED ⓘ Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Yellowjackets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1953-01-27 ⓘ |
| familyName | Mintzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
big band arranging
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jazz composition ⓘ jazz education ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Alan Mintzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
big band jazz
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jazz ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasRole |
leader of the Bob Mintzer Big Band
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saxophonist in Yellowjackets ⓘ |
| instrument |
clarinet
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flute ⓘ soprano saxophone ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bob Mintzer Big Band
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yellowjackets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
Grammy Award winner with Yellowjackets
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Grammy-nominated jazz composer and arranger ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Art of the Big Band
NERFINISHED
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Bob Mintzer Big Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Camouflage NERFINISHED ⓘ Incredible Journey NERFINISHED ⓘ Only in New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ music educator ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Rochelle, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
DMP Records
NERFINISHED
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GRP Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Heads Up International NERFINISHED ⓘ MCG Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Bob Mintzer Description of subject: Bob Mintzer is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader known for his influential work with big bands and jazz fusion ensembles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.