Charles Mingus Quintet
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The Charles Mingus Quintet was a hard-driving jazz ensemble led by bassist-composer Charles Mingus, known for its adventurous improvisation, complex compositions, and emotionally charged performances.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Mingus Quintet canonical | 3 |
| The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach | 2 |
| Charles Mingus Sextet | 1 |
| Charles Mingus ensembles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8842999 — 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: Charles Mingus Quintet Context triple: [Jaki Byard, memberOf, Charles Mingus Quintet]
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Max Roach Quintet
Max Roach Quintet was a hard bop jazz ensemble led by pioneering drummer Max Roach, known for its innovative rhythmic concepts and influential late-1950s recordings.
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Thelonious Monk Quartet
The Thelonious Monk Quartet was a seminal jazz ensemble led by pianist-composer Thelonious Monk, renowned for its innovative bebop and hard bop performances and for featuring major talents such as saxophonist John Coltrane.
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Cannonball Adderley Quintet
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet was a hard bop and soul jazz group led by alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, known for its blues-inflected style and influential recordings in the late 1950s and 1960s.
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Miles Davis Quintet
The Miles Davis Quintet was a highly influential jazz ensemble led by trumpeter Miles Davis, renowned for its innovative approach to post-bop and modal jazz in the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
John Coltrane Quartet
The John Coltrane Quartet was a seminal 1960s jazz ensemble, best known for its groundbreaking modal and avant-garde recordings that helped redefine modern 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: Charles Mingus Quintet Target entity description: The Charles Mingus Quintet was a hard-driving jazz ensemble led by bassist-composer Charles Mingus, known for its adventurous improvisation, complex compositions, and emotionally charged performances.
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A.
Max Roach Quintet
Max Roach Quintet was a hard bop jazz ensemble led by pioneering drummer Max Roach, known for its innovative rhythmic concepts and influential late-1950s recordings.
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B.
Thelonious Monk Quartet
The Thelonious Monk Quartet was a seminal jazz ensemble led by pianist-composer Thelonious Monk, renowned for its innovative bebop and hard bop performances and for featuring major talents such as saxophonist John Coltrane.
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C.
Cannonball Adderley Quintet
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet was a hard bop and soul jazz group led by alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, known for its blues-inflected style and influential recordings in the late 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
Miles Davis Quintet
The Miles Davis Quintet was a highly influential jazz ensemble led by trumpeter Miles Davis, renowned for its innovative approach to post-bop and modal jazz in the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
John Coltrane Quartet
The John Coltrane Quartet was a seminal 1960s jazz ensemble, best known for its groundbreaking modal and avant-garde recordings that helped redefine modern jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | jazz ensemble ⓘ |
| associatedLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Charles Mingus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
hard bop
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ post-bop ⓘ |
| historicalContext | mid-20th-century American jazz ⓘ |
| influenced |
later avant-garde jazz groups
ⓘ
post-bop small ensembles ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charlie Parker
ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ blues tradition ⓘ gospel music ⓘ |
| instrumentationIncludes |
double bass
ⓘ
drums ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| knownFor |
challenging arrangements for sidemen
ⓘ
hard-driving ensemble sound ⓘ |
| leader | Charles Mingus ⓘ |
| movement |
hard bop era
ⓘ
modern jazz ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adventurous improvisation
ⓘ
complex compositions ⓘ emotionally charged performances ⓘ |
| performanceCharacteristic |
frequent tempo shifts
ⓘ
high emotional intensity ⓘ interactive group improvisation ⓘ strong rhythmic drive ⓘ use of collective ensemble passages ⓘ |
| primaryComposer | Charles Mingus ⓘ |
| repertoireIncludes |
ballads
ⓘ
blues-based pieces ⓘ extended suites ⓘ original compositions by Charles Mingus ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
collective improvisation
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dynamic contrasts ⓘ extended compositions ⓘ gospel-influenced themes ⓘ strong blues influence ⓘ sudden tempo changes ⓘ use of written and improvised sections ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Charles Mingus ensembles
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linked to:
Charles Mingus Quintet
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| typicalEnsembleSize | 5 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Mingus Quintet Description of subject: The Charles Mingus Quintet was a hard-driving jazz ensemble led by bassist-composer Charles Mingus, known for its adventurous improvisation, complex compositions, and emotionally charged performances.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Charles Mingus Quintet
linked to: Charles Mingus Quintet