Nasheet Waits
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Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer known for his inventive, dynamic playing and collaborations with leading contemporary jazz artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nasheet Waits canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8843100 — 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: Nasheet Waits Context triple: [Soundtrack to Human Motion, personnel, Nasheet Waits]
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A.
Darryl Glover
Darryl Glover is a character in Cory Doctorow’s novel "Little Brother," known as one of Marcus Yallow’s close friends and fellow teenage rebels against an oppressive surveillance state.
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B.
Horace Maynard
Horace Maynard was a 19th-century American politician and diplomat from Tennessee who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Postmaster General.
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C.
Dulé Hill
Dulé Hill is an American actor best known for his roles as presidential aide Charlie Young on "The West Wing" and pharmaceutical salesman-turned-fake psychic Burton "Gus" Guster on "Psych."
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D.
Mims Ufgood
Mims Ufgood is one of Willow Ufgood’s children in the fantasy film "Willow," appearing as part of his family in the Nelwyn village.
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E.
Rennie Davis
Rennie Davis was a prominent American anti–Vietnam War activist and one of the Chicago Seven defendants tried for protesting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- 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: Nasheet Waits Target entity description: Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer known for his inventive, dynamic playing and collaborations with leading contemporary jazz artists.
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A.
Darryl Glover
Darryl Glover is a character in Cory Doctorow’s novel "Little Brother," known as one of Marcus Yallow’s close friends and fellow teenage rebels against an oppressive surveillance state.
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B.
Horace Maynard
Horace Maynard was a 19th-century American politician and diplomat from Tennessee who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Postmaster General.
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C.
Dulé Hill
Dulé Hill is an American actor best known for his roles as presidential aide Charlie Young on "The West Wing" and pharmaceutical salesman-turned-fake psychic Burton "Gus" Guster on "Psych."
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D.
Mims Ufgood
Mims Ufgood is one of Willow Ufgood’s children in the fantasy film "Willow," appearing as part of his family in the Nelwyn village.
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E.
Rennie Davis
Rennie Davis was a prominent American anti–Vietnam War activist and one of the Chicago Seven defendants tried for protesting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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jazz drummer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeIn | New York City jazz scene ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Andrew Hill
NERFINISHED
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Antonio Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ Bunky Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ David S. Ware NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Hersch NERFINISHED ⓘ Geri Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Moran NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Rosenwinkel NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasheet Waits Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Malaby NERFINISHED ⓘ William Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| father | Freddie Waits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde jazz
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contemporary jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| hasRole |
bandleader
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sideman ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Freddie Waits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | drum set ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Jason Moran and the Bandwagon
NERFINISHED
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Tarbaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary jazz ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaborations with leading contemporary jazz artists
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dynamic playing ⓘ inventive drumming style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Equality (album with Tarbaby)
NERFINISHED
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The Bandwagon (recordings with Jason Moran) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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drummer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
dynamic range
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polyrhythmic complexity ⓘ textural experimentation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nasheet Waits Description of subject: Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer known for his inventive, dynamic playing and collaborations with leading contemporary jazz artists.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.