Maria Schneider Orchestra
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Maria Schneider Orchestra is a renowned contemporary jazz big band led by composer and bandleader Maria Schneider, celebrated for its innovative, richly orchestrated works and multiple Grammy-winning recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maria Schneider Orchestra canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9832444 — 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: Maria Schneider Orchestra Context triple: [Maria Schneider, associatedAct, Maria Schneider Orchestra]
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A.
Green Romance Orchestra
Green Romance Orchestra is a rock music project known for featuring former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese.
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The Blue Moon Orchestra
The Blue Moon Orchestra was the longtime backing band for American folk and country singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, known for supporting her distinctive blend of folk, country, and Americana music.
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C.
Mercury Records Orchestra
Mercury Records Orchestra was a studio and touring ensemble affiliated with Mercury Records, best known for backing popular vocalists like Patti Page on mid-20th-century recordings.
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D.
Bell Orchestre
Bell Orchestre is a Canadian instrumental ensemble known for its experimental, orchestral post-rock sound and close ties to members of Arcade Fire.
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E.
Bill Harvey Orchestra
Bill Harvey Orchestra was a rhythm and blues band led by saxophonist and bandleader Bill Harvey, known for backing prominent blues and R&B artists in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Maria Schneider Orchestra Target entity description: Maria Schneider Orchestra is a renowned contemporary jazz big band led by composer and bandleader Maria Schneider, celebrated for its innovative, richly orchestrated works and multiple Grammy-winning recordings.
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A.
Green Romance Orchestra
Green Romance Orchestra is a rock music project known for featuring former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese.
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B.
The Blue Moon Orchestra
The Blue Moon Orchestra was the longtime backing band for American folk and country singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, known for supporting her distinctive blend of folk, country, and Americana music.
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C.
Mercury Records Orchestra
Mercury Records Orchestra was a studio and touring ensemble affiliated with Mercury Records, best known for backing popular vocalists like Patti Page on mid-20th-century recordings.
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D.
Bell Orchestre
Bell Orchestre is a Canadian instrumental ensemble known for its experimental, orchestral post-rock sound and close ties to members of Arcade Fire.
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E.
Bill Harvey Orchestra
Bill Harvey Orchestra was a rhythm and blues band led by saxophonist and bandleader Bill Harvey, known for backing prominent blues and R&B artists in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | jazz orchestra ⓘ |
| activeSince | 1990s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition NERFINISHED ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bandleader | Maria Schneider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfWork |
jazz composition
ⓘ
large ensemble performance ⓘ |
| founder | Maria Schneider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
big band jazz
ⓘ
contemporary jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | contemporary big band writing ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ben Monder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clarence Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarice Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ Donny McCaslin NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Kimbrough NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Versace NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingrid Jensen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jay Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnathan Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ Rich Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leader | Maria Schneider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Concert in the Garden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Data Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ Sky Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ The Thompson Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative orchestration
ⓘ
integration of classical and jazz elements ⓘ richly textured arrangements ⓘ use of ArtistShare fan-funded model ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Allegresse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coming About NERFINISHED ⓘ Concert in the Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Data Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ Evanescence NERFINISHED ⓘ Sky Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ The Thompson Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
ArtistShare
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Enja Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mariaschneider.com ⓘ |
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: Maria Schneider Orchestra Description of subject: Maria Schneider Orchestra is a renowned contemporary jazz big band led by composer and bandleader Maria Schneider, celebrated for its innovative, richly orchestrated works and multiple Grammy-winning recordings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.