Gene Ammons
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Gene Ammons was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his soulful, blues-inflected style and influential contributions to the hard bop and soul jazz movements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gene Ammons canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10153830 — 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: Gene Ammons Context triple: [Prestige Records, notableArtist, Gene Ammons]
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A.
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist renowned for his virtuosic bebop and hard bop playing, often associated with the stylistic legacy of Charlie Parker.
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B.
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon was a pioneering American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his influential bebop style, towering stage presence, and acclaimed recordings such as "Go!" and "Our Man in Paris."
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C.
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham was an influential American jazz trumpeter and composer, closely associated with the bebop and hard bop movements and admired for his lyrical tone and sophisticated improvisation.
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D.
Red Norvo
Red Norvo was an influential American jazz vibraphonist, xylophonist, and bandleader known for his pioneering role in the development of cool jazz and bebop.
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E.
Wardell Gray
Wardell Gray was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his virtuosic bebop playing and influential work with bands led by Benny Goodman and Count Basie in the 1940s and early 1950s.
- 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: Gene Ammons Target entity description: Gene Ammons was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his soulful, blues-inflected style and influential contributions to the hard bop and soul jazz movements.
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A.
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist renowned for his virtuosic bebop and hard bop playing, often associated with the stylistic legacy of Charlie Parker.
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B.
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon was a pioneering American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his influential bebop style, towering stage presence, and acclaimed recordings such as "Go!" and "Our Man in Paris."
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C.
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham was an influential American jazz trumpeter and composer, closely associated with the bebop and hard bop movements and admired for his lyrical tone and sophisticated improvisation.
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D.
Red Norvo
Red Norvo was an influential American jazz vibraphonist, xylophonist, and bandleader known for his pioneering role in the development of cool jazz and bebop.
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E.
Wardell Gray
Wardell Gray was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his virtuosic bebop playing and influential work with bands led by Benny Goodman and Count Basie in the 1940s and early 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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jazz musician ⓘ tenor saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| alias | Jug NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Art Farmer
NERFINISHED
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Billy Eckstine NERFINISHED ⓘ Dexter Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Byrd NERFINISHED ⓘ Idrees Sulieman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack McDuff NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Burrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Stitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Flanagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1925-04-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1974-08-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Ammons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Albert Ammons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Eugene Ammons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
bebop
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hard bop ⓘ jazz ⓘ soul jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Eugene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to hard bop
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contributions to soul jazz ⓘ soulful, blues-inflected tenor saxophone style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Boss Tenor
NERFINISHED
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Boss Tenors NERFINISHED ⓘ Jug NERFINISHED ⓘ Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Happy Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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musician ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Argo Records
NERFINISHED
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Chess Records NERFINISHED ⓘ EmArcy Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
big, warm tenor saxophone tone
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strong blues influence ⓘ use of gospel and R&B elements ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Gene Ammons Description of subject: Gene Ammons was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his soulful, blues-inflected style and influential contributions to the hard bop and soul jazz movements.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.