The Lounge Lizards
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The Lounge Lizards were an influential New York-based avant-garde jazz band led by John Lurie, known for their experimental, genre-blending sound and association with the downtown art and music scene of the 1980s and 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Lounge Lizards canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10734224 — 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: The Lounge Lizards Context triple: [Private Music, notableArtist, The Lounge Lizards]
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A.
The Fugs
The Fugs are an American underground rock band formed in the 1960s, known for their satirical, countercultural lyrics and role in the anti-war and free speech movements.
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B.
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Squirrel Nut Zippers is an American swing revival band known for its eclectic blend of jazz, swing, and folk influences that gained popularity in the 1990s.
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C.
Tito Burns Sextet
Tito Burns Sextet was a British jazz ensemble active in the mid-20th century, known for blending swing and modern jazz styles under the leadership of accordionist and bandleader Tito Burns.
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D.
The Jazz Passengers
The Jazz Passengers are an experimental New York-based jazz ensemble known for their eclectic, theatrical style and collaborations with artists such as Deborah Harry.
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E.
Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings
Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings was a 1920s jazz ensemble led by pianist, composer, and producer Clarence Williams, known for its early New Orleans–style recordings and collaborations with prominent jazz musicians.
- 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: The Lounge Lizards Target entity description: The Lounge Lizards were an influential New York-based avant-garde jazz band led by John Lurie, known for their experimental, genre-blending sound and association with the downtown art and music scene of the 1980s and 1990s.
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A.
The Fugs
The Fugs are an American underground rock band formed in the 1960s, known for their satirical, countercultural lyrics and role in the anti-war and free speech movements.
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B.
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Squirrel Nut Zippers is an American swing revival band known for its eclectic blend of jazz, swing, and folk influences that gained popularity in the 1990s.
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C.
Tito Burns Sextet
Tito Burns Sextet was a British jazz ensemble active in the mid-20th century, known for blending swing and modern jazz styles under the leadership of accordionist and bandleader Tito Burns.
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D.
The Jazz Passengers
The Jazz Passengers are an experimental New York-based jazz ensemble known for their eclectic, theatrical style and collaborations with artists such as Deborah Harry.
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E.
Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings
Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings was a 1920s jazz ensemble led by pianist, composer, and producer Clarence Williams, known for its early New Orleans–style recordings and collaborations with prominent jazz musicians.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde jazz band
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band ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
John Lurie
NERFINISHED
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John Zorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Ribot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | no wave ⓘ |
| associatedScene | New York downtown scene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| debutAlbum | The Lounge Lizards (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde jazz
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downtown music ⓘ experimental music ⓘ jazz ⓘ no wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Anton Fier
NERFINISHED
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Arto Lindsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Billy Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Curtis Fowlkes NERFINISHED ⓘ Dougie Bowne NERFINISHED ⓘ Erik Sanko NERFINISHED ⓘ Evan Lurie NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Scarpantoni NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lurie NERFINISHED ⓘ John Zorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Ribot NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Nathanson NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Piccolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
downtown New York jazz
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experimental jazz of the 1980s ⓘ |
| leader | John Lurie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the New York art and music scene
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experimental, genre-blending approach to jazz ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Heart: Live in Tokyo
NERFINISHED
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Queen of All Ears NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lounge Lizards (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Voice of Chunk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
EG Records
NERFINISHED
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Intuition Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Island Records ⓘ Strange & Beautiful Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1978 ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
combination of jazz and punk aesthetics
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genre-blending sound ⓘ use of irony and pastiche ⓘ |
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: The Lounge Lizards Description of subject: The Lounge Lizards were an influential New York-based avant-garde jazz band led by John Lurie, known for their experimental, genre-blending sound and association with the downtown art and music scene of the 1980s and 1990s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.