James Moody
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James Moody was an influential American jazz saxophonist and flautist best known for his work in bebop and his long association with Dizzy Gillespie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Moody canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10734174 — 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: James Moody Context triple: [Argo Records, associatedWith, James Moody]
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A.
William Henderson
William Henderson was an early settler and landowner after whom the town of Henderson in Jefferson County, New York, was named.
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B.
Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his work in hard bop and his collaborations with many leading jazz artists.
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C.
Charles Tolliver
Charles Tolliver is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his work in the post-bop and avant-garde jazz scenes, including co-founding the influential Strata-East record label.
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D.
Charles McPherson
Charles McPherson is an American jazz alto saxophonist known for his bebop-rooted style and long association with bassist and composer Charles Mingus.
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E.
Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge was an influential American jazz trumpeter known for his fiery style and as a key link between swing and bebop.
- 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: James Moody Target entity description: James Moody was an influential American jazz saxophonist and flautist best known for his work in bebop and his long association with Dizzy Gillespie.
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A.
William Henderson
William Henderson was an early settler and landowner after whom the town of Henderson in Jefferson County, New York, was named.
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B.
Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his work in hard bop and his collaborations with many leading jazz artists.
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C.
Charles Tolliver
Charles Tolliver is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his work in the post-bop and avant-garde jazz scenes, including co-founding the influential Strata-East record label.
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D.
Charles McPherson
Charles McPherson is an American jazz alto saxophonist known for his bebop-rooted style and long association with bassist and composer Charles Mingus.
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E.
Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge was an influential American jazz trumpeter known for his fiery style and as a key link between swing and bebop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bebop musician
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flautist ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | I’m in the Mood for Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Art Blakey
NERFINISHED
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Charles Mingus NERFINISHED ⓘ Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ Milt Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Moody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | James Moody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
bebop
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jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of jazz saxophonists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charlie Parker
NERFINISHED
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Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
alto saxophone
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flute ⓘ soprano saxophone ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dizzy Gillespie’s band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | bebop ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Don’t Look Away Now!
NERFINISHED
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James Moody’s Greatest Hits NERFINISHED ⓘ Last Train from Overbrook NERFINISHED ⓘ Moody 4B NERFINISHED ⓘ Moody and the Brass Figures NERFINISHED ⓘ Moody with Strings NERFINISHED ⓘ Moody’s Mood for Love (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Moody’s Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive flute performances
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improvisation on “I’m in the Mood for Love” ⓘ virtuosic bebop saxophone playing ⓘ |
| notableWork | Moody’s Mood for Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Argo Records
NERFINISHED
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Blue Note Records ⓘ EmArcy Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ RCA Records ⓘ Savoy Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Baháʼí Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: James Moody Description of subject: James Moody was an influential American jazz saxophonist and flautist best known for his work in bebop and his long association with Dizzy Gillespie.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.