Woody Herman and His Orchestra
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Woody Herman and His Orchestra was a prominent American big band, especially known for its innovative swing and later bebop-influenced jazz performances from the 1930s onward.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Woody Herman and His Orchestra canonical | 4 |
| Woody Herman and the Herd | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11327965 — 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: Woody Herman and His Orchestra Context triple: [Woody Herman, notableBand, Woody Herman and His Orchestra]
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A.
Benny Goodman Orchestra
The Benny Goodman Orchestra was a pioneering American big band led by clarinetist Benny Goodman that helped popularize swing music in the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra was a leading American big band of the swing era, led by trombonist Tommy Dorsey and known for its smooth, danceable arrangements and hit recordings in the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Benny Goodman Quartet
The Benny Goodman Quartet was a pioneering swing-era jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Benny Goodman that famously featured Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, and Gene Krupa, breaking racial barriers in popular music.
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D.
Benny Goodman Sextet
The Benny Goodman Sextet was a small jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Benny Goodman, known for its influential swing-era recordings and virtuosic, tightly arranged performances.
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E.
Lionel Hampton Orchestra
The Lionel Hampton Orchestra is a renowned American jazz big band closely associated with vibraphonist and bandleader Lionel Hampton, known for its energetic swing performances and influential role in mid-20th-century jazz.
- 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: Woody Herman and His Orchestra Target entity description: Woody Herman and His Orchestra was a prominent American big band, especially known for its innovative swing and later bebop-influenced jazz performances from the 1930s onward.
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A.
Benny Goodman Orchestra
The Benny Goodman Orchestra was a pioneering American big band led by clarinetist Benny Goodman that helped popularize swing music in the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra was a leading American big band of the swing era, led by trombonist Tommy Dorsey and known for its smooth, danceable arrangements and hit recordings in the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Benny Goodman Quartet
The Benny Goodman Quartet was a pioneering swing-era jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Benny Goodman that famously featured Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, and Gene Krupa, breaking racial barriers in popular music.
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D.
Benny Goodman Sextet
The Benny Goodman Sextet was a small jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Benny Goodman, known for its influential swing-era recordings and virtuosic, tightly arranged performances.
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E.
Lionel Hampton Orchestra
The Lionel Hampton Orchestra is a renowned American jazz big band closely associated with vibraphonist and bandleader Lionel Hampton, known for its energetic swing performances and influential role in mid-20th-century jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
big band
ⓘ
jazz ensemble ⓘ |
| activeFrom | 1930s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
First Herd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Herd NERFINISHED ⓘ The Herd NERFINISHED ⓘ The Woody Herman Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Herd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
bebop
ⓘ
big band jazz ⓘ cool jazz ⓘ modern jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ |
| inception | 1936 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Benny Goodman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leader | Woody Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
integration of bebop elements into big band format
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prominent saxophone sections ⓘ use of progressive jazz arrangements ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Alan Broadbent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bill Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Chubby Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Flip Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Tiberi NERFINISHED ⓘ Neal Hefti NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ Sal Nistico NERFINISHED ⓘ Serge Chaloff NERFINISHED ⓘ Shorty Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ Stan Getz NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Woody Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ Woody Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoot Sims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
1940s
ⓘ
1950s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apple Honey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blues in the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Caldonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Early Autumn NERFINISHED ⓘ Four Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Passage NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodchopper's Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Capitol Records
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Columbia Records ⓘ Decca Records ⓘ MGM Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touringActivity |
European tours
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extensive United States tours ⓘ |
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: Woody Herman and His Orchestra Description of subject: Woody Herman and His Orchestra was a prominent American big band, especially known for its innovative swing and later bebop-influenced jazz performances from the 1930s onward.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Woody Herman and the Herd