Nat Adderley
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Nat Adderley was an American jazz cornetist, composer, and bandleader known for his work in hard bop and soul jazz, including co-leading groups with his brother Cannonball Adderley.
All labels observed (1)
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| Nat Adderley canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11988609 — 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: Nat Adderley Context triple: [Louis Hayes, associatedAct, Nat Adderley]
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Nat Adderley Jr.
Nat Adderley Jr. is an American jazz and R&B pianist, composer, and arranger best known for his longtime collaboration with Luther Vandross, for whom he served as musical director and co-writer on numerous hits.
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Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley was a prominent American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader known for his soulful, blues-inflected playing and key role in the hard bop and soul jazz movements, including work with Miles Davis.
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Herb Adderley
Herb Adderley was a Hall of Fame NFL cornerback best known for starring on Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers dynasty teams of the 1960s.
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Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee is an American jazz double bassist known for his work in the 1960s avant-garde and post-bop scenes and collaborations with numerous influential bandleaders.
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E.
James Moody
James Moody was an influential American jazz saxophonist and flautist best known for his work in bebop and his long association with Dizzy Gillespie.
- 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: Nat Adderley Target entity description: Nat Adderley was an American jazz cornetist, composer, and bandleader known for his work in hard bop and soul jazz, including co-leading groups with his brother Cannonball Adderley.
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A.
Nat Adderley Jr.
Nat Adderley Jr. is an American jazz and R&B pianist, composer, and arranger best known for his longtime collaboration with Luther Vandross, for whom he served as musical director and co-writer on numerous hits.
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B.
Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley was a prominent American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader known for his soulful, blues-inflected playing and key role in the hard bop and soul jazz movements, including work with Miles Davis.
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C.
Herb Adderley
Herb Adderley was a Hall of Fame NFL cornerback best known for starring on Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers dynasty teams of the 1960s.
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D.
Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee is an American jazz double bassist known for his work in the 1960s avant-garde and post-bop scenes and collaborations with numerous influential bandleaders.
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E.
James Moody
James Moody was an influential American jazz saxophonist and flautist best known for his work in bebop and his long association with Dizzy Gillespie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.