The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a renowned New Orleans ensemble dedicated to preserving and performing traditional jazz in its classic style.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Preservation Hall Jazz Band | 1 |
| Preservation Hall Jazz Band Live | 1 |
| The Essential Preservation Hall Jazz Band | 1 |
| The Preservation Hall Jazz Band canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T975541 — 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 Preservation Hall Jazz Band Context triple: [When the Saints Go Marching In, notableRecordingBy, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band]
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A.
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader renowned for his virtuosity in both jazz and classical music and for serving as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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B.
Chick Webb Orchestra
The Chick Webb Orchestra was a prominent American swing-era big band led by drummer Chick Webb, best known for launching the career of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.
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C.
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s were a pioneering 1960s instrumental R&B/soul band and influential Stax Records house band known for hits like "Green Onions" and for shaping the sound of Southern soul music.
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D.
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding is an American jazz bassist, singer, and composer renowned for her virtuosic musicianship, genre-blending style, and multiple Grammy Awards.
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E.
The New Lost City Ramblers
The New Lost City Ramblers were an influential American string band formed in the late 1950s, known for their authentic revival and preservation of early 20th-century rural Southern folk and old-time music.
- 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 Preservation Hall Jazz Band Target entity description: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a renowned New Orleans ensemble dedicated to preserving and performing traditional jazz in its classic style.
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A.
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader renowned for his virtuosity in both jazz and classical music and for serving as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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B.
Chick Webb Orchestra
The Chick Webb Orchestra was a prominent American swing-era big band led by drummer Chick Webb, best known for launching the career of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.
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C.
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s were a pioneering 1960s instrumental R&B/soul band and influential Stax Records house band known for hits like "Green Onions" and for shaping the sound of Southern soul music.
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D.
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding is an American jazz bassist, singer, and composer renowned for her virtuosic musicianship, genre-blending style, and multiple Grammy Awards.
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E.
The New Lost City Ramblers
The New Lost City Ramblers were an influential American string band formed in the late 1950s, known for their authentic revival and preservation of early 20th-century rural Southern folk and old-time music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Orleans jazz band
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jazz band ⓘ musical ensemble ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French Quarter
ⓘ
The Big Easy ⓘ
surface form:
New Orleans music scene
Preservation Hall ⓘ |
| audienceFocus |
jazz enthusiasts
ⓘ
tourists visiting New Orleans ⓘ |
| basedIn | New Orleans ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
The Del McCoury Band
ⓘ
surface form:
Del McCoury Band
Louis Armstrong Foundation projects ⓘ My Morning Jacket ⓘ Tom Waits ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
Dixieland jazz
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New Orleans jazz ⓘ traditional jazz ⓘ |
| hasMission |
educate audiences about classic jazz
ⓘ
preserve and perform traditional New Orleans jazz ⓘ |
| hasRecording |
New Orleans Preservation, Vol. 1
ⓘ
New Orleans Preservation, Vol. 2 ⓘ New Orleans – Vol. 1 ⓘ New Orleans – Vol. 1 ⓘ
surface form:
New Orleans – Vol. 2
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Live
So It Is ⓘ Songs of New Orleans ⓘ That’s It! ⓘ The Preservation Hall Jazz Band self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Essential Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Hurricane Sessions ⓘ |
| hasTheme | celebration of New Orleans musical heritage ⓘ |
| hasTouringActivity |
international tours
ⓘ
performances at major jazz festivals ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | New Orleans ⓘ |
| notableFor |
live performances at Preservation Hall
ⓘ
preserving traditional New Orleans jazz ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Allan Jaffe
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Ben Jaffe ⓘ Frank Demond ⓘ George Lewis ⓘ Joseph “Smokey” Johnson ⓘ Kid Thomas Valentine ⓘ Narvin Kimball ⓘ Percy Humphrey ⓘ Sweet Emma Barrett ⓘ Willie Humphrey ⓘ |
| performingArtsVenue | Preservation Hall ⓘ |
| primaryStyle | acoustic ensemble performance ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
banjo
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clarinet ⓘ double bass ⓘ drums ⓘ piano ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ tuba ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band Description of subject: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a renowned New Orleans ensemble dedicated to preserving and performing traditional jazz in its classic style.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
→
hasRecording
→
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
this entity surface form:
The Essential Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
→
hasRecording
→
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
this entity surface form:
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Live