The Late Show Band
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The Late Show Band is the house band for Stephen Colbert’s iteration of *The Late Show*, led by bandleader and pianist Jon Batiste and known for its eclectic, contemporary sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Late Show Band canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16292285 — 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 Late Show Band Context triple: [The CBS Orchestra, followedBy, The Late Show Band]
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The Tonight Show Band
The Tonight Show Band is the long-running house band for NBC’s late-night talk show "The Tonight Show," known for its jazz and big band sound and for featuring many prominent musicians over the decades.
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B.
The Blues Brothers Band
The Blues Brothers Band is a rhythm and blues revival group formed by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi that became famous through Saturday Night Live performances, hit records, and the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers."
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C.
The Magic Band
The Magic Band was the avant-garde rock group best known as Captain Beefheart’s backing band, renowned for its experimental, highly influential work in the late 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
G. E. Smith & The Saturday Night Live Band
G. E. Smith & The Saturday Night Live Band is the house band for the long-running sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, led by guitarist G. E. Smith and known for its energetic live performances and musical interludes.
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E.
The Rossington-Collins Band
The Rossington-Collins Band was a Southern rock group formed by former Lynyrd Skynyrd members in the late 1970s, known for carrying on that band’s musical legacy after the tragic 1977 plane crash.
- 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 Late Show Band Target entity description: The Late Show Band is the house band for Stephen Colbert’s iteration of *The Late Show*, led by bandleader and pianist Jon Batiste and known for its eclectic, contemporary sound.
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A.
The Tonight Show Band
The Tonight Show Band is the long-running house band for NBC’s late-night talk show "The Tonight Show," known for its jazz and big band sound and for featuring many prominent musicians over the decades.
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B.
The Blues Brothers Band
The Blues Brothers Band is a rhythm and blues revival group formed by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi that became famous through Saturday Night Live performances, hit records, and the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers."
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C.
The Magic Band
The Magic Band was the avant-garde rock group best known as Captain Beefheart’s backing band, renowned for its experimental, highly influential work in the late 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
G. E. Smith & The Saturday Night Live Band
G. E. Smith & The Saturday Night Live Band is the house band for the long-running sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, led by guitarist G. E. Smith and known for its energetic live performances and musical interludes.
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E.
The Rossington-Collins Band
The Rossington-Collins Band was a Southern rock group formed by former Lynyrd Skynyrd members in the late 1970s, known for carrying on that band’s musical legacy after the tragic 1977 plane crash.
- F. None of above. chosen
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