Zutty Singleton
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Zutty Singleton was an influential American jazz drummer and early pioneer of swing-era percussion, best known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading New Orleans and Chicago jazz musicians.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zutty Singleton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T996602 — 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: Zutty Singleton Context triple: [West End Blues, featuresPerformer, Zutty Singleton]
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A.
Monte Irvin
Monte Irvin was a Hall of Fame American baseball player renowned as a star of the Negro Leagues who later became one of Major League Baseball’s early Black pioneers.
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B.
Willie Wise
Willie Wise is a former American professional basketball forward best known for his standout play in the ABA during the early 1970s.
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C.
Mack Robinson
Mack Robinson was an American sprinter best known for winning the silver medal in the 200-meter race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing behind Jesse Owens.
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D.
Bumpy Johnson
Bumpy Johnson was a notorious mid-20th-century Harlem crime boss known for his influence over the neighborhood’s underworld and connections to the Italian Mafia.
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E.
Billy Cunningham
Billy Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his starring role with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1960s and 1970s and later leading the team to an NBA championship as head coach.
- 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: Zutty Singleton Target entity description: Zutty Singleton was an influential American jazz drummer and early pioneer of swing-era percussion, best known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading New Orleans and Chicago jazz musicians.
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A.
Monte Irvin
Monte Irvin was a Hall of Fame American baseball player renowned as a star of the Negro Leagues who later became one of Major League Baseball’s early Black pioneers.
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B.
Willie Wise
Willie Wise is a former American professional basketball forward best known for his standout play in the ABA during the early 1970s.
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C.
Mack Robinson
Mack Robinson was an American sprinter best known for winning the silver medal in the 200-meter race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing behind Jesse Owens.
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D.
Bumpy Johnson
Bumpy Johnson was a notorious mid-20th-century Harlem crime boss known for his influence over the neighborhood’s underworld and connections to the Italian Mafia.
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E.
Billy Cunningham
Billy Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his starring role with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1960s and 1970s and later leading the team to an NBA championship as head coach.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American jazz musician
ⓘ
human ⓘ jazz drummer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chicago jazz musicians
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Jelly Roll Morton ⓘ Louis Armstrong ⓘ Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five ⓘ Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven ⓘ Louis Armstrong and His All Stars ⓘ
surface form:
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
Mezz Mezzrow ⓘ Muggsy Spanier ⓘ New Orleans jazz musicians ⓘ Roy Eldridge ⓘ Sidney Bechet ⓘ |
| birthName | Arthur James Singleton ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfBirth | 1898-05-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1975-07-14 ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| fieldOfWork |
jazz performance
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music performance ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
swing ⓘ |
| givenName | Arthur ⓘ |
| influenced |
early jazz drumming style
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later swing drummers ⓘ |
| instrument |
drum set
ⓘ
percussion ⓘ |
| movement |
Chicago jazz
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New Orleans jazz ⓘ |
| name | Zutty Singleton self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Zutty ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early pioneer of swing-era percussion
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innovative use of drums and percussion in early jazz ⓘ |
| notableWork | recordings with Louis Armstrong in the late 1920s ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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drummer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States
ⓘ
Bunkie, Louisiana, United States ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
New York, United States
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| residence |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.