Don Was
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Don Was is an American musician and Grammy-winning record producer best known for his work with artists across rock, blues, and pop, and as the longtime president of Blue Note Records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don Was canonical | 14 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
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Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| birthName | Donald Fagenson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Blue Note Records ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music production
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popular music ⓘ record industry management ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
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pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
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guitar ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Was (Not Was) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
co-founder of Was (Not Was)
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production of Bonnie Raitt album "Luck of the Draw" ⓘ production of Bonnie Raitt album "Nick of Time" ⓘ production work with Bob Dylan ⓘ production work with Bonnie Raitt ⓘ production work with Iggy Pop ⓘ production work with John Mayer ⓘ production work with The Rolling Stones ⓘ production work with Willie Nelson ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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bassist ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of Blue Note Records ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Blue Note Records ⓘ |
| stageName | Don Was self-link ⓘ |
| workedWith |
B. B. King
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surface form:
B.B. King
Bob Dylan ⓘ Bonnie Raitt ⓘ Brian Wilson ⓘ Garth Brooks ⓘ Gregg Allman ⓘ Iggy Pop ⓘ John Mayer ⓘ Kris Kristofferson ⓘ The Rolling Stones ⓘ Willie Nelson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Don Was Description of subject: Don Was is an American musician and Grammy-winning record producer best known for his work with artists across rock, blues, and pop, and as the longtime president of Blue Note Records.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.