Michael Feinstein
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Michael Feinstein is an American singer, pianist, and music archivist best known for his interpretations and preservation of the Great American Songbook.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Feinstein canonical | 14 |
| Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Foundation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3158194 — 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: Michael Feinstein Context triple: [Isn't It Romantic?, hasNotablePerformer, Michael Feinstein]
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A.
Robert Cohl
Robert Cohl is the son of Canadian film producer and Toronto International Film Festival co-founder Dusty Cohl.
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B.
Henny Youngman
Henny Youngman was a British-American comedian and violinist famed for his rapid-fire one-liners and the catchphrase "Take my wife—please."
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C.
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker renowned for his stand-up, film roles, and multiple stints hosting the Academy Awards.
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D.
Jud Fry
Jud Fry is the brooding, antagonistic farmhand and primary villain in the classic American musical "Oklahoma!".
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E.
Jon Tenney
Jon Tenney is an American actor best known for his role as FBI Special Agent Fritz Howard on the television crime drama series "The Closer."
- 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: Michael Feinstein Target entity description: Michael Feinstein is an American singer, pianist, and music archivist best known for his interpretations and preservation of the Great American Songbook.
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A.
Robert Cohl
Robert Cohl is the son of Canadian film producer and Toronto International Film Festival co-founder Dusty Cohl.
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B.
Henny Youngman
Henny Youngman was a British-American comedian and violinist famed for his rapid-fire one-liners and the catchphrase "Take my wife—please."
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C.
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker renowned for his stand-up, film roles, and multiple stints hosting the Academy Awards.
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D.
Jud Fry
Jud Fry is the brooding, antagonistic farmhand and primary villain in the classic American musical "Oklahoma!".
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E.
Jon Tenney
Jon Tenney is an American actor best known for his role as FBI Special Agent Fritz Howard on the television crime drama series "The Closer."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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music archivist ⓘ pianist ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| boardMembership |
National Recording Preservation Board
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surface form:
Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board
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| collaboratedWith |
Ann Hampton Callaway
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Cheyenne Jackson ⓘ George Shearing ⓘ Jimmy Webb ⓘ Maynard Ferguson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-09-07 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| familyName | Feinstein ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American popular song
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music preservation ⓘ |
| founded |
Michael Feinstein
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Foundation
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| genre |
cabaret
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traditional pop ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.michaelfeinstein.com/ ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Great American Songbook
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surface form:
Great American Songbook preservation movement
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| name | Michael Feinstein self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | Grammy Award nominations ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interpretations of the Great American Songbook
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preservation of the Great American Songbook ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "Big City Rhythms"
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album "Isn't It Romantic" ⓘ album "Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin" ⓘ album "Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb" ⓘ album "Pure Gershwin" ⓘ album "The Sinatra Project" ⓘ album "The Sinatra Project" ⓘ
surface form:
album "The Sinatra Project, Vol. 2: The Good Life"
book "Nice Work If You Can Get It: My Life in Rhythm and Rhyme" ⓘ |
| occupation |
music archivist
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music historian ⓘ pianist ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Columbus, Ohio
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surface form:
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| spouse | Terrence Flannery ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Great Performances
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surface form:
PBS series "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook"
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael Feinstein Description of subject: Michael Feinstein is an American singer, pianist, and music archivist best known for his interpretations and preservation of the Great American Songbook.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Isn't It Romantic?
subject surface form:
"What'll I Do"
this entity surface form:
Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Foundation
subject surface form:
I've Got a Crush on You