Thad Jones
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Thad Jones was an influential American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his sophisticated arrangements and co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thad Jones canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5270191 — 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: Thad Jones Context triple: [Count Basie Orchestra, notableMember, Thad Jones]
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A.
Ray Brown
Ray Brown was an acclaimed American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Oscar Peterson Trio and collaborations with many leading jazz artists.
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B.
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader known for his work in hard bop and later pioneering jazz-funk and fusion styles.
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C.
Teddy Dunn
Teddy Dunn is an American actor best known for playing Duncan Kane on the television series "Veronica Mars."
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D.
Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd is an influential American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer known for his genre-blending style and acclaimed work since the 1960s.
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E.
Phil Woods
Phil Woods was an acclaimed American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader known for his virtuosic bebop style and influential recordings.
- 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: Thad Jones Target entity description: Thad Jones was an influential American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his sophisticated arrangements and co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
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A.
Ray Brown
Ray Brown was an acclaimed American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Oscar Peterson Trio and collaborations with many leading jazz artists.
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B.
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader known for his work in hard bop and later pioneering jazz-funk and fusion styles.
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C.
Teddy Dunn
Teddy Dunn is an American actor best known for playing Duncan Kane on the television series "Veronica Mars."
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D.
Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd is an influential American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer known for his genre-blending style and acclaimed work since the 1960s.
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E.
Phil Woods
Phil Woods was an acclaimed American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader known for his virtuosic bebop style and influential recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
ⓘ
composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz trumpeter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Brookmeyer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ Elvin Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Hank Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Pepper Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| coLeaderOf | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-03-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1986-08-20 ⓘ |
| employer | Count Basie Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Jones ⓘ |
| founded | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Thaddeus Joseph Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
big band jazz
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Thaddeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
flugelhorn
ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ |
| laterResidence | Copenhagen, Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Count Basie Orchestra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Thad Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Consummation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Magnificent Thad Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | arranger for Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Child Is Born
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mean What You Say NERFINISHED ⓘ Three and One NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiptoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ jazz trumpeter ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pontiac, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Copenhagen, Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Note Records
ⓘ
Milestone Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Solid State Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York City, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Elvin Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hank Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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: Thad Jones Description of subject: Thad Jones was an influential American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his sophisticated arrangements and co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.