Second Great Quintet
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The Second Great Quintet was Miles Davis’s influential mid-1960s jazz group featuring Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, renowned for its innovative, boundary-pushing approach to post-bop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Second Great Quintet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Great Quintet Context triple: [Miles Davis Quintet, notableLineup, Second Great Quintet]
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First Great Quintet
The First Great Quintet was Miles Davis’s legendary 1950s jazz group featuring John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, renowned for its influential hard bop recordings.
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B.
Stephan's Quintet
Stephan's Quintet is a visually striking compact group of five galaxies in the constellation Pegasus, famous for their complex gravitational interactions and dramatic appearance in astronomical imagery.
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C.
Beti-Fang cluster
The Beti-Fang cluster is a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and neighboring Central African regions.
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D.
Trapezium Cluster
The Trapezium Cluster is a compact group of young, massive stars in the heart of the Orion Nebula that illuminates and shapes the surrounding star-forming region.
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E.
Jewel Box cluster
The Jewel Box cluster is a bright and colorful open star cluster in the constellation Crux, renowned for its striking mix of blue and red stars visible even in small telescopes.
- 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: Second Great Quintet Target entity description: The Second Great Quintet was Miles Davis’s influential mid-1960s jazz group featuring Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, renowned for its innovative, boundary-pushing approach to post-bop.
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A.
First Great Quintet
The First Great Quintet was Miles Davis’s legendary 1950s jazz group featuring John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones, renowned for its influential hard bop recordings.
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B.
Stephan's Quintet
Stephan's Quintet is a visually striking compact group of five galaxies in the constellation Pegasus, famous for their complex gravitational interactions and dramatic appearance in astronomical imagery.
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C.
Beti-Fang cluster
The Beti-Fang cluster is a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and neighboring Central African regions.
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D.
Trapezium Cluster
The Trapezium Cluster is a compact group of young, massive stars in the heart of the Orion Nebula that illuminates and shapes the surrounding star-forming region.
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E.
Jewel Box cluster
The Jewel Box cluster is a bright and colorful open star cluster in the constellation Crux, renowned for its striking mix of blue and red stars visible even in small telescopes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Miles Davis band
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jazz ensemble ⓘ |
| activeEnd | 1968 ⓘ |
| activeStart | 1964 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Herbie Hancock Mwandishi band
NERFINISHED
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Miles Davis First Great Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ VSOP Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ Weather Report NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReputation | one of the most influential small groups in jazz history ⓘ |
| era | mid-1960s ⓘ |
| followedBy | Miles Davis electric period bands ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde jazz
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modal jazz ⓘ post-bop ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary jazz ensembles
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jazz fusion ⓘ post-bop jazz ⓘ |
| innovation |
integration of composition and improvisation
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use of open forms in small-group jazz ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
double bass
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drums ⓘ piano ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| leader | Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| member |
Herbie Hancock
NERFINISHED
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Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
E.S.P.
NERFINISHED
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Miles Smiles NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles in the Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ Nefertiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Sorcerer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLiveAlbum | The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTrack |
Eighty-One
NERFINISHED
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Footprints NERFINISHED ⓘ Freedom Jazz Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ Nefertiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Riot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Miles Davis First Great Quintet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedFor | Columbia Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
collective improvisation
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harmonic ambiguity ⓘ loosely structured forms ⓘ rhythmic freedom ⓘ |
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Subject: Second Great Quintet Description of subject: The Second Great Quintet was Miles Davis’s influential mid-1960s jazz group featuring Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, renowned for its innovative, boundary-pushing approach to post-bop.
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