Tenor Madness
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"Tenor Madness" is a landmark 1956 jazz album by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, best known for its title track featuring the only recorded duet between Rollins and John Coltrane.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tenor Madness canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5552516 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tenor Madness Context triple: [Sonny Rollins, notableWork, Tenor Madness]
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A.
The Traditional Fools
The Traditional Fools were a California-based garage rock and surf-punk band best known as an early project of musician Ty Segall.
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B.
Cantate
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C.
Revels
Revels is a surname most notably associated with Hiram Revels, the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.
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D.
The Ultimate Melody
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E.
Decadence a cappella
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- 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: Tenor Madness Target entity description: "Tenor Madness" is a landmark 1956 jazz album by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, best known for its title track featuring the only recorded duet between Rollins and John Coltrane.
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A.
The Traditional Fools
The Traditional Fools were a California-based garage rock and surf-punk band best known as an early project of musician Ty Segall.
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B.
Cantate
Cantate is a choral-orchestral composition by Igor Markevitch that showcases his distinctive modernist style and intricate vocal writing.
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C.
Revels
Revels is a surname most notably associated with Hiram Revels, the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.
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D.
The Ultimate Melody
The Ultimate Melody is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that explores the dangerous power of a theoretically perfect, irresistibly compelling piece of music.
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E.
Decadence a cappella
Decadence a cappella is a student-run vocal group from the University of California, Berkeley known for its humorous, high-energy performances and creative arrangements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
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jazz album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | hard bop era ⓘ |
| bassist | Paul Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | title track featuring a duet between Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane ⓘ |
| chronologyNextTitle | Sonny Rollins, Volume One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyNextYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| chronologyPreviousTitle | Work Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyPreviousYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| composerOfTitleTrack | Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtDepicts | Sonny Rollins with tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| drummer | Philly Joe Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineer | Rudy Van Gelder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresMusician |
John Coltrane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ Philly Joe Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReputation | landmark jazz album ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
My Reverie
NERFINISHED
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Paul’s Pal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenor Madness (track) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Most Beautiful Girl in the World NERFINISHED ⓘ When Your Lover Has Gone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation | tenor saxophone, piano, double bass, drums ⓘ |
| label | Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| length | approximately 37 minutes ⓘ |
| notableFor | only known recorded tenor saxophone duet between Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane ⓘ |
| originalFormat | 12-inch LP ⓘ |
| performer | Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pianist | Red Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Bob Weinstock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt |
Hackensack, New Jersey
NERFINISHED
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Van Gelder Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1956 ⓘ |
| recordLabelCatalogNumber | Prestige PRLP 7047 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| sideOneTrack |
Paul’s Pal
NERFINISHED
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Tenor Madness (track) NERFINISHED ⓘ When Your Lover Has Gone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideTwoTrack |
My Reverie
NERFINISHED
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The Most Beautiful Girl in the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgenre | hard bop ⓘ |
| tenorSaxophonist | Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tenorSaxophonistOnTitleTrack | John Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleTrack | Tenor Madness (track) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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