Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill is a biographical play with music that portrays one of Billie Holiday’s final nightclub performances, blending her songs with poignant storytelling about her life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5505953 — 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: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Context triple: [Audra McDonald, notableWork, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill]
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A.
Yardbird
Yardbird is the famous nickname of jazz saxophonist and bebop pioneer Charlie Parker.
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B.
Birdland
Birdland is the popular nickname for the passionate fan community and home atmosphere surrounding Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles.
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C.
Luck Be a Lady
"Luck Be a Lady" is a classic show tune from the Broadway musical *Guys and Dolls*, famously performed by Frank Sinatra and widely recognized as a standard of the American songbook.
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D.
Blues in the Night
"Blues in the Night" is a classic American popular song from 1941, renowned as a jazz and pop standard and widely recorded by numerous prominent artists.
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E.
Stompin’ at the Savoy
"Stompin’ at the Savoy" is a classic swing-era jazz standard, closely associated with the Harlem Savoy Ballroom and famed for its infectious rhythm and enduring popularity among big band and jazz ensembles.
- 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: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Target entity description: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill is a biographical play with music that portrays one of Billie Holiday’s final nightclub performances, blending her songs with poignant storytelling about her life.
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A.
Yardbird
Yardbird is the famous nickname of jazz saxophonist and bebop pioneer Charlie Parker.
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B.
Birdland
Birdland is the popular nickname for the passionate fan community and home atmosphere surrounding Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles.
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C.
Luck Be a Lady
"Luck Be a Lady" is a classic show tune from the Broadway musical *Guys and Dolls*, famously performed by Frank Sinatra and widely recognized as a standard of the American songbook.
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D.
A Night at the Village Vanguard
A Night at the Village Vanguard is a landmark live jazz album by saxophonist Sonny Rollins, celebrated for its inventive improvisation and intimate club atmosphere.
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E.
Blues in the Night
"Blues in the Night" is a classic American popular song from 1941, renowned as a jazz and pop standard and widely recorded by numerous prominent artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical play
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play ⓘ play with music ⓘ |
| artForm | theatre ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
Billie Holiday
NERFINISHED
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Billie Holiday's final years ⓘ Billie Holiday's nightclub performances ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Billie Holiday
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
pianist ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Billie Holiday's musical legacy
ⓘ
Billie Holiday's personal struggles ⓘ addiction ⓘ fame and decline ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
ⓘ
music theatre ⓘ |
| hasPart |
live musical performances
ⓘ
storytelling about Billie Holiday's life ⓘ |
| hasStyle | cabaret-style performance ⓘ |
| includes |
Billie Holiday songs
ⓘ
jazz standards ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
jazz enthusiasts
ⓘ
theatre audiences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | monologue with songs ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
direct address to audience
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interwoven songs and monologues ⓘ |
| portrays | one of Billie Holiday's final nightclub performances ⓘ |
| portraysTheme |
addiction and self-destruction
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cost of celebrity ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ resilience through music ⓘ |
| setting |
Emerson's Bar and Grill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | single-act play ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
stage productions
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television adaptation ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1950s ⓘ |
| tone |
intimate
ⓘ
poignant ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill Description of subject: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill is a biographical play with music that portrays one of Billie Holiday’s final nightclub performances, blending her songs with poignant storytelling about her life.
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