Brilliant Corners
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Brilliant Corners is a landmark 1957 jazz album by pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, renowned for its complex compositions and innovative approach to bebop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brilliant Corners canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6209340 — 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: Brilliant Corners Context triple: [Thelonious Monk, notableAlbum, Brilliant Corners]
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A.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
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B.
A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith that critiques capitalist greed through parallel stories of a ruthless wheat speculator and impoverished farmers.
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C.
Windy Corner
Windy Corner is a notoriously exposed and windy section on Denali’s West Buttress climbing route, known for harsh weather and challenging conditions for mountaineers.
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D.
The Hedges
The Hedges is a historic Adirondack Great Camp on Blue Mountain Lake in New York, known for its rustic architecture and role as a classic North Country wilderness retreat.
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E.
The Sheaf
The Sheaf is a late abstract mural-sized work by Henri Matisse, created using his signature cut-out technique and characterized by bold, colorful leaf-like forms.
- 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: Brilliant Corners Target entity description: Brilliant Corners is a landmark 1957 jazz album by pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, renowned for its complex compositions and innovative approach to bebop.
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A.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
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B.
A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith that critiques capitalist greed through parallel stories of a ruthless wheat speculator and impoverished farmers.
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C.
Windy Corner
Windy Corner is a notoriously exposed and windy section on Denali’s West Buttress climbing route, known for harsh weather and challenging conditions for mountaineers.
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D.
The Hedges
The Hedges is a historic Adirondack Great Camp on Blue Mountain Lake in New York, known for its rustic architecture and role as a classic North Country wilderness retreat.
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E.
The Sheaf
The Sheaf is a late abstract mural-sized work by Henri Matisse, created using his signature cut-out technique and characterized by bold, colorful leaf-like forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Thelonious Monk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyInArtistDiscography |
follows The Unique Thelonious Monk
ⓘ
precedes Thelonious Himself ⓘ |
| composer | Thelonious Monk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| considered | landmark jazz album ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtFeatures | photograph of Thelonious Monk ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| era | 1950s jazz ⓘ |
| featuresMusician |
Abby Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clark Terry NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernie Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Pettiford NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
bebop
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hard bop ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| hasTitleTrack | Brilliant Corners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bemsha Swing NERFINISHED ⓘ Brilliant Corners NERFINISHED ⓘ I Surrender, Dear NERFINISHED ⓘ Pannonica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedOnList | various greatest jazz albums lists ⓘ |
| instrumentationIncludes |
alto saxophone
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bass ⓘ drums ⓘ piano ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | RLP 12-226 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex compositions
ⓘ
innovative approach to bebop ⓘ |
| performer | Thelonious Monk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bill Grauer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orrin Keepnews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1956 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Riverside Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
angular melodies
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complex harmonies ⓘ unusual time signatures ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Brilliant Corners Description of subject: Brilliant Corners is a landmark 1957 jazz album by pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, renowned for its complex compositions and innovative approach to bebop.
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