Minton's Playhouse
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Minton's Playhouse is a historic Harlem jazz club renowned as a birthplace of bebop and a key venue for pioneering musicians like Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Minton's Playhouse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6209348 — 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: Minton's Playhouse Context triple: [Thelonious Monk, notableVenueAssociation, Minton's Playhouse]
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A.
The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club is a 1984 crime-drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola that intertwines jazz, gangsters, and Harlem nightlife during the Prohibition era.
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B.
Q's Jook Joint
Q's Jook Joint is a 1995 studio album by legendary producer and musician Quincy Jones that blends jazz, R&B, and pop with an all-star roster of guest artists.
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C.
Harlem Stage
Harlem Stage is a performing arts center in New York City renowned for presenting and supporting innovative work by artists of color, particularly those reflecting the cultural legacy of Harlem.
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D.
Checkerboard Lounge
Checkerboard Lounge was a legendary Chicago blues club on the South Side, famed for its intimate atmosphere and performances by major blues artists.
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E.
Blue Room jazz club
Blue Room jazz club is a historic Kansas City jazz venue renowned for live performances that celebrate the city’s rich jazz heritage.
- 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: Minton's Playhouse Target entity description: Minton's Playhouse is a historic Harlem jazz club renowned as a birthplace of bebop and a key venue for pioneering musicians like Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.
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A.
The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club is a 1984 crime-drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola that intertwines jazz, gangsters, and Harlem nightlife during the Prohibition era.
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B.
Q's Jook Joint
Q's Jook Joint is a 1995 studio album by legendary producer and musician Quincy Jones that blends jazz, R&B, and pop with an all-star roster of guest artists.
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C.
Harlem Stage
Harlem Stage is a performing arts center in New York City renowned for presenting and supporting innovative work by artists of color, particularly those reflecting the cultural legacy of Harlem.
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D.
Checkerboard Lounge
Checkerboard Lounge was a legendary Chicago blues club on the South Side, famed for its intimate atmosphere and performances by major blues artists.
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E.
Blue Room jazz club
Blue Room jazz club is a historic Kansas City jazz venue renowned for live performances that celebrate the city’s rich jazz heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
jazz club ⓘ |
| activity | after-hours jam sessions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bud Powell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Lou Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Thelonious Monk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience |
jazz enthusiasts
ⓘ
jazz musicians ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| building | Hotel Cecil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| closed | 1974 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
important site in African American musical history
ⓘ
key venue in the development of bebop ⓘ |
| era |
1940s
ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Henry Minton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
bebop
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| houseBandMember |
Joe Guy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenny Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Fenton NERFINISHED ⓘ Thelonious Monk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
bebop
ⓘ
modern jazz ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Harlem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Henry Minton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Sugar Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a birthplace of bebop
ⓘ
jam sessions ⓘ modern jazz innovation ⓘ |
| opened | 1938 ⓘ |
| performanceType |
jam sessions
ⓘ
live music ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | National Register of Historic Places (as part of the Hotel Cecil building) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopened |
2006
ⓘ
2013 ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| status | historic jazz landmark ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 206 West 118th Street ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Minton's Playhouse Description of subject: Minton's Playhouse is a historic Harlem jazz club renowned as a birthplace of bebop and a key venue for pioneering musicians like Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker.
Referenced by (1)
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