Cotton Club, New York City
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The Cotton Club in New York City was a famous Prohibition-era Harlem nightclub renowned for its lavish revues, segregationist policies, and role in launching the careers of major jazz artists.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotton Club, New York City canonical | 2 |
| The Cotton Club | 2 |
| Cotton Club | 1 |
| Cotton Club, Harlem, New York City | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6209833 — 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: Cotton Club, New York City Context triple: [Duke Ellington Orchestra, primaryVenue, Cotton Club, New York City]
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A.
Harlem Opera House
The Harlem Opera House was a late-19th-century New York City theater and opera venue developed by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I that became an important cultural landmark in Harlem.
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B.
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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C.
Limelight (New York City nightclub)
Limelight (New York City nightclub) was a famous Manhattan club housed in a deconsecrated church, known for its gothic architecture, vibrant nightlife, and central role in New York’s 1980s–1990s club scene.
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D.
Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, New York City
Koster and Bial’s Music Hall in New York City was a prominent late-19th-century vaudeville theater known for hosting early motion picture exhibitions and popular variety entertainment.
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E.
Cocoanut Grove nightclub
The Cocoanut Grove nightclub was a famous, glamorous entertainment venue in Los Angeles known for hosting Hollywood stars, big band performances, and lavish nightlife during the early to mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton Club, New York City Target entity description: The Cotton Club in New York City was a famous Prohibition-era Harlem nightclub renowned for its lavish revues, segregationist policies, and role in launching the careers of major jazz artists.
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A.
Harlem Opera House
The Harlem Opera House was a late-19th-century New York City theater and opera venue developed by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I that became an important cultural landmark in Harlem.
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B.
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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C.
Limelight (New York City nightclub)
Limelight (New York City nightclub) was a famous Manhattan club housed in a deconsecrated church, known for its gothic architecture, vibrant nightlife, and central role in New York’s 1980s–1990s club scene.
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D.
Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, New York City
Koster and Bial’s Music Hall in New York City was a prominent late-19th-century vaudeville theater known for hosting early motion picture exhibitions and popular variety entertainment.
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E.
Cocoanut Grove nightclub
The Cocoanut Grove nightclub was a famous, glamorous entertainment venue in Los Angeles known for hosting Hollywood stars, big band performances, and lavish nightlife during the early to mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nightclub ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New York City organized crime ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| broadcastHelpedLaunchCareerOf |
Cab Calloway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | radio ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| closed | 1940 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalMovement | Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Prohibition era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredBandleader |
Cab Calloway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don Redman NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmie Lunceford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredChoreographer |
Bill Robinson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leonard Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredDancer |
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Nicholas Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredPerformer |
Bessie Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ Cab Calloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethel Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ Fats Waller NERFINISHED ⓘ Lena Horne NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Nat King Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
swing ⓘ |
| hadAddress | 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue (original Harlem location) ⓘ |
| hadHouseBand |
Cab Calloway Orchestra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke Ellington Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
American popular music
ⓘ
Broadway-style revues ⓘ development of big band jazz ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Harlem Renaissance jazz performances
ⓘ
featuring African American performers for mostly white audiences ⓘ lavish revues ⓘ segregationist policies ⓘ |
| location | Harlem, Manhattan, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chorus lines of African American dancers
ⓘ
elaborate floor shows ⓘ racially stereotyped themes in shows ⓘ |
| opened | 1923 ⓘ |
| owner | Owen Madden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policy |
African American performers
ⓘ
whites-only audience during much of its early history ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | Broadway and 48th Street, Midtown Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
film "The Cotton Club" (1984)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
numerous jazz histories ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cotton Club, New York City Description of subject: The Cotton Club in New York City was a famous Prohibition-era Harlem nightclub renowned for its lavish revues, segregationist policies, and role in launching the careers of major jazz artists.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Cotton Club
this entity surface form:
The Cotton Club
this entity surface form:
Cotton Club
this entity surface form:
Cotton Club, Harlem, New York City