Walter Maynard Ferguson
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Walter Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader renowned for his remarkable high-note trumpet playing and energetic big band performances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter Maynard Ferguson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6899058 — 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: Walter Maynard Ferguson Context triple: [Maynard Ferguson, birthName, Walter Maynard Ferguson]
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A.
Walter Findlay
Walter Findlay is a central character on the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as Maude Findlay's often exasperated but loving husband.
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B.
Alex Farquharson
Alex Farquharson is a British curator and museum director best known for leading major contemporary art institutions in the UK.
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C.
Walter Gordon
Walter Gordon was a German theoretical physicist known for co-formulating the Klein–Gordon equation, one of the earliest relativistic wave equations in quantum mechanics.
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D.
William Norrie
William Norrie was a Canadian politician who served as the long-time mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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E.
Walter Morrison
Walter Morrison was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for creating the plastic flying disc that later became the Frisbee.
- 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: Walter Maynard Ferguson Target entity description: Walter Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader renowned for his remarkable high-note trumpet playing and energetic big band performances.
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A.
Walter Findlay
Walter Findlay is a central character on the 1970s American sitcom "Maude," known as Maude Findlay's often exasperated but loving husband.
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B.
Alex Farquharson
Alex Farquharson is a British curator and museum director best known for leading major contemporary art institutions in the UK.
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C.
Walter Gordon
Walter Gordon was a German theoretical physicist known for co-formulating the Klein–Gordon equation, one of the earliest relativistic wave equations in quantum mechanics.
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D.
William Norrie
William Norrie was a Canadian politician who served as the long-time mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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E.
Walter Morrison
Walter Morrison was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for creating the plastic flying disc that later became the Frisbee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
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human ⓘ jazz trumpeter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2006 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Maynard Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Birdland Dream Band
NERFINISHED
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Holford band (early Canadian bands) NERFINISHED ⓘ Stan Kenton Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Member of the Order of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Hillside Cemetery, Ojai, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | kidney failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-05-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-08-23 ⓘ |
| familyName | Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
big band
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jazz ⓘ |
| givenName |
Maynard
NERFINISHED
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Walter ⓘ |
| instrument | trumpet ⓘ |
| ledEnsemble |
Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau
NERFINISHED
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Maynard Ferguson Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Walter Maynard Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Carnival
NERFINISHED
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Conquistador NERFINISHED ⓘ MF Horn NERFINISHED ⓘ MF Horn 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ MF Horn 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Maynard Ferguson (1969) NERFINISHED ⓘ Message from Maynard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
energetic big band performances
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high-note trumpet playing ⓘ |
| notableWork | Gonna Fly Now (theme from Rocky) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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musician ⓘ trumpeter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Verdun, Quebec, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ventura, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
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Concord Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Roulette Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Ojai, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Florence MacDougall Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
fusion of jazz, rock, and pop elements
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use of extreme upper register on trumpet ⓘ |
| yearOfAward | 2003 ⓘ |
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