Eddie Taylor
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Eddie Taylor was an influential American electric blues guitarist and singer, best known for his work in the Chicago blues scene and his long-time collaboration with Jimmy Reed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eddie Taylor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7334848 — 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: Eddie Taylor Context triple: [Jimmy Reed, associatedAct, Eddie Taylor]
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A.
Eddie Durham
Eddie Durham was an influential American jazz guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger who helped shape the sound of swing music in the 1930s.
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B.
Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson was an influential American blues and rock and roll pianist best known for his long-time collaboration with Chuck Berry.
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C.
Eddie Willis
Eddie Willis was an American guitarist best known for his work as a core session musician on countless Motown hits.
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D.
Joe Higgs
Joe Higgs was a pioneering Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, and mentor often called the "Father of Reggae" for his influential role in shaping the genre and guiding artists like Bob Marley and the Wailers.
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E.
Don Redman
Don Redman was an influential American jazz arranger, composer, and bandleader whose innovative orchestrations in the 1920s and 1930s helped shape the sound of big band swing.
- 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: Eddie Taylor Target entity description: Eddie Taylor was an influential American electric blues guitarist and singer, best known for his work in the Chicago blues scene and his long-time collaboration with Jimmy Reed.
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A.
Eddie Durham
Eddie Durham was an influential American jazz guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger who helped shape the sound of swing music in the 1930s.
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B.
Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson was an influential American blues and rock and roll pianist best known for his long-time collaboration with Chuck Berry.
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C.
Eddie Willis
Eddie Willis was an American guitarist best known for his work as a core session musician on countless Motown hits.
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D.
Joe Higgs
Joe Higgs was a pioneering Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, and mentor often called the "Father of Reggae" for his influential role in shaping the genre and guiding artists like Bob Marley and the Wailers.
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E.
Don Redman
Don Redman was an influential American jazz arranger, composer, and bandleader whose innovative orchestrations in the 1920s and 1930s helped shape the sound of big band swing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues musician
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chicago blues scene
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jimmy Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| child |
Eddie Taylor Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Larry Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-12-25 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Eddie Taylor Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Chicago blues
ⓘ
blues ⓘ electric blues ⓘ |
| givenName | Eddie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Chicago blues guitarists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | guitar ⓘ |
| movement | postwar Chicago blues ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential electric blues guitar style
ⓘ
long-time collaboration with Jimmy Reed ⓘ work in the Chicago blues scene ⓘ |
| notableSong |
"Bad Boy"
NERFINISHED
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"Big Town Playboy" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Ride 'Em on Down" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "Bad Boy"
NERFINISHED
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album "I Feel So Bad" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Ready for Eddie" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| performanceStyle | rhythmically driving but understated guitar backing ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Benoit, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Antone's Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jewel Records NERFINISHED ⓘ VJ Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| roleIn | sideman guitarist on many Jimmy Reed recordings ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Vera Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | relaxed, soulful blues singing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Eddie Taylor Description of subject: Eddie Taylor was an influential American electric blues guitarist and singer, best known for his work in the Chicago blues scene and his long-time collaboration with Jimmy Reed.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.