Horace Silver Quintet
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The Horace Silver Quintet was a seminal hard bop jazz group led by pianist and composer Horace Silver, known for its soulful, blues-inflected style and influential recordings in the 1950s and 1960s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horace Silver Quintet canonical | 8 |
| Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8888547 — 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: Horace Silver Quintet Context triple: [Art Farmer, memberOf, Horace Silver Quintet]
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A.
The Erroll Garner Trio
The Erroll Garner Trio is a jazz ensemble led by pianist Erroll Garner, known for its lively, swinging interpretations and influential small-group recordings in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Lionel Hampton Orchestra
The Lionel Hampton Orchestra is a renowned American jazz big band closely associated with vibraphonist and bandleader Lionel Hampton, known for its energetic swing performances and influential role in mid-20th-century jazz.
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C.
Earl Hines Orchestra
The Earl Hines Orchestra was a prominent American big band led by pioneering jazz pianist Earl Hines, known for its influential swing-era recordings and innovative arrangements.
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D.
Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings
Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings was a 1920s jazz ensemble led by pianist, composer, and producer Clarence Williams, known for its early New Orleans–style recordings and collaborations with prominent jazz musicians.
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E.
Benny Goodman Sextet
The Benny Goodman Sextet was a small jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Benny Goodman, known for its influential swing-era recordings and virtuosic, tightly arranged performances.
- 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: Horace Silver Quintet Target entity description: The Horace Silver Quintet was a seminal hard bop jazz group led by pianist and composer Horace Silver, known for its soulful, blues-inflected style and influential recordings in the 1950s and 1960s.
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A.
The Erroll Garner Trio
The Erroll Garner Trio is a jazz ensemble led by pianist Erroll Garner, known for its lively, swinging interpretations and influential small-group recordings in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Lionel Hampton Orchestra
The Lionel Hampton Orchestra is a renowned American jazz big band closely associated with vibraphonist and bandleader Lionel Hampton, known for its energetic swing performances and influential role in mid-20th-century jazz.
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C.
Earl Hines Orchestra
The Earl Hines Orchestra was a prominent American big band led by pioneering jazz pianist Earl Hines, known for its influential swing-era recordings and innovative arrangements.
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D.
Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings
Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings was a 1920s jazz ensemble led by pianist, composer, and producer Clarence Williams, known for its early New Orleans–style recordings and collaborations with prominent jazz musicians.
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E.
Benny Goodman Sextet
The Benny Goodman Sextet was a small jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Benny Goodman, known for its influential swing-era recordings and virtuosic, tightly arranged performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hard bop group
ⓘ
jazz ensemble ⓘ |
| activePeriodEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Art Blakey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jazz Messengers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Blue Note Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | post-bop era ⓘ |
| genre |
hard bop
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Art Farmer
NERFINISHED
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Blue Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Junior Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember | Horace Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
modern hard bop
ⓘ
soul jazz ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
bass
ⓘ
drums ⓘ piano ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| leader | Horace Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Blowin' the Blues Away
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Finger Poppin' NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Pieces of Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ Song for My Father (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
catchy melodic hooks
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gospel-inspired harmonies ⓘ strong blues influence ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential small-group jazz arrangements
ⓘ
seminal hard bop recordings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Doodlin'
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Opus de Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ Señor Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Song for My Father NERFINISHED ⓘ The Preacher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
club performances
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studio recordings ⓘ |
| primaryComposer | Horace Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Blue Note Records ⓘ |
| style |
blues-inflected
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soulful ⓘ |
| typicalEnsembleSize | 5 ⓘ |
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: Horace Silver Quintet Description of subject: The Horace Silver Quintet was a seminal hard bop jazz group led by pianist and composer Horace Silver, known for its soulful, blues-inflected style and influential recordings in the 1950s and 1960s.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
this entity surface form:
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
this entity surface form:
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
this entity surface form:
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers