Robben Ford
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Robben Ford is an American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist renowned for his sophisticated playing style and collaborations with major artists across multiple genres.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robben Ford canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9424095 — 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: Robben Ford Context triple: [Joni Mitchell 1974 tour, supportingMusicians, Robben Ford]
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A.
John Scofield
John Scofield is an American jazz guitarist and composer known for his distinctive blend of post-bop, funk, and fusion styles and his influential work as both a bandleader and collaborator.
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B.
Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour is an American jazz fusion and smooth jazz guitarist, composer, and session musician known for his virtuosic playing and extensive recording career.
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C.
Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield was an influential American blues and rock guitarist best known for his work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and his pioneering electric guitar contributions in the 1960s.
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D.
Elvin Bishop
Elvin Bishop is an American blues and rock guitarist and singer known for his work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and his hit song "Fooled Around and Fell in Love."
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E.
Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton is an American jazz, pop, and rock guitarist and session musician renowned for his smooth, melodic style and extensive studio work with major artists and television soundtracks.
- 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: Robben Ford Target entity description: Robben Ford is an American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist renowned for his sophisticated playing style and collaborations with major artists across multiple genres.
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A.
John Scofield
John Scofield is an American jazz guitarist and composer known for his distinctive blend of post-bop, funk, and fusion styles and his influential work as both a bandleader and collaborator.
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B.
Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour is an American jazz fusion and smooth jazz guitarist, composer, and session musician known for his virtuosic playing and extensive recording career.
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C.
Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield was an influential American blues and rock guitarist best known for his work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and his pioneering electric guitar contributions in the 1960s.
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D.
Elvin Bishop
Elvin Bishop is an American blues and rock guitarist and singer known for his work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and his hit song "Fooled Around and Fell in Love."
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E.
Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton is an American jazz, pop, and rock guitarist and session musician renowned for his smooth, melodic style and extensive studio work with major artists and television soundtracks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues guitarist
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guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Joni Mitchell
NERFINISHED
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L.A. Express NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Robben Ford & The Blue Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Yellowjackets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Robben Lee Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-12-16 ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
blues rock ⓘ jazz ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasCollaboratedWith |
Brad Paisley
NERFINISHED
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Charlie Musselwhite NERFINISHED ⓘ George Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregg Allman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Witherspoon NERFINISHED ⓘ Joni Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiss NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Carlton NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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vocals ⓘ |
| memberOf |
L.A. Express
NERFINISHED
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Robben Ford & The Blue Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Yellowjackets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Robben Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableInstrument | Fender Telecaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bringing It Back Home
NERFINISHED
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Handful of Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Keep On Running NERFINISHED ⓘ Mystic Mile NERFINISHED ⓘ Robben Ford & The Blue Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Talk to Your Daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiger Walk NERFINISHED ⓘ Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
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musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Woodlake, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Note Records
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Concord Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Mascot Label Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Provogue Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Nashville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Robben Ford Description of subject: Robben Ford is an American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist renowned for his sophisticated playing style and collaborations with major artists across multiple genres.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.