Hank Jones
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Hank Jones was an influential American jazz pianist and bandleader known for his elegant, harmonically rich playing and collaborations with many of the genre’s greatest artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hank Jones canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9657267 — 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: Hank Jones Context triple: [The Hawk Flies High, featuresMusician, Hank Jones]
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A.
Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones was an influential American jazz drummer best known for his dynamic, swinging work with Miles Davis and other leading bebop and hard bop musicians of the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
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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C.
Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton was a renowned American jazz double bassist and photographer, celebrated for his long career, distinctive slap bass style, and extensive documentation of jazz history.
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D.
Thad Jones
Thad Jones was an influential American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his sophisticated arrangements and co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
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E.
Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland was an American cornetist and bandleader best known as a key figure in the early Chicago jazz scene and a member of the pioneering Austin High School Gang.
- 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: Hank Jones Target entity description: Hank Jones was an influential American jazz pianist and bandleader known for his elegant, harmonically rich playing and collaborations with many of the genre’s greatest artists.
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A.
Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones was an influential American jazz drummer best known for his dynamic, swinging work with Miles Davis and other leading bebop and hard bop musicians of the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
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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C.
Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton was a renowned American jazz double bassist and photographer, celebrated for his long career, distinctive slap bass style, and extensive documentation of jazz history.
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D.
Thad Jones
Thad Jones was an influential American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his sophisticated arrangements and co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
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E.
Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland was an American cornetist and bandleader best known as a key figure in the early Chicago jazz scene and a member of the pioneering Austin High School Gang.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz pianist ⓘ recording artist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance
NERFINISHED
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National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Artie Shaw
NERFINISHED
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Benny Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Cannonball Adderley NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Coleman Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Lovano NERFINISHED ⓘ Milt Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-07-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-05-16 ⓘ |
| familyName | Jones ⓘ |
| fullName | Henry Jones Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
bebop
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jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| movement | bebop movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bop Redux
NERFINISHED
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Hank Jones Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanky Panky NERFINISHED ⓘ Steal Away NERFINISHED ⓘ The Oracle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Talented Touch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ pianist ⓘ |
| performedWithEnsemble |
CBS studio orchestra
NERFINISHED
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Jazz at the Philharmonic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| religion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Elvin Jones
NERFINISHED
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Thad Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
elegant playing
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harmonically rich voicings ⓘ lyrical improvisation ⓘ |
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: Hank Jones Description of subject: Hank Jones was an influential American jazz pianist and bandleader known for his elegant, harmonically rich playing and collaborations with many of the genre’s greatest artists.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.