Cassandra Wilson
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Cassandra Wilson is an acclaimed American jazz vocalist, composer, and producer known for her distinctive smoky voice and innovative blend of jazz, blues, folk, and pop influences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cassandra Wilson canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9767409 — 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: Cassandra Wilson Context triple: [Abbey Lincoln, influenced, Cassandra Wilson]
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A.
Lizz Wright
Lizz Wright is an American jazz and gospel-influenced singer and songwriter known for her rich, soulful voice and nuanced interpretations of standards and contemporary songs.
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B.
Ledisi
Ledisi is a Grammy-winning American R&B and jazz singer, songwriter, and actress known for her powerful vocals and soulful, genre-blending style.
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C.
Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae is a British singer-songwriter known for her soulful voice and hits like "Put Your Records On" and "Like a Star."
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D.
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater is an acclaimed American jazz singer, actress, and three-time Grammy Award winner known for her powerful voice and dynamic stage presence.
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E.
Dianne Reeves
Dianne Reeves is a Grammy-winning American jazz vocalist renowned for her rich, expressive voice and mastery of both classic and contemporary jazz styles.
- 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: Cassandra Wilson Target entity description: Cassandra Wilson is an acclaimed American jazz vocalist, composer, and producer known for her distinctive smoky voice and innovative blend of jazz, blues, folk, and pop influences.
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A.
Lizz Wright
Lizz Wright is an American jazz and gospel-influenced singer and songwriter known for her rich, soulful voice and nuanced interpretations of standards and contemporary songs.
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B.
Ledisi
Ledisi is a Grammy-winning American R&B and jazz singer, songwriter, and actress known for her powerful vocals and soulful, genre-blending style.
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C.
Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae is a British singer-songwriter known for her soulful voice and hits like "Put Your Records On" and "Like a Star."
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D.
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater is an acclaimed American jazz singer, actress, and three-time Grammy Award winner known for her powerful voice and dynamic stage presence.
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E.
Dianne Reeves
Dianne Reeves is a Grammy-winning American jazz vocalist renowned for her rich, expressive voice and mastery of both classic and contemporary jazz styles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ jazz singer ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| album |
Belly of the Sun
NERFINISHED
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Blue Light ’til Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ Days Aweigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Loverly NERFINISHED ⓘ New Moon Daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ Point of View NERFINISHED ⓘ Silver Pony NERFINISHED ⓘ Thunderbird NERFINISHED ⓘ Traveling Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Henry Threadgill
NERFINISHED
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Steve Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ Wynton Marsalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
NERFINISHED
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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Cassandra Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-12-04 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African-American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilson ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
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folk ⓘ jazz ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| givenName | Cassandra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | voice ⓘ |
| memberOf | M-Base collective NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Cassandra Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAwardWork |
Loverly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Moon Daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive smoky voice
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innovative blend of jazz, blues, folk, and pop ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Belly of the Sun
NERFINISHED
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Blue Light ’til Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ New Moon Daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ Traveling Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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jazz singer ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Jackson, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Note Records
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Columbia Records ⓘ JMT Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York City, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalType | contralto ⓘ |
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: Cassandra Wilson Description of subject: Cassandra Wilson is an acclaimed American jazz vocalist, composer, and producer known for her distinctive smoky voice and innovative blend of jazz, blues, folk, and pop influences.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.