James Price Johnson
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James Price Johnson was an influential American pianist and composer, widely regarded as a pioneer of the stride piano style in early jazz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Price Johnson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10439489 — 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: James Price Johnson Context triple: [James P. Johnson, fullName, James Price Johnson]
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A.
Joseph MacMillan Johnson
Joseph MacMillan Johnson was a Hollywood art director and production designer best known for his work on classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rear Window."
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B.
Otis Campbell
Otis Campbell is the lovable, frequently inebriated town drunk of Mayberry on the classic American television series "The Andy Griffith Show."
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C.
Frederick McGowan
Frederick McGowan was a key early 20th-century American theater figure best known for co-founding the Cleveland Play House, one of the nation’s first professional regional theaters.
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D.
Charles Remond Douglass
Charles Remond Douglass was an African American civil rights activist, soldier, and government clerk, and the youngest son of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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E.
Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson was an American high jumper who won the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, setting an Olympic record and challenging Nazi racial ideology.
- 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: James Price Johnson Target entity description: James Price Johnson was an influential American pianist and composer, widely regarded as a pioneer of the stride piano style in early jazz.
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A.
Joseph MacMillan Johnson
Joseph MacMillan Johnson was a Hollywood art director and production designer best known for his work on classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rear Window."
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B.
Otis Campbell
Otis Campbell is the lovable, frequently inebriated town drunk of Mayberry on the classic American television series "The Andy Griffith Show."
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C.
Frederick McGowan
Frederick McGowan was a key early 20th-century American theater figure best known for co-founding the Cleveland Play House, one of the nation’s first professional regional theaters.
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D.
Charles Remond Douglass
Charles Remond Douglass was an African American civil rights activist, soldier, and government clerk, and the youngest son of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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E.
Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson was an American high jumper who won the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, setting an Olympic record and challenging Nazi racial ideology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ stride pianist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1950 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910 ⓘ |
| birthName | James Price Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
USA
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1894-02-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1955-11-17 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Johnson ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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ragtime ⓘ stride piano ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| influenced |
Art Tatum
NERFINISHED
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Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Fats Waller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
blues
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ragtime ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bridging ragtime and jazz piano
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pioneering stride piano style ⓘ |
| movement | Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | James P. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Carolina Shout
NERFINISHED
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If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Fashioned Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Snowy Morning Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ The Charleston NERFINISHED ⓘ You've Got to Be Modernistic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ pianist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
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Okeh Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Talking Machine Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Harlem, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Price Johnson Description of subject: James Price Johnson was an influential American pianist and composer, widely regarded as a pioneer of the stride piano style in early jazz.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.