Jimmy Forrest
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Jimmy Forrest was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his hit recording "Night Train" and his work in big bands and small combos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jimmy Forrest canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10260547 — 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: Jimmy Forrest Context triple: [Jack McDuff, associatedAct, Jimmy Forrest]
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A.
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.
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B.
Tal Farlow
Tal Farlow was an influential American jazz guitarist renowned for his exceptional speed, harmonic sophistication, and work in the bebop tradition.
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C.
Jimmy Blanton
Jimmy Blanton was a pioneering American jazz double bassist whose innovative work with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the early 1940s helped redefine the role of the bass in jazz ensembles.
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D.
Joe Russell
Joe Russell is a singer best known as a member of the a cappella doo-wop group The Persuasions.
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E.
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.
- 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: Jimmy Forrest Target entity description: Jimmy Forrest was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his hit recording "Night Train" and his work in big bands and small combos.
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A.
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.
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B.
Tal Farlow
Tal Farlow was an influential American jazz guitarist renowned for his exceptional speed, harmonic sophistication, and work in the bebop tradition.
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C.
Jimmy Blanton
Jimmy Blanton was a pioneering American jazz double bassist whose innovative work with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the early 1940s helped redefine the role of the bass in jazz ensembles.
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D.
Joe Russell
Joe Russell is a singer best known as a member of the a cappella doo-wop group The Persuasions.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
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human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ song ⓘ tenor saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Count Basie
NERFINISHED
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Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmie Lunceford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | James Robert Forrest Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-01-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-08-26 ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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jazz ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| instrument | tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| isKnownFor | Night Train NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
NERFINISHED
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Duke Ellington Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Jimmy Forrest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Forrest Fire
NERFINISHED
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Out of the Forrest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Night Train NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
ⓘ
musician ⓘ |
| performer |
Jimmy Forrest
NERFINISHED
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Jimmy Forrest NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Forrest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedWith |
Count Basie
NERFINISHED
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Harry “Sweets” Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
1951
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1960 ⓘ 1961 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Delmark Records
NERFINISHED
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New Jazz Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ United Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
big band jazz
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small group jazz ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jimmy Forrest Description of subject: Jimmy Forrest was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his hit recording "Night Train" and his work in big bands and small combos.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.