Attica Blues
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Attica Blues is a politically charged 1972 jazz album by saxophonist Archie Shepp that blends avant-garde jazz, soul, and funk to respond to the Attica prison uprising and broader civil rights struggles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Attica Blues canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11255533 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Attica Blues Context triple: [Archie Shepp, notableWork, Attica Blues]
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A.
Harlem Cycle
Harlem Cycle is a series of hardboiled crime novels by Chester Himes set in Harlem and featuring the detective duo Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.
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B.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 crime-comedy film based on Chester Himes's novel, featuring Gregory Hines in a story of hustlers, romance, and deception in 1950s Harlem.
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C.
Lock Up
"Lock Up" is a 1989 American prison thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone as an inmate battling a sadistic warden.
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D.
Beale St. Blues
"Beale St. Blues" is an alternate title for the classic American jazz and blues standard "Beale Street Blues," written by W.C. Handy and named after the famous Memphis street.
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E.
A Song for Assata
A Song for Assata is a politically charged hip-hop track by Common that pays tribute to and narrates the story of activist Assata Shakur.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Attica Blues Target entity description: Attica Blues is a politically charged 1972 jazz album by saxophonist Archie Shepp that blends avant-garde jazz, soul, and funk to respond to the Attica prison uprising and broader civil rights struggles.
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A.
Harlem Cycle
Harlem Cycle is a series of hardboiled crime novels by Chester Himes set in Harlem and featuring the detective duo Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.
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B.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 crime-comedy film based on Chester Himes's novel, featuring Gregory Hines in a story of hustlers, romance, and deception in 1950s Harlem.
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C.
Lock Up
"Lock Up" is a 1989 American prison thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone as an inmate battling a sadistic warden.
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D.
Beale St. Blues
"Beale St. Blues" is an alternate title for the classic American jazz and blues standard "Beale Street Blues," written by W.C. Handy and named after the famous Memphis street.
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E.
A Song for Assata
A Song for Assata is a politically charged hip-hop track by Common that pays tribute to and narrates the story of activist Assata Shakur.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| about |
Black liberation
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prison conditions ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ state violence ⓘ |
| artist | Archie Shepp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresInstrument |
alto saxophone
ⓘ
bass ⓘ choir ⓘ drums ⓘ piano ⓘ strings ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| follows | Things Have Got to Change NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde jazz
ⓘ
funk ⓘ jazz ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | political activism in music ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Attica Blues (title track)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ballad for a Child NERFINISHED ⓘ Blues for Brother George Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Good-Bye Sweet Pops NERFINISHED ⓘ Invocation: Attica Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Quiet Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ Steam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasQuality | politically charged ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
protest
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resistance ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Attica Prison uprising
NERFINISHED
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civil rights movement ⓘ |
| movement | Black Arts Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Archie Shepp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Archie Shepp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Archie Shepp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cal Massey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| recordedIn | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Impulse!
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Impulse! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
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