Sonny Clark
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Sonny Clark was an influential American jazz pianist and composer known for his hard bop recordings in the 1950s, particularly on the Blue Note label.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sonny Clark canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11614782 — 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: Sonny Clark Context triple: ["I'm Old Fashioned", hasNotablePerformer, Sonny Clark]
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A.
Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith was an American jazz Hammond B-3 organist known for his soulful, groove-oriented playing and contributions to the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
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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.
Red Norvo
Red Norvo was an influential American jazz vibraphonist, xylophonist, and bandleader known for his pioneering role in the development of cool jazz and bebop.
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D.
Eddie Durham
Eddie Durham was an influential American jazz guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger who helped shape the sound of swing music in the 1930s.
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E.
Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford was an American alto saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader known for his soulful blend of jazz, blues, and R&B, particularly through his work with Ray Charles and his own influential recordings.
- 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: Sonny Clark Target entity description: Sonny Clark was an influential American jazz pianist and composer known for his hard bop recordings in the 1950s, particularly on the Blue Note label.
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A.
Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith was an American jazz Hammond B-3 organist known for his soulful, groove-oriented playing and contributions to the soul-jazz and hard bop genres.
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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.
Red Norvo
Red Norvo was an influential American jazz vibraphonist, xylophonist, and bandleader known for his pioneering role in the development of cool jazz and bebop.
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D.
Eddie Durham
Eddie Durham was an influential American jazz guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger who helped shape the sound of swing music in the 1930s.
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E.
Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford was an American alto saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader known for his soulful blend of jazz, blues, and R&B, particularly through his work with Ray Charles and his own influential recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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hard bop musician ⓘ human ⓘ jazz pianist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1963 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Art Farmer
NERFINISHED
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Buddy DeFranco NERFINISHED ⓘ Clifford Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Dexter Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Grant Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Hank Mobley NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackie McLean NERFINISHED ⓘ John Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Conrad Yeatis Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-07-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1963-01-13 ⓘ |
| genre |
hard bop
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jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Conrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later hard bop pianists ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| legacy | regarded as a major hard bop pianist of the 1950s and early 1960s ⓘ |
| movement | hard bop ⓘ |
| name | Sonny Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Sonny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive hard bop piano style
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influential Blue Note recordings in the 1950s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cool Struttin'
NERFINISHED
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Dial "S" for Sonny NERFINISHED ⓘ Leapin' and Lopin' NERFINISHED ⓘ My Conception NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Clark Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny's Crib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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pianist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Herminie, Pennsylvania, 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 | Blue Note Records ⓘ |
| style | bebop-influenced piano playing ⓘ |
| workedFor | Blue Note Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Sonny Clark Description of subject: Sonny Clark was an influential American jazz pianist and composer known for his hard bop recordings in the 1950s, particularly on the Blue Note label.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
"I'm Old Fashioned"