Lester Bowie
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Lester Bowie was an innovative American jazz trumpeter and composer known for his work with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and his adventurous, genre-blending style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lester Bowie canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15900795 — 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: Lester Bowie Context triple: [The Waitresses, hasMember, Lester Bowie]
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A.
William Henderson
William Henderson was an early settler and landowner after whom the town of Henderson in Jefferson County, New York, was named.
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B.
Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell is an influential American jazz saxophonist, composer, and founding member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, known for his pioneering work in avant-garde and experimental music.
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C.
Clinton Shorter
Clinton Shorter is a Canadian film and television composer known for his atmospheric, rhythm-driven scores for movies such as District 9 and Contraband.
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D.
Roland Kirk
Roland Kirk, better known as Rahsaan Roland Kirk, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist famed for his virtuosic ability to play multiple wind instruments simultaneously and his adventurous, avant-garde approach to improvisation.
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E.
Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison was an American jazz double bassist best known for his pivotal role in the classic John Coltrane Quartet during the 1960s.
- 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: Lester Bowie Target entity description: Lester Bowie was an innovative American jazz trumpeter and composer known for his work with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and his adventurous, genre-blending style.
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A.
William Henderson
William Henderson was an early settler and landowner after whom the town of Henderson in Jefferson County, New York, was named.
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B.
Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell is an influential American jazz saxophonist, composer, and founding member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, known for his pioneering work in avant-garde and experimental music.
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C.
Clinton Shorter
Clinton Shorter is a Canadian film and television composer known for his atmospheric, rhythm-driven scores for movies such as District 9 and Contraband.
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D.
Roland Kirk
Roland Kirk, better known as Rahsaan Roland Kirk, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist famed for his virtuosic ability to play multiple wind instruments simultaneously and his adventurous, avant-garde approach to improvisation.
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E.
Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison was an American jazz double bassist best known for his pivotal role in the classic John Coltrane Quartet during the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.