Lennie Niehaus
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Lennie Niehaus was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and longtime film scorer best known for his frequent collaborations with director Clint Eastwood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lennie Niehaus canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2116922 — 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: Lennie Niehaus Context triple: [The Bridges of Madison County, musicBy, Lennie Niehaus]
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A.
Lyle Bettger
Lyle Bettger was an American character actor best known for his frequent portrayals of suave villains in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television.
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B.
Abe Reles
Abe Reles was a notorious Brooklyn mobster and hitman who became infamous as a key government informant against the Murder, Inc. crime syndicate in the 1940s.
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C.
Ernie Primm
Ernie Primm was a businessman and developer whose ventures in gaming and hospitality were instrumental in establishing and growing the community that became Primm, Nevada.
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D.
Ozzie Silna
Ozzie Silna was an American businessman best known for striking an extraordinarily lucrative television revenue deal during the ABA–NBA merger as a former co-owner of the Spirits of St. Louis basketball team.
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E.
Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
- 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: Lennie Niehaus Target entity description: Lennie Niehaus was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and longtime film scorer best known for his frequent collaborations with director Clint Eastwood.
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A.
Lyle Bettger
Lyle Bettger was an American character actor best known for his frequent portrayals of suave villains in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television.
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B.
Abe Reles
Abe Reles was a notorious Brooklyn mobster and hitman who became infamous as a key government informant against the Murder, Inc. crime syndicate in the 1940s.
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C.
Ernie Primm
Ernie Primm was a businessman and developer whose ventures in gaming and hospitality were instrumental in establishing and growing the community that became Primm, Nevada.
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D.
Ozzie Silna
Ozzie Silna was an American businessman best known for striking an extraordinarily lucrative television revenue deal during the ABA–NBA merger as a former co-owner of the Spirits of St. Louis basketball team.
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E.
Cliff Hagan
Cliff Hagan is an American Hall of Fame basketball player best known for his scoring prowess with the St. Louis Hawks and later as a player-coach in the ABA.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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film score composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Clint Eastwood
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Stan Kenton ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Clint Eastwood ⓘ |
| familyName | Niehaus ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film music
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jazz performance ⓘ music arranging ⓘ |
| genre |
West Coast jazz
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jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Leonard ⓘ |
| instrument |
alto saxophone
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saxophone ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | West Coast jazz ⓘ |
| name | Lennie Niehaus ⓘ |
| notableFor | frequent collaborations with Clint Eastwood ⓘ |
| notableWork |
film scores for Clint Eastwood films
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score for the film "A Perfect World" ⓘ score for the film "Absolute Power" ⓘ score for the film "Bird" ⓘ score for the film "Blood Work" ⓘ score for the film "City Heat" ⓘ score for the film "Heartbreak Ridge" ⓘ score for the film "Million Dollar Baby" ⓘ score for the film "Pale Rider" ⓘ score for the film "Pink Cadillac" ⓘ score for the film "Space Cowboys" ⓘ score for the film "The Bridges of Madison County" ⓘ score for the film "The Dead Pool" ⓘ score for the film "The Enforcer" ⓘ score for the film "The Rookie" ⓘ score for the film "Tightrope" ⓘ score for the film "True Crime" ⓘ score for the film "Unforgiven" ⓘ score for the film "White Hunter Black Heart" ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ film score composer ⓘ jazz saxophonist ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Contemporary Records ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (21)
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