United States Army Band

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military band music ensemble

The United States Army Band is the premier musical organization of the U.S. Army, known for performing ceremonial, patriotic, and concert music at official military and national events.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
United States Army Band "Pershing's Own"	7
The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own"	2
The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own"	2
United States Army Band Program	2
Army Band Branch	1
The U.S. Army Ceremonial Band	1
The United States Army Band	1
U.S. Army Band "Pershing’s Own"	1
United States Army Band canonical	1
United States Army Ceremonial Band	1
United States Army Concert Band	1
United States Army Field Band	1
United States Army band	1
United States Army bands	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4080200 — 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: United States Army Band
Context triple: [The Army Goes Rolling Along, performer, United States Army Band]

A. Air Force Band
The Air Force Band is the premier musical organization of the United States Air Force, performing ceremonial, patriotic, and public concerts worldwide to represent the Air Force and the nation.
B. United States Marine Band
The United States Marine Band is the premier musical ensemble of the U.S. Marine Corps, renowned as "The President's Own" for its role in performing at White House and state ceremonies.
C. U.S. military bands
U.S. military bands are professional musical ensembles of the United States Armed Forces that perform ceremonial, patriotic, and public concerts to represent and promote the military at home and abroad.
D. John Philip Sousa Band
The John Philip Sousa Band was a famous American concert band led by composer and conductor John Philip Sousa, renowned for its patriotic marches and extensive touring in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E. Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps is a premier U.S. Army ceremonial musical unit that performs 18th-century-style martial music in period uniforms for official military and public events.
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: United States Army Band
Target entity description: The United States Army Band is the premier musical organization of the U.S. Army, known for performing ceremonial, patriotic, and concert music at official military and national events.

A. Air Force Band
The Air Force Band is the premier musical organization of the United States Air Force, performing ceremonial, patriotic, and public concerts worldwide to represent the Air Force and the nation.
B. United States Marine Band
The United States Marine Band is the premier musical ensemble of the U.S. Marine Corps, renowned as "The President's Own" for its role in performing at White House and state ceremonies.
C. U.S. military bands
U.S. military bands are professional musical ensembles of the United States Armed Forces that perform ceremonial, patriotic, and public concerts to represent and promote the military at home and abroad.
D. John Philip Sousa Band
The John Philip Sousa Band was a famous American concert band led by composer and conductor John Philip Sousa, renowned for its patriotic marches and extensive touring in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E. Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps is a premier U.S. Army ceremonial musical unit that performs 18th-century-style martial music in period uniforms for official military and public events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military band ⓘ music ensemble ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pershing's Own ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employer	musicians of the United States Army ⓘ
foundedBy	John J. Pershing ⓘ
genre	ceremonial music ⓘ concert band music ⓘ military music ⓘ patriotic music ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.usarmyband.com/ ⓘ
hasPart	Army Blues ⓘ Army Strings ⓘ linked to: U.S. military bands Brass Quintet ⓘ Downrange ⓘ Herald Trumpets ⓘ United States Army Ceremonial Band ⓘ linked to: United States Army Band United States Army Concert Band ⓘ linked to: United States Army Band Woodwind Quintet ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall ⓘ
inception	1922 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
notableCommander	Colonel Andrew J. Esch ⓘ Colonel Thomas Rotondi Jr. ⓘ Hugh J. Curry ⓘ Samuel R. Loboda ⓘ
partOf	United States Army Band Program ⓘ linked to: United States Army Band United States Army Military District of Washington ⓘ
performerOf	Hail to the Chief ⓘ The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ military marches ⓘ service songs of the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
performsAt	military change-of-command ceremonies ⓘ military retirement ceremonies ⓘ national ceremonies in Washington, D.C. ⓘ official state visits ⓘ presidential inaugurations ⓘ public concerts ⓘ state funerals ⓘ
primaryRole	ceremonial support ⓘ musical support to senior Army leadership ⓘ public outreach ⓘ
significantEvent	performed at multiple U.S. presidential inaugurations ⓘ performed at state funerals at Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
wears	United States Army dress uniform ⓘ

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