Israel Crosby

E414156

double bassist human jazz musician

Israel Crosby was an American jazz double bassist best known for his influential work in the Ahmad Jamal Trio and his innovative, melodic approach to bass playing.

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Label	Occurrences
Israel Crosby canonical	6

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4108555 — 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: Israel Crosby
Context triple: [Ahmad Jamal, associatedAct, Israel Crosby]

A. Nathaniel Crosby
Nathaniel Crosby is an American former amateur golfer and golf industry professional, best known as the son of legendary singer and actor Bing Crosby.
B. Jonathan Krisel
Jonathan Krisel is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his work in offbeat television comedy, including co-creating and directing the sketch series Portlandia.
C. Anthony Meyer
Anthony Meyer is a British politician and former Conservative Member of Parliament best known for mounting a symbolic leadership challenge against Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1989.
D. Eric Kissack
Eric Kissack is an American film editor and director known for his work on feature films and television comedies.
E. Ryan Warsofsky
Ryan Warsofsky is an American professional ice hockey coach who serves as the head coach of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
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: Israel Crosby
Target entity description: Israel Crosby was an American jazz double bassist best known for his influential work in the Ahmad Jamal Trio and his innovative, melodic approach to bass playing.

A. Nathaniel Crosby
Nathaniel Crosby is an American former amateur golfer and golf industry professional, best known as the son of legendary singer and actor Bing Crosby.
B. Jonathan Krisel
Jonathan Krisel is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his work in offbeat television comedy, including co-creating and directing the sketch series Portlandia.
C. Anthony Meyer
Anthony Meyer is a British politician and former Conservative Member of Parliament best known for mounting a symbolic leadership challenge against Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1989.
D. Eric Kissack
Eric Kissack is an American film editor and director known for his work on feature films and television comedies.
E. Ryan Warsofsky
Ryan Warsofsky is an American professional ice hockey coach who serves as the head coach of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	double bassist ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ
activeIn	20th-century jazz ⓘ
associatedAct	Ahmad Jamal ⓘ Ahmad Jamal Trio ⓘ linked to: Ahmad Jamal
collaboratedWith	Ahmad Jamal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
genre	jazz ⓘ
influencedGenre	modern jazz bass playing ⓘ
instrument	double bass ⓘ
knownFor	influential work in small-group jazz ⓘ innovative bass lines ⓘ melodic approach to bass playing ⓘ
memberOf	Ahmad Jamal Trio ⓘ linked to: Ahmad Jamal
nationality	American ⓘ
notability	considered an important early modern jazz bassist ⓘ
notableWork	work with the Ahmad Jamal Trio ⓘ
occupation	double bassist ⓘ jazz bassist ⓘ musician ⓘ
playedInEnsemble	piano trio format ⓘ
role	improviser ⓘ rhythm section player ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	lyrical phrasing ⓘ melodic bass solos ⓘ strong sense of swing ⓘ supportive accompaniment ⓘ