Big band era

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historical period jazz era musical era

The Big Band era was a period in the 1930s and 1940s when large jazz and swing orchestras dominated popular music and dance culture in the United States.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Swing Era	32
Swing era	11
American big band era	1
American songbook of the swing era	1
American swing era	1
Big Band era	1
Big band era canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4609247 — 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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Target entity: Big band era
Context triple: [Harry Crosby, participantIn, Big band era]

A. Tin Pan Alley era
The Tin Pan Alley era was a period in early 20th-century American music history characterized by the dominance of professional songwriters and publishers producing popular songs for Broadway, vaudeville, and mass-market sheet music.
B. A Salute to the Big Band Era
"A Salute to the Big Band Era" was a Super Bowl XIV halftime show themed around classic big band music and swing-era entertainment.
C. The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by Raoul Walsh that chronicles the rise and fall of Prohibition-era gangsters.
D. Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was a decade of economic prosperity, cultural dynamism, and social change in the 1920s, marked by jazz music, flapper culture, and rapid industrial growth, particularly in the United States and Western Europe.
E. Golden Age of Radio
The Golden Age of Radio was a period from the 1920s to the 1950s when radio was the dominant mass entertainment and information medium, featuring popular dramas, comedies, news, and variety shows.
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: Big band era
Target entity description: The Big Band era was a period in the 1930s and 1940s when large jazz and swing orchestras dominated popular music and dance culture in the United States.

A. Tin Pan Alley era
The Tin Pan Alley era was a period in early 20th-century American music history characterized by the dominance of professional songwriters and publishers producing popular songs for Broadway, vaudeville, and mass-market sheet music.
B. A Salute to the Big Band Era
"A Salute to the Big Band Era" was a Super Bowl XIV halftime show themed around classic big band music and swing-era entertainment.
C. The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by Raoul Walsh that chronicles the rise and fall of Prohibition-era gangsters.
D. Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was a decade of economic prosperity, cultural dynamism, and social change in the 1920s, marked by jazz music, flapper culture, and rapid industrial growth, particularly in the United States and Western Europe.
E. Golden Age of Radio
The Golden Age of Radio was a period from the 1920s to the 1950s when radio was the dominant mass entertainment and information medium, featuring popular dramas, comedies, news, and variety shows.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ jazz era ⓘ musical era ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	swing era ⓘ
associatedWith	World War II home-front culture ⓘ ballroom dancing ⓘ dance halls ⓘ radio broadcasts ⓘ
characterizedBy	arranged music ⓘ brass and reed sections ⓘ large jazz orchestras ⓘ rhythmic drive for dancing ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalRole	central to social dancing culture ⓘ dominant form of American popular music ⓘ
declineFactors	musicians union recording ban ⓘ postwar economic changes ⓘ rise of bebop ⓘ
economicContext	Great Depression ⓘ World War II ⓘ
endTime	1940s ⓘ
featuredVocalist	Billie Holiday ⓘ Bing Crosby ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ
hasGenre	big band jazz ⓘ dance band music ⓘ swing ⓘ
hasSection	brass section ⓘ reed section ⓘ rhythm section ⓘ
influenced	bebop ⓘ modern jazz ⓘ popular dance music ⓘ
influencedBy	Chicago jazz ⓘ New Orleans jazz ⓘ ragtime ⓘ
majorFigure	Artie Shaw ⓘ Benny Goodman ⓘ Cab Calloway ⓘ Chick Webb ⓘ Count Basie ⓘ Duke Ellington ⓘ Glenn Miller ⓘ Jimmie Lunceford ⓘ Tommy Dorsey ⓘ Woody Herman ⓘ
mediaFormat	78 rpm records ⓘ live radio remotes ⓘ
peakPopularity	early 1940s ⓘ late 1930s ⓘ
startTime	1930 ⓘ
typicalEnsembleSize	10 to 25 musicians ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harry Crosby → participantIn → Big band era ⓘ

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Sophisticated Lady → associatedWithEra → Swing era ⓘ

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Black, Brown and Beige → era → Swing era ⓘ

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Cotton Tail → associatedEra → Swing Era ⓘ

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Prelude to a Kiss → associatedEra → Swing era ⓘ

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C Jam Blues → era → Swing era ⓘ

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How About You? → musicEra → Swing era ⓘ

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One O’Clock Jump → associatedWithEra → Swing Era ⓘ

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Rosetta → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Benny Goodman Orchestra → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Benny Goodman → movement → Swing Era ⓘ

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Commodore Records → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Waltz in Swing Time → associatedWithEra → Swing Era ⓘ

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A Foggy Day → hasEra → Swing era ⓘ

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Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Darn That Dream → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Ill Wind → musicalEra → Swing era ⓘ

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Chick Webb → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Taft Jordan → activeInPeriod → Swing Era ⓘ

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Daphne → era → Swing era ⓘ

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The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing → usedDuringEra → Swing Era ⓘ

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Jimmy Dorsey → movement → Swing Era ⓘ

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The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra → partOf → American big band era ⓘ

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Song of India → associatedWithEra → Swing Era ⓘ

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Prez → associatedWithEra → Swing Era ⓘ

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Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1937 recording → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Maxene Andrews → activeDuring → Swing era ⓘ

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Moonlight Serenade → associatedPeriod → Swing Era ⓘ

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"I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)" → era → Swing Era ⓘ

subject linked to: “I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)”

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Blue Balls → hasEra → Swing Era ⓘ

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Sweet Lorraine → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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East Coast Swing → musicEra → Big Band era ⓘ

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Deep in a Dream → associatedWithEra → Swing Era ⓘ

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Sing, Sing, Sing → associatedWithEra → Swing Era ⓘ

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Bugle Call Rag → hasStylePeriod → Swing Era ⓘ

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In The Mood → era → Swing Era ⓘ

subject linked to: song "In The Mood"

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In a Mellow Tone → associatedWithEra → Swing Era ⓘ

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King of Swing → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Frenesi → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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You’re a Sweetheart → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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You’re a Sweetheart → partOf → American songbook of the swing era ⓘ

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Mr. Five by Five → eraOfProminence → Swing era ⓘ

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I Wished on the Moon → era → Swing era ⓘ

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Harry James and His Music Makers → activeInPeriod → Swing Era ⓘ

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Harry James and His Orchestra → era → Swing Era ⓘ

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Kay Kyser → partOf → American swing era ⓘ

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