Red Nichols
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Red Nichols was an American jazz cornetist and bandleader prominent in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his prolific recording career and influential small-group ensembles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Red Nichols canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5140793 — 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: Red Nichols Context triple: [I Got Rhythm, hasNotableRecordingBy, Red Nichols]
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A.
Frank S. Nugent
Frank S. Nugent was an American screenwriter and former film critic best known for his influential collaborations with director John Ford on classic Westerns.
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B.
Al Smith
Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
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C.
Spencer Beebe
Spencer Beebe is an American conservationist and environmental leader known for pioneering large-scale ecosystem protection and sustainable development initiatives in the Americas.
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D.
Doane Harrison
Doane Harrison was an American film editor best known for his long collaboration with director Billy Wilder on numerous classic Hollywood films.
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E.
Frank Fay
Frank Fay was an American stage and film actor and vaudeville comedian, noted as an early master of stand-up comedy and for his tumultuous marriage to actress Barbara Stanwyck.
- 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: Red Nichols Target entity description: Red Nichols was an American jazz cornetist and bandleader prominent in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his prolific recording career and influential small-group ensembles.
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A.
Frank S. Nugent
Frank S. Nugent was an American screenwriter and former film critic best known for his influential collaborations with director John Ford on classic Westerns.
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B.
Al Smith
Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
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C.
Spencer Beebe
Spencer Beebe is an American conservationist and environmental leader known for pioneering large-scale ecosystem protection and sustainable development initiatives in the Americas.
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D.
Doane Harrison
Doane Harrison was an American film editor best known for his long collaboration with director Billy Wilder on numerous classic Hollywood films.
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E.
Frank Fay
Frank Fay was an American stage and film actor and vaudeville comedian, noted as an early master of stand-up comedy and for his tumultuous marriage to actress Barbara Stanwyck.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
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cornetist ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartTime | 1920 ⓘ |
| birthName | Ernest Loring Nichols ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Benny Goodman
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Glenn Miller ⓘ Jack Teagarden ⓘ Jimmy Dorsey ⓘ Miff Mole ⓘ Tommy Dorsey ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Nichols ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bandleading
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recorded jazz performance ⓘ |
| genre |
Dixieland jazz
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jazz ⓘ traditional jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Ernest ⓘ |
| influenced | small-group jazz ensembles ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chicago jazz musicians
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New Orleans jazz ⓘ |
| instrument | cornet ⓘ |
| movement |
1920s jazz era
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Chicago-style jazz ⓘ |
| name | Red Nichols ⓘ |
| nickname | Red ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
led influential small-group jazz bands
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prolific recording career in the 1920s and 1930s ⓘ |
| notableEnsemble | Red Nichols and His Five Pennies ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
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recordings for Brunswick Records ⓘ recordings under various band names ⓘ small-group jazz recordings of the 1920s ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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cornetist ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Brunswick Records
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Columbia Records ⓘ Victor Records ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| style |
arranged small-group jazz
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precise cornet technique ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Red Nichols Description of subject: Red Nichols was an American jazz cornetist and bandleader prominent in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his prolific recording career and influential small-group ensembles.
Referenced by (11)
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