Trombone Shorty
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Trombone Shorty is an American musician and bandleader from New Orleans known for his virtuosic trombone and trumpet playing and his fusion of jazz, funk, rock, and hip-hop.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trombone Shorty canonical | 4 |
| Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue | 1 |
| Trombone Shorty (children's book, subject) | 1 |
| Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9578650 — 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: Trombone Shorty Context triple: [New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, hasNotableAlumni, Trombone Shorty]
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A.
PJ Morton
PJ Morton is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and keyboardist best known as a member of the pop band Maroon 5 and for his Grammy-winning solo work.
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B.
Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste is a Grammy-winning American musician, bandleader, and composer known for his work as the former bandleader on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and his genre-blending jazz, soul, and R&B recordings.
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C.
Timmy Trumpet
Timmy Trumpet is an Australian DJ, producer, and musician known for his energetic electronic dance music and signature live trumpet performances.
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D.
Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins is a New Orleans jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader known for his traditional jazz style and charismatic live performances.
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E.
Delfeayo Marsalis
Delfeayo Marsalis is an American jazz trombonist and producer, known for his work in both performance and record production within the Marsalis musical family.
- 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: Trombone Shorty Target entity description: Trombone Shorty is an American musician and bandleader from New Orleans known for his virtuosic trombone and trumpet playing and his fusion of jazz, funk, rock, and hip-hop.
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A.
PJ Morton
PJ Morton is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and keyboardist best known as a member of the pop band Maroon 5 and for his Grammy-winning solo work.
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B.
Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste is a Grammy-winning American musician, bandleader, and composer known for his work as the former bandleader on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and his genre-blending jazz, soul, and R&B recordings.
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C.
Timmy Trumpet
Timmy Trumpet is an Australian DJ, producer, and musician known for his energetic electronic dance music and signature live trumpet performances.
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D.
Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins is a New Orleans jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader known for his traditional jazz style and charismatic live performances.
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E.
Delfeayo Marsalis
Delfeayo Marsalis is an American jazz trombonist and producer, known for his work in both performance and record production within the Marsalis musical family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ trombonist ⓘ trumpeter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
ⓘ
linked to:
Trombone Shorty
|
| basedIn | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ |
| birthName | Troy Andrews ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | music education outreach ⓘ |
| founded | Trombone Shorty Foundation ⓘ |
| genre |
New Orleans brass band music
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R&B ⓘ funk ⓘ hip hop ⓘ jazz ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Glen David Andrews
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James Andrews ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
New Orleans brass band tradition
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linked to:
New Orleans music scene
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| instrument |
trombone
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trumpet ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
energetic live performances
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fusion of jazz, funk, rock, and hip hop ⓘ virtuosic trombone playing ⓘ virtuosic trumpet playing ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
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linked to:
Trombone Shorty
|
| notableAward | Grammy Award nomination ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Backatown
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For True ⓘ Lifted ⓘ Parking Lot Symphony ⓘ Say That to Say This ⓘ Trombone Shorty (children's book, subject) ⓘ
linked to:
Trombone Shorty
|
| occupation |
bandleader
ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ touring musician ⓘ |
| performedAt | New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ⓘ |
| performedWith |
Foo Fighters
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Green Day ⓘ Lenny Kravitz ⓘ U2 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ |
| subjectOf | autobiographical picture book "Trombone Shorty" by Troy Andrews ⓘ |
| website | https://www.tromboneshorty.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Trombone Shorty Description of subject: Trombone Shorty is an American musician and bandleader from New Orleans known for his virtuosic trombone and trumpet playing and his fusion of jazz, funk, rock, and hip-hop.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Trombone Shorty
linked to: Trombone Shorty
linked to: Trombone Shorty