Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion
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Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion is a vibrant Latin jazz ensemble led by master percussionist Sammy Figueroa, known for its energetic fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and contemporary jazz.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion canonical | 2 |
| percussion soloist Sammy Figueroa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9832402 — 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: Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion Context triple: [Sammy Figueroa, notableWork, Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion]
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A.
El Jaleo
El Jaleo is a dramatic 1882 painting by John Singer Sargent depicting a Spanish gypsy dancer performing with musicians in a shadowy, theatrical setting.
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B.
Jazz à Juan
Jazz à Juan is a renowned annual jazz festival held on the French Riviera that attracts leading international jazz musicians and enthusiasts.
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C.
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band was a pioneering jazz orchestra led by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, renowned for its innovative bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz arrangements.
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D.
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Quintet
The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Quintet was a jazz ensemble led by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie that featured top-tier musicians performing bebop and modern jazz.
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E.
Spanish Harlem
"Spanish Harlem" is a classic 1960 soul song by Ben E. King that evokes the culture and romance of New York City's Spanish Harlem neighborhood.
- 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: Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion Target entity description: Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion is a vibrant Latin jazz ensemble led by master percussionist Sammy Figueroa, known for its energetic fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and contemporary jazz.
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A.
El Jaleo
El Jaleo is a dramatic 1882 painting by John Singer Sargent depicting a Spanish gypsy dancer performing with musicians in a shadowy, theatrical setting.
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B.
Jazz à Juan
Jazz à Juan is a renowned annual jazz festival held on the French Riviera that attracts leading international jazz musicians and enthusiasts.
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C.
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band was a pioneering jazz orchestra led by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, renowned for its innovative bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz arrangements.
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D.
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Quintet
The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Quintet was a jazz ensemble led by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie that featured top-tier musicians performing bebop and modern jazz.
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E.
Spanish Harlem
"Spanish Harlem" is a classic 1960 soul song by Ben E. King that evokes the culture and romance of New York City's Spanish Harlem neighborhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin jazz ensemble
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musical group ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Sammy Figueroa ⓘ |
| basedIn | South Florida ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
Afro-Cuban jazz
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Latin jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| hasMember | Sammy Figueroa ⓘ |
| instrumentationIncludes |
bass
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congas ⓘ drums ⓘ horns ⓘ percussion ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | instrumental ⓘ |
| leader | Sammy Figueroa ⓘ |
| leaderRoleOfSammyFigueroa | percussionist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
energetic live performances
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fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and contemporary jazz ⓘ |
| style |
Afro-Caribbean rhythms
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contemporary jazz harmonies ⓘ improvisation ⓘ |
| typicalVenue |
concert halls
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jazz clubs ⓘ jazz festivals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion Description of subject: Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion is a vibrant Latin jazz ensemble led by master percussionist Sammy Figueroa, known for its energetic fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and contemporary jazz.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.