Maxine Gordon
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Maxine Gordon is an American writer, historian, and former road manager best known for her work preserving and documenting the life and legacy of her late husband, jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maxine Gordon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10943152 — 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: Maxine Gordon Context triple: [Dexter Gordon, spouse, Maxine Gordon]
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A.
Googie Withers
Googie Withers was a British-Australian actress renowned for her work in mid-20th-century film, theatre, and television, particularly in British cinema and later Australian productions.
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B.
Maxine Carroll
Maxine Carroll is the witty and strong-willed female lead in the 1939 romantic comedy film "The Amazing Mr. Williams."
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C.
Dorothy B. Hughes
Dorothy B. Hughes was an American crime and noir novelist and critic, best known for her psychologically complex suspense fiction that was frequently adapted for film.
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D.
Rosemary Harris
Rosemary Harris is a British actress acclaimed for her extensive stage and screen career, including a Tony Award win and an Academy Award nomination.
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E.
Maud Aiken
Maud Aiken was the wife of Irish revolutionary and long-serving politician Frank Aiken, associated with Ireland’s early 20th-century political and social life.
- 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: Maxine Gordon Target entity description: Maxine Gordon is an American writer, historian, and former road manager best known for her work preserving and documenting the life and legacy of her late husband, jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon.
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A.
Googie Withers
Googie Withers was a British-Australian actress renowned for her work in mid-20th-century film, theatre, and television, particularly in British cinema and later Australian productions.
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B.
Maxine Carroll
Maxine Carroll is the witty and strong-willed female lead in the 1939 romantic comedy film "The Amazing Mr. Williams."
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C.
Dorothy B. Hughes
Dorothy B. Hughes was an American crime and noir novelist and critic, best known for her psychologically complex suspense fiction that was frequently adapted for film.
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D.
Rosemary Harris
Rosemary Harris is a British actress acclaimed for her extensive stage and screen career, including a Tony Award win and an Academy Award nomination.
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E.
Maud Aiken
Maud Aiken was the wife of Irish revolutionary and long-serving politician Frank Aiken, associated with Ireland’s early 20th-century political and social life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historian
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human ⓘ jazz historian ⓘ road manager ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century jazz scene
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21st-century jazz scholarship ⓘ |
| awardReceived | ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award for Jazz ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedAs | American writer, historian, and former road manager ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Fordham University
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The New School ⓘ |
| employer | Columbia University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American studies
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jazz history ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
African American cultural history
ⓘ
jazz history and culture ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
music history ⓘ |
| hasRole |
archivist of Dexter Gordon’s papers
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literary executor of Dexter Gordon’s estate ⓘ |
| hasSubjectOfWork |
African American jazz musicians
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Dexter Gordon ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dexter Gordon Society ⓘ |
| notableFor |
documenting the life of Dexter Gordon
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preserving the legacy of Dexter Gordon ⓘ work on jazz road management in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ |
| notableWork | Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
ⓘ
road manager ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | research scholar at Columbia University ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | University of California Press ⓘ |
| spouse | Dexter Gordon ⓘ |
| workedOn | tour management for jazz musicians ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maxine Gordon Description of subject: Maxine Gordon is an American writer, historian, and former road manager best known for her work preserving and documenting the life and legacy of her late husband, jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.