Linked Jazz 52nd Street is a crowdsourcing tool that allows jazz experts and enthusiasts to assist us in deciding what type of relationship two individuals share based on interview transcripts. While we can assume that jazz artists who cite other jazz artists in their interviews have some kind of association with them, this relationship could be anything from close friendship and collaboration to just knowing the other person exists. Linked Jazz 52nd Street addresses this problem. This tool is a web-based application that asks contributors to classify the relationship between two jazz artists according to a menu of options. This assessment is facilitated by presenting the contributor with interview excerpts referencing the individuals in question. Results are tallied and converted into RDF statements that feed the project’s LOD dataset.

