sextet

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Earlier that year, he had toured with arguably his greatest small group, a sextet including multi-reedist Eric Dolphy, whose sensitivity and brilliance were an especially good match for Mingus’s own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Fronted by singer Francesca Eluhu, the sextet blends psychedelic neo-soul, breezy R&B and jazz — both London’s dance-floor-moving modern fusion scene and dashes of Afro-Cuban rhythms — over six joyful tracks.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Joe Truman, Neah Evans and GB's sextet in the mixed team time trial all narrowly missed out on medals.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2023

And, at the family’s country house, preparations for a meal were accompanied by a Schubertian violin sextet.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

“Robert's sextet is now impossible to buy. You encounter his music only by serendipity in vicarages in July afternoons. This is your one chance in your life. You can work this gramophone?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell