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

The sextet is set to play the Resident in downtown Los Angeles on June 20 as part of the Tiny Desk Contest tour.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2023

The sextet underwent the removal of the cloudy lenses caused by cataracts - a common age-related condition that develops in geriatric animals and hinders their vision - before receiving custom-made intraocular lens implants.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023

The doors to the great hall were thrown open, and a sextet of natural trumpets blared as the king walked out upon the dais.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz