sextet
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As a teenager, the pianist and composer played in a swing band, his own trio and then in a sextet called the Jazz Epistles, which also included another South African jazz great, Hugh Masakela.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The one Mingus brought to Monterey included pianist Jaki Byard and drummer Dannie Richmond from that previous sextet, along with alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, tenor saxophonist John Handy and trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer.
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
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
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
