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

The band made its sextet status official with the release of its 1973 album “3+3.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 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

“It’s the sextet from Loochy the Murmurer,” announced Tucker Mouse, who had become quite an expert on all things musical during the past week.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden