sextet

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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

The sextet learned the intricate, aerobic choreography for their Gap advert in just one day.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

L’Impératrice No matter who is playing against L’Impératrice on Friday at Coachella, I recommend ditching them in favor of the French sextet with the snazzy stagewear.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024

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

For this final encore he wanted to play the sextet from an opera called Lucia di Lammermoor.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden