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

LACO’s sextet program also went in reverse order, the second sextet heard before the first.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 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

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

“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