quintet

n. group of five; composition for five performers (Music)

Quintet / Sextet is an album which compiles recordings made for Prestige Records on 5 August 1955 by Miles Davis. Credited to "Miles Davis and Milt Jackson", this was an "all-star" session, and did not feature any of the members of Davis's working group of the time (Sonny Rollins, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones).  Jackie McLean only plays on his own compositions.
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A quintet is a formation containing five members. It is commonly associated with musical groups, such as a string quintet, or a group of five singers, but can be applied to any situation where five similar or related objects are considered a single unit.In classical instrumental music, any additional instrument (such as a piano, clarinet, oboe, etc.) joined to the usual string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello), gives the resulting ensemble its name, such as "piano quintet", "clarinet quintet", etc. A piece of music written for such a group is similarly named.
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Noun
1. a musical composition for five performers
(synonym) quintette
(hypernym) musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
2. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
(synonym) five, 5, V, cinque, quint, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
(hypernym) digit, figure
3. five performers or singers who perform together
(synonym) quintette
(hypernym) musical organization, musical organisation, musical group
4. a set of five similar things considered as a unit
(synonym) quintette
(hypernym) set
5. five people considered as a unit
(synonym) quintette, fivesome
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage

n. (old spell.>) quintet, group of five; composition for five performers (Music)

(n.)
Alt. of Quintette