page_title: Octet (music)
section_title: Octets in jazz
hierarchical_section_title: Octet (music) / Octets in jazz
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Amañ Octet en captation
context_page_description: In music, an octet is a musical ensemble consisting of eight instruments or voices, or a musical composition written for such an ensemble.
context_section_description: Jazz ensembles of eight players will frequently be termed an octet. These ensembles may be for any combination of instruments, but the most common line-up is trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, trombone, guitar, piano, bass and drums, with guitar occasionally making way for another horn, for example baritone sax. The Jamil Sheriff Octet  is an example of a classic octet. Ornette Coleman's ensemble for the Free Jazz album (referred to as a double quartet) is an example of two quartets playing together at the same time.
  Saxophonist David Murray leads an experimental jazz octet, the David Murray Octet.
  The collaborations of trombonists J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding occasionally featured a trombone octet, most notably on their 1956 record Jay and Kai + 6.
caption: The Aman jazz octet
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