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  2. Octet (music) - Wikipedia

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    American new wave band Oingo Boingo was an octet for most of its 17-year history, with 5 members in traditional rock music roles (Vocals/Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboard) plus a 3 person horn section. British pop group the Dooleys were an eight-member group popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

  3. Category:Musical octets - Wikipedia

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    This category is for musical groups that consist of eight members total at some point, long enough for critics to describe them as octets. For compositions, see Category:Compositions for octet . Subcategories

  4. Musical ensemble - Wikipedia

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    Classical chamber ensembles of six (sextet), seven (septet), or eight musicians (octet) are fairly common; the use of latinate terms for larger groups is rare, except for the nonet (nine musicians). In most cases, a larger classical group is referred to as an orchestra of some type or a concert band.

  5. University of California Men's Octet - Wikipedia

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    The UC Men's Octet, sometimes termed the Cal Men’s Octet or the UC Berkeley Men’s Octet, is an eight-member male a cappella group at the University of California, Berkeley. Founded in 1948 as a member of the UC Choral Ensembles, the group's broad repertoire features several genres of music including barbershop, doo-wop, pop and alternative ...

  6. Octet - Wikipedia

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    Octet (computing), a grouping of eight bits Byte, a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits . Octet stream, alternative name for byte stream ...

  7. Silesian Guitar Octet - Wikipedia

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    The Silesian Guitar Octet has recorded for BBC WORLDS television and Polish Radio. The first album of the group, entitled OCT.OPUS , was nominated to win the Polish music award FRYDERYKI in 2009. The second album of the group, The XXth Century , was released in January 2011.

  8. The New Jazz Composers Octet - Wikipedia

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    The New Jazz Composers Octet is an all-acoustic jazz ensemble founded by trumpeter/arranger David Weiss in 1996. NPR's Josh Jackson described them as "part New York hustle and part writer's workshop, all of it redolent with the aroma of newness." [2] The title track of The Turning Gate won the group a Chamber Music Association grant. [2] [3]

  9. Dave Pell - Wikipedia

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    In the 1940s he moved to California, where he played on Bob Crosby's radio show in 1946 and became a member of Les Brown's band from 1947 to 1955. [ 1 ] In 1953, he began working with his own ensembles, mostly as an octet with Pell on tenor saxophone, another saxophone (either a baritone or an alto), trumpet, trombone, guitar, and a piano-bass ...