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A classical quintet is usually written for strings (usually two violins, two violas, and a cello) or woodwinds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn), but brass quintets (two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba) have also become popular in North America recently. In jazz, Miles Davis led two famous quintets. In pop music, the Miracles, the Temptations, and the Jackson 5 were immensely popular vocal quintets. In rock, one of the most common instrumental lineups has been a quintet consisting of two guitars, a bass, a keyboard, and drums; famous rock quintets have included the Grateful Dead and the Beach Boys.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
The quintet collides influences — flourishes of glitchy industrial electronic flourishes, lonesome country-western instrumentation, ornate chamber pop — and tinker with all sorts of pop-rock conventions.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Here is a look at the quintet, plus a couple of rotation candidates Rays fans could see this season.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
My singing with the band is exciting, because normally my crew is a country quintet on stage.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Quintet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quintet. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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