Example sentences for: quintet

How can you use “quintet” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The notoriously potty-mouthed rap/metal quintet matures a bit on the follow-up to its 1997 debut, Three Dollar Bill, Y'All$ . The band occasionally departs from its hard-core speed metal and ventures into "melodic interludes, user-friendly grooves, and actual harmonious vocals" (Lorraine Ali, Rolling Stone ). The lyrics, by singer Fred Durst (who clambers out of a toilet during the band's stage act), are "still the stuff of monochromatic dude talk," but sometimes they hint at something deeper--like when "the formerly promiscuous singer confesses his shame for past recreational nookie sessions" (Ali).

  • The quintet's music was built from the bottom up, assertively declaring jazz's African lineage.

  • The quintet released six studio recordings between 1965 and 1968: E.S.P.

  • On the other hand, this druggy, undulating succession of ostinatos is as "difficult," as dissonant and woolly, as anything the quintet recorded, suggesting both the psychedelia of King Crimson and the minimalism of Steven Reich.

  • Columbia has just released the Davis quintet's studio work in a six-CD box set, and it's remarkable how well the music has aged.


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