Biography
The Sextet Of Orchestra U.S.A.
Effective period / Period of releases: 1965
Members: Jerome Richardson, Eric Dolphy, Connie Kay, Nick Travis, Richard Davis (2), John Lewis (2), Thad Jones, Mike Zwerin, Jimmy Raney
The Sextet of Orchestra U.S.A. is a part of a cooperative chamber ensemble of some forty musicians who were assembled by John Lewis, musical director of The Modern Jazz Quartet, in the fall of 1961 for the purpose of forming the first permanent orchestra capable of playing every kind of music from early classical to contemporary (including jazz as well as non jazz).