An octet is a storage unit that is always composed of a sequence of exactly eight bits. A bit (a contraction of binary digit) is the smallest piece of information (or unit of data) used by a computer. A bit possesses a binary value, either zero (0) or...

An octet is a group consisting of eight (8) elements. It has several specific...

THE MANDALA OCTET Part of the Boston Globe Jazz Festival At: South Station, yesterday at noon, first set With its deep talent pool of players, composers and arrangers, Boston has produced in the past decade some remarkable big bands. The Mandala...

BEETHOVEN Wind Octet, op. 103. Rondino, WoO 25. Septet, op. 20 (arr. Druschetzky) * Amphion Wind Octet (period instruments) * HARMONIA MUNDI 905264 (64:07) Well. This release certainly turns the concept of "authenticity" on its ear. Here are Beethoven's works for wind chamber...

Marty Ehrlich is one of the most creative and technically accomplished reedmen in jazz today. A staple of the “downtown” music scene for a little over half of his 50 years, he’s in frequent demand as a sideman, and he leads several of his own,...

Something like 1,138 bands played all over New York during last week’s 26th annual College Music Journal festival, but they all faded away when 62-year-old Afro-Peruvian singer Susana Baca took the stage at S.O.B.’s on Wednesday. Ms. Baca has a hypnotizing voice, tender and...