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The ensuing Tejano accordion music, accompanied by the bajo sexto (replacing the European tuba) soon came to represent the Tejano way of life, which was closely associated with working in the agricultural fields.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
The band name was one Jiménez would revisit throughout his career, eventually repurposing it as a duo with bajo sexto legend Fred Ojeda.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
The traditional norteño sax group, which includes a saxophone, accordion and baja sexto in its ensemble, closed out the showcase with deep romanticism and irresistible energy.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Unlike the Mexican American big band style known as orquesta, whose large brass section Cuellar said required the large stages of cities, conjunto has only the transportable accordion and bajo sexto at its core.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 29 May 2024
Danny Félix, Grupo Códice and Voces del Rancho star in a duel of accordions, brilliantly blended with the bajo sexto and guitars.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
The band name was one Jiménez would revisit throughout his career, eventually repurposing it as a duo with bajo sexto legend Fred Ojeda.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
The traditional norteño sax group, which includes a saxophone, accordion and baja sexto in its ensemble, closed out the showcase with deep romanticism and irresistible energy.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
Unlike the Mexican American big band style known as orquesta, whose large brass section Cuellar said required the large stages of cities, conjunto has only the transportable accordion and bajo sexto at its core.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 29 May 2024
Danny Félix, Grupo Códice and Voces del Rancho star in a duel of accordions, brilliantly blended with the bajo sexto and guitars.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Sexto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexto. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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