Dominoes spots from one to six are generally arranged as they are on six-sided dice, but because blank ends having no spots are used, seven faces are possible, allowing 28 unique pieces in a double-six set. However, this is a relatively small number especially when playing with more than four people, so many domino sets are "extended" by introducing ends with greater numbers of spots, which increases the number of unique combinations of ends and thus of pieces. Each progressively larger set increases the maximum number of pips on an end by three, so the common extended sets are double-nine, double-12,
Les Double Six notably reproduced the works of Bach in the jazz vocal style. The Double Six were nominated for Best Vocal Group Performance at the 1965 Grammy Awards for their LP "The Double Six of Paris Sing Ray Charles", but were beaten by The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night". "(changing according to session, but generally in sextets)" "All songs written by Quincy Jones, except "Doodlin'" written by Horace Silver. The US-release on Capitol Records in 1961 was entitled "The Double Six of Paris". "The first two albums were reissued together in 1999 on RCA Victor International as "Les Double Six" with an