How To Book Take 6 For Your Event
Take 6 may be available for your next special event!

Take 6 evolved from a modest start in 1980 as an a cappella gospel group
from a small Southern college. Claude McKnight had formed an a cappella
quartet at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. While they were
rehearsing in a bathroom for a performance, Mark Kibble walked by (he
knew Claude from Buffalo, where they attended church together), heard
them and added his voice to the foursome. The group went through
personnel shifts as various members graduated.
In 1987 the group was signed by Warner/Reprise
Nashville, officially becoming Take 6 (including members Claude
McKnight, Mark Kibble, Mervyn Warren, Alvin Chea, Cedric Dent and David
Thomas). Following their landmark debut, "Take 6" (1988) and
follow-up sophomore album, "So Much
2 Say" (1990), Mervyn Warren left to pursue a career as a producer (Handel's Messiah: A
Soulful Celebration, Sister Act II soundtrack,
Manhattan
Transfer, etc.). Joey Kibble, Mark Kibble's younger brother, was invited to take
his place.
Each and every Take 6 album has been certified either platinum or
gold. Since 1991, Take 6 has released "He Is Christmas"
(1992) and "Join The Band" (1994), and completed two tours:
one in support of "Join The Band," and one in Japan,
previewing "Brothers" (1996).
Without question, Take 6's a cappella singing
has had an unparalleled influence on modern pop music. While pop music
and Take 6 embrace constant change in expression and performance,
the influence on Take 6's music, who
they sing about and who they sing for, remains the same
on "Brothers."
It is a gospel, jazz, R&B-inflected statement of faith in the power of
God. The one constant for Take 6 is their spiritual foundations
and, of course, their richly layered and uniquely fashioned harmonies.
It would be an understatement to say that the global
music scene has welcomed Take 6 enthusiastically. The group has
won seven GRAMMYS, five Doves (Gospel Music Awards), Best Jazz Vocal
Group honors for four consecutive years in Downbeat's prestigious
Reader's and Critic's Poll, a Soul Train Music Award, and BRE (Black
Radio Exclusive) Vocal Group of the Year, amid countless other musical
and humanitarian citations.
1998 is marked with "Reinventing A Cappella
Music...again" with the release of "So
Cool." A very
unique Take 6 sound, as Vibe said "These pioneers
smartly fuse their praise-filled messages with swing, jazz, and pop,
especially on the inspired title track."
The sextet has recorded and/or performed with an
impressive array of talent, including Quincy Jones ("Back on the
Block," "Q's Jook Joint"), Ella Fitzgerald,
Stevie Wonder
("Conversation Peace"),
Ray Charles,
Al Jarreau,
Don Henley ("The End of
the Innocence"), James Taylor,
Kenny
Rogers ("Timepiece," "Something Inside So Strong"),
kd lang,
Patti Austin,
Johnny Mathis ("Better
Together"), Randy Travis ("High
Lonesome"), Modern Jazz Quartet ("A Celebration"),
Queen Latifah, YellowJackets ("Collection," "Live Wires"),
Branford Marsalis and
BeBe Winans &
CeCe Winans
("Different Lifestyles," "Heaven" and also on "Bodyguard").
They've appeared on film soundtracks to Spike Lee's "Do The Right
Thing," John Singleton's "Boyz In The Hood," Warren
Beatty's "Dick Tracy" and David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen
Ross" and others.
All members have been busy with solo projects:
producing albums (Alvin, Claude, Mark, David and Joey), animated
voice-overs (David, Claude and Alvin), and even the completion of a
doctorate in Music Theory (Cedric).
Take 6 just wants to get the message out and
make some beautiful music doing it.
Hit songs include --
- Biggest Part of Me
- All I Need (Is A Chance)
- I L-O-V-E U
- You Don't Have to Be Afraid
- You Can Never Ask Too Much (Of Love)
Other notable songs include --
- Get Away Jordan
- Spread Love
- Mary
- Go Tell It on the Mountain
- It's Gonna Rain
- I've Got Life
- One and the Same
Take 6 may be available for your next special event!
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Genre: Gospel
Genre: Jazz
Styles:
.Vocal Jazz. / VocalJazz
.Contemporary Gospel. / ContemporaryGospel
.A Cappella. / ACappella
.Pop/Rock. / PopRock
.Adult Contemporary. / AdultContemporary
.Smooth Jazz. / SmoothJazz
.Black Gospel. / BlackGospel
.Urban. / xUrban
Years active:
x80s, x90s, x00s, x10s, x20s
1985-present
Formed: ..in Alabama / formed nAlabama
Formed: ..in Huntsville / formed HuntsvilleAL
Formed: in 1985
Based: ..in US
Based: ..in Tennessee / based nTennessee
Based: ..in Nashville
/ based NashvilleTN
Based: and
Based: ..in California / based nCalifornia
Based: ..in Los Angeles /
based LosAngelesCA
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