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for|the card game|Take 6!Infobox musical artist | name = Take 6| image = Take 6 performs at the White House.jpg| caption = Take 6 performs for U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush during a Black Music Month celebration in the East Room of the White House on June 30, 2001.| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville , Alabama , United States | genre = Gospel music|Gospel , Urban contemporary gospel|urban gospel , jazz , smooth jazz , Contemporary R& B|R& B , Pop music|pop | instrument = a cappella|voice | years_active = 1987& ndash;present| label = Warner Bros. Records|Warner Brothers , Take 6 Records, Heads Up International| associated_acts =| website = http://www.take6.com/ www.take6.com| current_members = Alvin Chea
Khristian Dentley
Joey Kibble
Mark Kibble
Claude V. McKnight III
David Thomas (Take 6)|David Thomas | past_members = Cedric Dent
Mervyn Warren Take 6 is an American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood University|Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama .cite web|url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957270-1,00.html|title= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957270-1,00.html|publisher= Time (magazine)|Time |author=Richard N. Ostling|date=20 March 1989|accessdate=5 July 2010 The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R& B and jazz influences into their devotional song s and has 10 Grammy Awards|Grammy wins, 10 Dove Awards , one Soul Train Award and two NAACP Image Award nominations. They won Grammy Award s in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, and 2002, and have collaborated with other artists such as Stevie Wonder , Whitney Houston , Don Henley , Ray Charles , Queen Latifah , Joe Sample , Quincy Jones , Marcus Miller , Brian McKnight , Gordon Goodwin , k.d. lang , Luis Miguel , Ben Tankard and CeCe Winans .

Group biography


Oakwood College years


In 1980, Claude V. McKnight III|Claude McKnight (older brother of R& B musician Brian McKnight ) formed an a cappella quartet, The Gentlemen's Estates Quartet, at Oakwood College (now Oakwood University), a Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist university in Huntsville, Alabama , where he was a freshman. He auditioned fellow students for the hobby group. The Gentlemen were rehearsing in a campus bathroom (later said to be in Moran Hall), getting ready for a performance, when Mark Kibble heard them singing. He joined the harmonizing, adding a fifth part, and ended up singing with them onstage that very night. http://www.singers.com/take6.html Primarily A Cappella: Take 6 Mark later invited Mervyn Warren to join the group. The group performed under the moniker Alliance .

The group performed in local churches and on campus over the next years, with members changing due to college's inevitable comings and goings. In 1985, the lower half of the group (bass, baritone, and second tenor) left upon graduating. At that time, Alvin Chea , Cedric Dent , and David Thomas (Take 6)|David Thomas joined.

Music career


The group was signed to Warner Bros. Records|Warner Brothers in 1987, and quickly changed its name to Take 6 after a name search revealed Alliance (band)|Alliance was in use. Their eponymous debut album, released in 1988, won them two Grammy Awards and resulted in top ten appearances on both the Billboard charts|Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Billboard charts|Contemporary Christian Charts . Take 6's swinging, harmony-rich gospel sound attracted a flurry of attention; the group went on to record or appear with a number of luminaries, including Quincy Jones , Ella Fitzgerald , and Stevie Wonder , to name a few. They recorded for the soundtracks of Dick Tracy , Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing , Boyz n the Hood , and the theme song to the TV series Martin (TV series)| Martin . They earned performances on Saturday Night Live , the Oscars , and the Grammys , and have had the honor of performing for four U.S sitting Presidents, including the Democratic National Convention .

In 1991, after the release of their second album, So Much 2 Say , Mervyn Warren left the group to pursue a career as a producer. Joey Kibble, Mark's younger brother, was invited to round out the vocal lineup. The group added instrumentation to their purely a cappella sound beginning with the record, He Is Christmas . Join The Band and Brothers continued their Grammy streak. Take 6's 1998 release, So Cool , brought the group back to its a cappella origins.

In 2006 the group launched Take 6 Records; Feels Good the first album on their new label, was released the same year.

In 2007, they recorded a duet with Eros Ramazzotti in his cd E²_(album)|E² ("Eros al quadrato") singing backing vocals to the song Un attimo di pace .

In 2008, Take 6 released The Standard , which was a first time voyage for the group into a more traditional Jazz repertoire. The Standard , a critically hailed success, garnered three more Grammy nominations providing them the distinct honor of being the most Grammy nominated vocal group in history.cn|date=December 2011
The group's home-base is Nashville, Tennessee , with two members residing in Los Angeles.MySpace|57908316|Take 6 All original members grew up Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist .

Members


Current members


  • Alvin Chea (joined 1985) bass

  • Khristian Dentley (joined 2011) baritone

  • Joey Kibble (joined 1991) second tenor

  • Mark Kibble (joined 1980) first tenor

  • Claude V. McKnight III (joined 1980) first tenor

  • David Thomas (Take 6)|David Thomas (joined 1985) second tenor


    • Former members


  • Mervyn Warren (1980–1991) second tenor

  • Cedric Dent (1985–2011) baritone


    • Discography


    Album releases


    YearAlbumUSUS
    R& B    		US
    Gospel    		US
    Jazz    		LabelCertification(s)
    1988 Take 6 (album) 714138 Warner Bros. Recordsalign="center"
  • RIAA|US : Platinum
    • 1990 So Much 2 Say 722282 -
    1991 He Is Christmas 10084 - - -
    1994 Join the Band (Take 6 album) 861717 -align="center"
  • US: Gold
    • 1995 Best of Take 6 - - - - -
    1996 Brothers (Take 6 album) -71 - - -
    1998 So Cool (Take 6 album) -928 - -
    1999 Greatest Hits (Take 6 album) - -22 - -
    We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Take 6 album) - - - - -
    2000 Tonight: Live - - - - -
    Best of Take 6 - - - - -
    2002 Beautiful World (Take 6 album) - -14 - -
    2006 Feels Good (album) - - 10 -Take 6 Records -
    2008 The Standard (album) - - 6 4Heads Up International -
    2010 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (album) -70 -40 -
    *A dash ("-") denotes that a release did not chart.


    Singles


    Expand list|date=August 2008
  • "Spread Love" (Reprise, 1988)

  • "David & Goliath" (Reprise, 1988)

  • "Milky-White Way" (Reprise, 1988)

  • "I L-O-V-E U" (Reprise, 1990)

  • "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Reprise, 1990)

  • "Ridin' the Rails" (K.D. Lang & Take 6) (Sire, 1990)

  • "A Quiet Place" b/w "If We Ever"

  • "Where Do the Children Play" (1991)

  • "I Believe" (1991)

  • "Biggest Part of Me" (1994)

  • "I Will Always Love You"

  • "All I Need (Is a Chance)" (1994)

  • "You Can Never Ask Too Much" (1995)

  • "You Don't Have to Be Afraid" (1997)

  • "One and the Same (featuring CeCe Winans )" (Reprise, 1999)

  • "Takin' It to the Streets" (2002)

  • "Come On" (Take 6, 2006)

  • "More Than Ever" (Take 6, 2006)

  • "Comes Love" (With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band ) ( XXL (album)|XXL , 2003)

  • "It's Alright With Me" (With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band ) ( XXL (album)|XXL , 2006)

  • "It Was Very Good Year" (With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band ) ( The Phat Pack , 2006)

  • "Never Enough" (With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band ) (That's How We Roll, 2011)


    • DVD releases


    Release dateDVD TitleLabelRIAA certificationCover Art
    align="left"Spread Lovealign="left"align="left"align="center"
    align="left"U Turnalign="left"align="left"align="center"


    Awards


    Award wins


    Year !! Award-giving body !! Award Category !! Song / Album Title
    1988
    1988
    1988
    1988
    1988
    1988
    1989
    1990
    1990
    1990
    1991
    1991
    1992
    1994
    1994
    1996
    1997
    2002


    Award nominations


    Year !! Award-giving body !! Award Category !! Song / Album Title
    1988
    1988
    1988
    1988
    1988
    1988
    1988
    1989
    1989
    1990
    1990
    1990
    1991
    1991
    1992
    1992
    1994
    1994
    1994
    1995
    1996
    1996
    1996
    1996
    1997
    1997
    1999
    2002
    2003
    2003
    2004
    2007
    2009
    2009
    2009


    See also


  • Worship music

  • List of Christian worship music artists


    • External links


  • http://www.take6.com Take 6

  • http://soulinterviews.com/interviews-archive/780-take-6-nat.html Take 6 (Mark Kibble) 2011 Interview at Soulinterviews.com


    • Footnotes


    reflist
    Take 6
    Category:Professional a cappella groups
    Category:Smooth jazz ensembles
    Category:Grammy Award winners
    Category:American Seventh-day Adventists
    Category:American gospel musical groups

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