The multi-platinum selling sextet Take 6 will release their highly anticipated Shanachie Entertainment debut, One, on March 27, 2012. Acappella sensation Take 6 (Alvin Chea, Khristian Dentley, Joey Kibble, Mark Kibble, Claude V. McKnight III, David Thomas) defies category.
The group holds the distinction of being the most Grammy nominated vocal group in history. They have a truly unique sound: six angelic and refined voices united in crystal clear harmony against a rip tide of syncopated rhythms, ornate arrangements and funky grooves that bubble into an intoxicating brew of gospel, jazz, R&B and pop flavor.
With ten Grammy and Dove Awards, two NAACP Image Awards and one Soul Train Award under their belt, Take 6 are musician’s musicians who have won praise from such luminaries as Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and Whitney Houston. Take 6 has also played at the White House.
“The glue for Take 6 is that we consider this a ministry. We are God's group! We are also family in the sense that we care deeply about each other, and that helps keep us together. We have times when it gets tough, but we pull together because of the love we have for one another.” ~ Claude V. McKnight III, one of Take 6’s original founding members.
The title track and first single from Take 6’s new recording One captures the genius behind what has made the acappella powerhouse a phenomenon for decades. The single has an equally admirable video that features cameos from everyone from Stevie Wonder and Brian McKnight to Lalah Hathaway.
Stevie Wonder also joins Take 6 in a stirring rendition of his own beautiful composition, “Can’t Imagine Love Without You.” Other highlights on the CD include the groups own songs,” Working In You” and “Done My Best” and brilliant re-workings of such gospel standards like, “What A Friend We Have In Jesus,” “Farther Along” and “Take The Lord With You.”
Determined to always reach back and give back, Take 6 mentors and nurtures young talent through the Take 6 Vocal Jazz Scholarship. For more information on Take 6, visit
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