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2010
October 5, the third Christmas album of Take 6 is released: The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
They're already working on it in March; June 7, al mixes are complete, and June 8 mastering is done. Claude sings bass now and then!
June 22 they hit the studio with CeCe Winans, Israel Houghton and Aaron Lindsey for a collaboration on a new album of Israel.
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=251532&id=117848328242896
Performances
- 01-16-10 Washington, DC (Warner Theatre, 3rd annual BET Honors (2010)
- Broadcasted on February 1st, recorded on January 16th. Song: ‘Can't Imagine Love Without You', with Stevie Wonder.
Video (audio only): Can't Imagine Love Without You
- 01-29-10 Texarkana, TX (Perot Theatre)
- 02-09-10 Casper, WY (Casper College Kinser Jazz Festival, John F. Welsh auditorium (Natrona County High School))
- PromoVideos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQRiw9Jz5F4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESElzmEJuHg
- 02-11-10 Augusta, GA (William B. Bell Auditorium)
- 02-12-10 Flagstaff, AZ (Northern Arizona University. 2010 Vocal Jazz and Madrigal Festival (Jazz Mad))
- Video: 6 girls visit the meet & greet
- 02-14-10 Loma Linda, CA (Loma Linda University Church of S.A.)
- Video: I've Got Life/Spread Love
Video: Shall We Gather At The River
Video: Windmills Of Your Mind
Video: Just In Time
Video: Set U Free
Video: Happy Birthday
Video: Family Of Love
Video: Come On
- 02-19-10 Shreveport, LA (The Strand Theatre Of Shreveport)
- 02-20-10 Naperville, IL (Wentz Concert Hall, North Central College)
- 02-27-10 Thousand Oaks, CA (Thousand Oaks SDA Church).
- Just Alvin.
Video: I Need Thee Every Hour
Video: Remind Me Of My Love For You
- 03-12-10 New York, NY (Carnegie Hall, Community Sing Serie)
- Source: https://rahrahrah.posterous.com/i-sang-at-the-apollo-with-take-6?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRahRah+%28The+Rah+Rah%29
I Sang At The Apollo with Take 6 ...
... There were several hundred other people singing with them too as part of Carnegie Hall's FREE Neighborhood Concert & Community Sing Series. After leaving the Girl Talk Exhibit @ Renaissance Fine Art Gallery I dropped by the Apollo where a nice lady gave me an extra Take 6 ticket (Thank You again wherever you are). I'd been meaning to drop by the box office every day and just hadn't gotten around to it. I've been to a couple of these community events before and what I like about them is that they are not just a performance but a communal and interactive experience. You get to learn more learn about the artists and their art form.
I know Take 6 primarily from their early 90's hey day, but they have some devoted fans. The place was packed, including the balcony where I was. It was cool to watch their process.
The audience was asked to come up with 6 words which they would turn into a song with 6 part harmony. A lady came up with “I Was Born In The Bronx". The group's chief arranger, Mark Kibble, who happened to have been actually born in the Bronx, took to the piano to work out the melody. He then taught each member of the group their part and then rehearsed them separately. Then they blended together for that signature Take 6 sound.
People from the audience were asked to join Take 6 on stage and attempt to replicate their sound. Wanna be singers from the balcony were salty because none of them were chosen and in true Apollo fashion started to boo some of the less than stellar performers.
Take 6 has been in the game for a long time and with the exception of one member still has all the original members. You've never heard any ‘Behind The Music' drama about these guys. And they still look and sound great. To be able to withstand the ups and downs of the music biz while racking up 21 Grammy noms and 10 Grammy wins is impressive. So when these guys talked I listened and I'm passing on to you some of the knowledge they dropped:
Take 6's 5 Tips for Aspiring Arrangers:
1. Form/Join a group that you can try your ideas out on them and get feedback
2. Listen and learn from recordings
3. Start with a broad concept and then narrow it
• First figure out what kind of groove - Shuffle, Latin, R&B, Swing, etc. - you want the song to have
4. Conserve Musical Ideas
• Don't try to to everything you've ever learned in one song
• Repeat an idea with a slight twist - Don't reinvent the wheel
• Try variations on a principle
5. Melody Is King!
• Always make sure the melody can be heard, make sure the melody is protected
• Use Oooos instead of Ahhhs
- 03-30-10 until 04-04 New York, NY (The Blue Note)
- 04-17-10 Annapolis, MD (Rams Head On Stage, 6:30PM and 9:30PM)
- 04-18-10 Washington, DC (The Kennedy Center (John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts), 20:00)
- 04-19-10 Washington, DC (Duke Ellington School Of The Arts, 11:00AM. Private event)
- 04-30-10 New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 3:45PM)
- Video: So Much 2 Say (part)
- 05-15-10 until 05-18 Tokyo, Japan (location: Billboard Live)
- Setlist of 05-15: Straighten Up, I've Got Life / Spread Love, Wade In The Water, Set U Free, Smile, Windmills, Just in Time, 7 Steps, Shall We Gather, Old School, So Much To Say, Come On
- 05-20-10 until 05-22 Osaka, Japan
- Video: intro Something Within Me
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=208674&id=117848328242896
- 06-10-10 Murfreesboro, TN (Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts)
- Master Class and concert.
Video: master class. Cedric teaches on this school!
- 07-15-10 Wigan, England (Wigan International Jazz Festival, in the Lowri Beck Celebration Hall)
- Announced as: Double Header - Gerald Clayton Trio & Take 6.
- 07-16-10 Hamburg, Germany (Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, in the Laeiszhalle)
- Video: intro Wade In The Water
Video: Set You Free
Video: Windmills Of Your Mind
Video: Just In Time
Video: Shall We Gather At The River
Video: covers: End Of The Road + Hearts of Fire
Video: cover: I Wish
Video: battle Mary
- 07-24-10 Oxon Hill, MD (Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 12:00PM)
- 07-24-10 National Harbor, MD (The Plateau at National Harbor, 7PM)
- At this outdoor show, next to Take 6 BeBe & CeCe Winans, Byron Cage and Kirk Whalum perform.
- 07-26-10 Midlothian, TX (Camp Hoblitzelle)
- A free but Private Event: Master Class & Performance for participants of The Salvation Army's Camp Hoblitzelle, organised by The Southern Territorial Music Institute (TMI), ‘a 9-day intensive music & creative arts camp held annually at the end of each summer'.
Video: Come On
Video: Spread Love
Video: End Of The Road cover
Video: Two cover songs: What a fool believes & I Wish
Video: Forever You're My Love
- 08-01-10 Greenwood, DE (Sam Yoders Farm, Jubileefest)
- 08-29-10 Arcadia, CA (Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden)
- Redwhite+bluezz Pasadena Jazz Fest
Video: Back in the day (End of the Road, What A Fool Believes, I Wish)
Video: Family Of Love
Video: Just In Time
Video: (Tony Huerta)
Video: So Much 2 Say
- 09-03-10 Detroit, MI (31st Detroit International Jazz Festival (DJF))
- With the Mulgrew Miller Pianotrio
Video: Mary
Video: interview
Video: All Blues
- 09-11-10 Denver, CO (Marriott City Center)
- “The Spirituals Project – The Red Gala of Denver"
A fundraising benefit and awards ceremony for The Spirituals Project. Held to honor the memory of those enslaved African people who lost their lives in the pursuit of freedom, and the blood shed by those individuals who spoke out against social injustice. Jericho Award presented to those who work to further social justice today. 2010 Jericho Award Recipient: Harry Belafonte - Social Activist / Singer.
- 09-14-10 Nashville, TN
- Video: 3 tenors from Take 6 with parts of songs:
- Minute by Minute (Doobie Brothers)
- Biggest Part of Me
- ?
- Hearts of Fire?
- ?
- Grandma's Hands
- Minute by Minute reprise
- 10-15-10 Ontario, CA (Dina Vanks Middle School)
- “Artists 4 Children II ~ ‘Jazz Blues & BBQ LIVE'." (The poster says: “Jazz & Blues Under the Stars - A Benefit Concert on the Lawn.")
"Enjoy an evening on the beautiful lawn setting with Take 6, featuring Ray Fuller, Ellis Hall, and Pete & Peter Michael Escovedo."
- 10-16-10 San Bernardino, CA (Roosevelt Bowl, Perris Hill Park)
- Artists 4 Children II ~ ‘Jazz 4 Our Father'
Also featured Ellis Hall, Pete & Peter Michael Escovedo.
- 10-23-10 until 10-24 Miami, FL (Capital Jazz Supercruise)
- The journey begins in the harbour of Miami, and visits St. Thomas, Grand Turk and San Juan.
- 10-30-10 Miami Gardens, FL (Mt. Pisgah SDA Church)
- Video: Alvin announces that his wife is to give labour in two days
Video: Just In Time
- 11-19-10 until 11-20 Statte, Italy (Blue Note; 9PM and 11PM)
- 11-21-10 Porto So, Italy (Porto Antico-Magazzini del Cotone Sala Grecale)
- 11-23-10 St. Sebastien sur Loire, France (8PM)
- 11-25-10 Sankt Pölten, Austria (Festspielhaus)
- 11-26-10 Prague, Czechia (Narodni dum Vinohrady; XIII. Festival Swingové Hudby)
- 11-27-10 Moscow, Russia (International House of Music)
- Video: Back in the day (Rock with You, Remember the Time) + So Much 2 Say
Video: Come On
Video: Mary
Video: Wade in the Water (part)
- 11-29-10 St. Petersburg, Russia
- 11-30-10 Riga, Latvia (Riga Congress Centre)
- 12-01-10 Talinn, Estonia (Kaarli Church)
- 12-02-10 Helsinki, Finland (Kulttuuritalo)
- 12-04-10 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (Auditorio Alfredo Kraus (Sala Sinfonica))
- 12-06-10 Paris, France (New Morning)
- Video: Mary (battle)
- 12-11-10 Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts)
- 12-12-10 Flemington, NJ (Master Class at 3:30PM; Christmas Benefit concert at 7:30PM in the Hunterdon Central High School Auditorium)
- 12-18-10 Memphis, TN (The Orpheum Theatre Memphis)
- 12-19-10 Birmingham, AL (Old Car Heaven)
Collaborations
- I've Loved These Days – Monica Mancini
- 2. God Only Knows
(with Brian Wilson)
- All About You – Vlada
- 14. Hold On To You
- Here I Am – Heartsfield
- 4. Music Eyes
- Love God. Love People. – Israel Houghton
- 12. Hosanna (Be Lifted Higher)
Album Fusion Flavours: Anniversary Collection contains ‘Badiyah' (cd1, track 1).
2011
May 18, Cedric announces that he will leave Take 6. This hasn't been an overnight decision, as proves a post on the Take 6 website:
Ave Atque Vale
Being a member of TAKE 6 has been the time of my life! It has been a storybook career-one that has taken us to some of the most beautiful and interesting places in the world! We've performed at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Japan, on the bank of the Red Sea in Israel, at Estes Park in the Colorado Rockies and visited the Berlin Wall months before it came down in 1989.
We've performed for heads of State including Nelson Mandela while he was president of South Africa, and for four US presidents.
In addition to winning 10 Grammy Awards, we've performed for the Grammy Awards ceremony several times, as well as other prestigious award ceremonies including the Oscars, the NAACP Image Awards, the Dove Awards, The Sports Emmys, and the Stellar Awards.
We've met interesting people from all walks of life and from nearly every part of the world. One encounter that comes to mind is the compliment that we received from Liza Minnelli after TAKE 6 performed the song “Moon River" with symphony orchestra featuring Stevie Wonder on harmonica. She said that there was a spirituality that comes through in everything that we sing.
We've recorded with or shared the stage with artists across several genres, headlined prestigious venues such as New York's Carnegie Hall and Apollo Theatre, and sang our rendition of “A Quiet Place" at a memorial service for the great Sarah Vaughn.
And now, two years before the 25th anniversary of TAKE 6's first commercial release, it is with mixed emotions that I announce that I will be stepping down from my post as a principal member of TAKE 6. This comes after much prayer and fasting, as well as conversations with family and my brothers in TAKE 6. It is perhaps one of the most difficult decisions I have had to make in my adult life, but I am convinced it is the right decision for all concerned.
It is my prayerful belief that this change will be a win-win for TAKE 6. For while I will not be touring with TAKE 6, I will still work with TAKE 6 behind the scenes contributing musical arrangements and offering help whenever needed.
One ongoing project about which I'm very excited is the “TAKE 6 Vocal Jazz Scholarship" that we are establishing at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). I believe that this will be an important part of TAKE 6's legacy and, as a member of the faculty at MTSU, I will take a leading role in raising scholarship funds. I recently read that those who consume without contributing to society develop a deep sense of emptiness. Accordingly, it is my firm belief that TAKE 6's continued longevity and sense of fulfillment and satisfaction can only be realized through stewardship in this area. The wise man said it best: “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.“ Eccl. 11:1.
My decreased role in TAKE 6 will also allow me to pursue other creative endeavors including more composing and arranging, music research, teaching, consulting, and writing books. Perhaps what I look forward to most is spending more time with my wife Beverly and son Cedric, Jr.
Finally, I must say a word about the multi-talented Khristian Dentley who will be replacing me in the day-to-day operations. He has been filling in for me off and on for 7 years, and in that time has developed a fine rapport with the group. He is a music producer in his own right, plays multiple instruments, and is a great singer and songwriter. With his youth (he's 20 years younger than me!) comes a fresh perspective and new ideas that will serve TAKE 6 well in the years to come. Most importantly, I'm impressed that he loves the Lord and is Spirit-filled.
Though I will be semi-retired from the group, my prayer is that God will use Khristian and me to the maximum benefit of TAKE 6 and ultimately to the glory of God.
Thank you to all who have supported and poured into TAKE 6 over the years. Please continue to do so and “More than Ever," keep us lifted in prayer!
“Hail and Farewell."
Cedric Dent
Being a member of TAKE 6 has been the time of my life! It has been a storybook career-one that has taken us to some of the most beautiful and interesting places in the world! We've performed at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Japan, on the bank of the Red Sea in Israel, at Estes Park in the Colorado Rockies and visited the Berlin Wall months before it came down in 1989.
We've performed for heads of State including Nelson Mandela while he was president of South Africa, and for four US presidents.
In addition to winning 10 Grammy Awards, we've performed for the Grammy Awards ceremony several times, as well as other prestigious award ceremonies including the Oscars, the NAACP Image Awards, the Dove Awards, The Sports Emmys, and the Stellar Awards.
We've met interesting people from all walks of life and from nearly every part of the world. One encounter that comes to mind is the compliment that we received from Liza Minnelli after TAKE 6 performed the song “Moon River" with symphony orchestra featuring Stevie Wonder on harmonica. She said that there was a spirituality that comes through in everything that we sing.
We've recorded with or shared the stage with artists across several genres, headlined prestigious venues such as New York's Carnegie Hall and Apollo Theatre, and sang our rendition of “A Quiet Place" at a memorial service for the great Sarah Vaughn.
And now, two years before the 25th anniversary of TAKE 6's first commercial release, it is with mixed emotions that I announce that I will be stepping down from my post as a principal member of TAKE 6. This comes after much prayer and fasting, as well as conversations with family and my brothers in TAKE 6. It is perhaps one of the most difficult decisions I have had to make in my adult life, but I am convinced it is the right decision for all concerned.
It is my prayerful belief that this change will be a win-win for TAKE 6. For while I will not be touring with TAKE 6, I will still work with TAKE 6 behind the scenes contributing musical arrangements and offering help whenever needed.
One ongoing project about which I'm very excited is the “TAKE 6 Vocal Jazz Scholarship" that we are establishing at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). I believe that this will be an important part of TAKE 6's legacy and, as a member of the faculty at MTSU, I will take a leading role in raising scholarship funds. I recently read that those who consume without contributing to society develop a deep sense of emptiness. Accordingly, it is my firm belief that TAKE 6's continued longevity and sense of fulfillment and satisfaction can only be realized through stewardship in this area. The wise man said it best: “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.“ Eccl. 11:1.
My decreased role in TAKE 6 will also allow me to pursue other creative endeavors including more composing and arranging, music research, teaching, consulting, and writing books. Perhaps what I look forward to most is spending more time with my wife Beverly and son Cedric, Jr.
Finally, I must say a word about the multi-talented Khristian Dentley who will be replacing me in the day-to-day operations. He has been filling in for me off and on for 7 years, and in that time has developed a fine rapport with the group. He is a music producer in his own right, plays multiple instruments, and is a great singer and songwriter. With his youth (he's 20 years younger than me!) comes a fresh perspective and new ideas that will serve TAKE 6 well in the years to come. Most importantly, I'm impressed that he loves the Lord and is Spirit-filled.
Though I will be semi-retired from the group, my prayer is that God will use Khristian and me to the maximum benefit of TAKE 6 and ultimately to the glory of God.
Thank you to all who have supported and poured into TAKE 6 over the years. Please continue to do so and “More than Ever," keep us lifted in prayer!
“Hail and Farewell."
Cedric Dent
The last performance of Cedric takes place in Lanham, MD, in the Restoration Praise Center.
Video: the pastor is praying for him
Video: group interview by RPC
Performances
- 01-20-11 Salt Lake City, UT (Libby Gardner Hall at the University of Utah)
- 01-21-11 Austin, TX (One World Theatre)
- 01-22-11 Lexington, KY (Singletary Center for the Arts)
- 02-12-11 Dallas, TX (Winspear Opera House)
- Take 6 and Yolanda Adams
- 02-19-11 Carmel, IN (The Palladium at the Center For The Performing Arts)
- Take 6 and Yolanda Adams
- 03-03-11 Detroit, MI (Orchestra Hall)
- Actually this was supposed to be a Bobby McFerin concert, but he cancelled.
- 03-10-11 Nashville, TN (USN Music Night, at the Ingram Hall of the Blair School of Music (part of the Vanderbilt University))
- 03-18-11 Los Angeles, CA (Loyola Marymount University, Sacred Heart Chapel)
- 03-19-11 Cleveland, OH (Playhouse Square Center/Ohio Theatre)
- 03-24-11 Iowa City, IA (University of Iowa: Iowa Memorial Union, Main Lounge)
- 03-26-11 until 03-27 Bogotá, Colombia (Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo)
- 04-01-11 Baltimore, MD (MENC Conference)
- 04-02-11 Rochester, NY (Roberts Wesleyan College)
- 04-21-11 Huntsville, AL (Von Braun Center North Hall)
- UNCF Gala: an evening performance on opening night of homecoming festivities for Oakwood University.
- 04-30-11 Philadelphia, PA (Zellerbach Theatre at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)
- West Philadelphia Gospel Festival.
- 05-13-11 Napa, CA (Napa Valley Opera House)
- 05-26-11 Japan..?
- 05-27-11 Okinawa, Japan
- 05-29-11 Tokyo, Japan (Orchard Hall)
- 05-30-11 until 05-31 Tokyo, Japan (Sumida Triphony Hall)
- 06-03-11 Newport News, VA (Ella Fitzgerald Theater, Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center)
- Video: concert report
According to the video it's the LAST performance of Cedric singing in Take 6!
- 06-05-11 Columbia, MD (19th Annual Capital Jazz Fest, Merriweather Post Pavilion)
- 06-24-11 Wilmington, DE (Clifford Brown Festival)
- 06-25-11 Detroit, MI (The Sanctuary at Greater Emmanuel Church)
- Photos: facebook
- 08-19-11 Denver, CO (The Larimer Lounge)
- 08-28-11 Sao Paulo, BR (Credicard Hall)
- 08-30-11 Sao Paulo, BR (Espaco Nova Semente)
- Just a workshop.
- 08-31-11 Curitiba, SP, BR (Teatro Positivo)
- Video: Lamb of God
- 09-01-11 Belo Horizonte, BR (Chevrolet Hall)
- 09-03-11 Recife, BR (hotel Golden Beach)
- 09-04-11 Rio De Janeiro, BR (Citibank Hall RJ)
- 09-06-11 Brasília, BR (Centro de Convens Ulysses Guimar)
- 09-21-11 until 09-24 Saint Louis, MO (Jazz St. Louis (Formerly Jazz At The Bistro))
- Video: Naturally7 is talking to Take 6 backstage
- 09-25-11 Mobile, AL (Renaissance Jazz Fest)
- 09-30-11 Clinton, NY (Hamilton College)
- 10-01-11 Syracuse, NY
- 10-02-11 Boston, MA (Scullers Jazz Club at the Doubletree Suites)
- 10-20-11 Shanghai, CN (Shanghai Centre Theatre)
- 12-02-11 Atlanta, GA (Robert Ferst Theatre)
- 12-04-11 Nashville, TN (The Rutledge)
- 12-07-11 Ashland, OH (Hugo Young Theatre)
- 12-09-11 Pittsburgh, PA (Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG) Jazz)
- 12-16-11 New Orleans, LA (Mahalia Jackson Theater Of The Performing Arts)
- 12-17-11 Raleigh, NC (Raleigh SDA Church at ‘The Arc')
- 12-18-11 Miami, FL (Adrienne Arsht Center)