2010
Op 5 oktober verschijnt het derde kerst-album van Take 6: The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
In maart werken ze er al aan; 7 juni zijn alle mixes af, en 8 juni is de mastering gedaan. Claude zingt hier en daar bas!
Op 22 juni gaan ze de studio in met CeCe Winans, Israel Houghton en Aaron Lindsey voor een collaboration op een nieuw album van Israel.
Foto: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=251532&id=117848328242896
Optredens
- 16-01-10 Washington, DC (Warner Theatre, 3rd annual BET Honors (2010)
- Uitgezonden op 1-2-2010, opgenomen op za 16 januari. Song: ‘Can't Imagine Love Without You', samen met Stevie Wonder.
Filmpje (audio only): Can't Imagine Love Without You
- 29-01-10 Texarkana, TX (Perot Theatre)
- 09-02-10 Casper, WY (Casper College Kinser Jazz Festival, John F. Welsh auditorium (Natrona County High School))
- Promofilmpjes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQRiw9Jz5F4 en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESElzmEJuHg
- 11-02-10 Augusta, GA (William B. Bell Auditorium)
- 12-02-10 Flagstaff, AZ (Northern Arizona University. 2010 Vocal Jazz and Madrigal Festival (Jazz Mad))
- Filmpje: 6 meiden bezoeken de meet & greet
- 14-02-10 Loma Linda, CA (Loma Linda University Church of S.A.)
- Filmpje: I've Got Life/Spread Love
Filmpje: Shall We Gather At The River
Filmpje: Windmills Of Your Mind
Filmpje: Just In Time
Filmpje: Set U Free
Filmpje: Happy Birthday
Filmpje: Family Of Love
Filmpje: Come On
- 19-02-10 Shreveport, LA (The Strand Theatre Of Shreveport)
- 20-02-10 Naperville, IL (Wentz Concert Hall, North Central College)
- 27-02-10 Thousand Oaks, CA (Thousand Oaks SDA Church)
- Alleen Alvin.
Filmpje: I Need Thee Every Hour
Filmpje: Remind Me Of My Love For You
- 12-03-10 New York, NY (Carnegie Hall, Community Sing Serie)
- Bron: 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
- 30-03-10 t/m 04-04 New York, NY (The Blue Note)
- 17-04-10 Annapolis, MD (Rams Head On Stage, 18:30 en 21:30)
- 18-04-10 Washington, DC (The Kennedy Center (John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts), 20:00)
- 19-04-10 Washington, DC (Duke Ellington School Of The Arts, 11:00. Private event)
- 30-04-10 New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 15:45)
- Filmpje: So Much 2 Say (part)
- 15-05-10 t/m 18-05 Tokyo, Japan (locatie: Billboard Live)
- Setlist op 15-05: 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
- 20-05-10 t/m 22-05 Osaka, Japan
- Filmpje: intro Something Within Me
Foto: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=208674&id=117848328242896
- 10-06-10 Murfreesboro, TN (Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts)
- Master Class en concert.
Filmpje: masterclass. Cedric geeft les op deze school!
- 15-07-10 Wigan, Engeland (Wigan International Jazz Festival, in de Lowri Beck Celebration Hall)
- Aangekondigd als: Double Header - Gerald Clayton Trio & Take 6.
- 16-07-10 Hamburg, Duitsland (Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, in de Laeiszhalle)
- Filmpje: intro Wade In The Water
Filmpje: Set You Free
Filmpje: Windmills Of Your Mind
Filmpje: Just In Time
Filmpje: Shall We Gather At The River
Filmpje: covers: End Of The Road + Hearts of Fire
Filmpje: cover: I Wish
Filmpje: battle Mary
- 24-07-10 Oxon Hill, MD (Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 12:00 u.)
- 24-07-10 National Harbor, MD (The Plateau at National Harbor, 19:00 u.)
- Op deze outdoor show treden naast Take 6 BeBe & CeCe Winans, Byron Cage en Kirk Whalum op.
- 26-07-10 Midlothian, TX (Camp Hoblitzelle)
- Een gratis maar Private Event: Master Class & Performance for participants of The Salvation Army's Camp Hoblitzelle, georganiseerd door The Southern Territorial Music Institute (TMI), ‘a 9-day intensive music & creative arts camp held annually at the end of each summer'.
Filmpje: Come On
Filmpje: Spread Love
Filmpje: End Of The Road cover
Filmpje: Twee covers: What a fool believes & I Wish
Filmpje: Forever You're My Love
- 01-08-10 Greenwood, DE (Sam Yoders Farm, Jubileefest)
- 29-08-10 Arcadia, CA (Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden)
- Redwhite+bluezz Pasadena Jazz Fest
Filmpje: Back in the day (End of the Road, What A Fool Believes, I Wish)
Filmpje: Family Of Love
Filmpje: Just In Time
Filmpje: (Tony Huerta)
Filmpje: So Much 2 Say
- 03-09-10 Detroit, MI (31st Detroit International Jazz Festival (DJF))
- Met het Mulgrew Miller Pianotrio
Filmpje: Mary
Filmpje: interview
Filmpje: All Blues
- 11-09-10 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.
- 14-09-10 Nashville, TN
- Filmpje: 3 tenors from Take 6 met parts of songs:
- Minute by Minute (Doobie Brothers)
- Biggest Part of Me
- ?
- Hearts of Fire?
- ?
- Grandma's Hands
- Minute by Minute reprise
- 15-10-10 Ontario, CA (Dina Vanks Middle School)
- “Artists 4 Children II ~ ‘Jazz Blues & BBQ LIVE'." (Op het aanplakbiljet staat: “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."
- 16-10-10 San Bernardino, CA (Roosevelt Bowl, Perris Hill Park)
- Artists 4 Children II ~ ‘Jazz 4 Our Father'
Also featured Ellis Hall, Pete & Peter Michael Escovedo.
- 23-10-10 t/m 24-10 Miami, FL (Capital Jazz Supercruise)
- De reis begint in de haven van Miami, en gaat langs St. Thomas, Grand Turk en San Juan.
- 30-10-10 Miami Gardens, FL (Mt. Pisgah SDA Church)
- Filmpje: Alvin kondigt aan dat zijn vrouw over twee dagen is uitgerekend
Filmpje: Just In Time
- 19-11-10 t/m 20-11 Statte, Italië (Blue Note; 21:00 en 23:00 uur)
- 21-11-10 Porto So, Italië (Porto Antico-Magazzini del Cotone Sala Grecale)
- 23-11-10 St. Sebastien sur Loire, Frankrijk (20:00)
- 25-11-10 Sankt Pölten, Oostenrijk (Festspielhaus)
- 26-11-10 Praag, Tsjechië (Narodni dum Vinohrady; XIII. Festival Swingové Hudby)
- 27-11-10 Moskou, Rusland (International House of Music)
- Filmpje: Back in the day (Rock with You, Remember the Time) + So Much 2 Say
Filmpje: Come On
Filmpje: Mary
Filmpje: Wade in the Water (part)
- 29-11-10 St. Petersburg, Rusland
- 30-11-10 Riga, Letland (Riga Congress Centre)
- 01-12-10 Talinn, Estland (Kaarli Church)
- 02-12-10 Helsinki, Finland (Kulttuuritalo)
- 04-12-10 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spanje (Auditorio Alfredo Kraus (Sala Sinfonica))
- 06-12-10 Parijs, Frankrijk (New Morning)
- Filmpje: Mary (battle)
- 11-12-10 Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts)
- 12-12-10 Flemington, NJ (Master Class om 15:30; Christmas Benefit concert om 19:30 in het Hunterdon Central High School Auditorium)
- 18-12-10 Memphis, TN (The Orpheum Theatre Memphis)
- 19-12-10 Birmingham, AL (Old Car Heaven)
Medewerking aan andere albums
- I've Loved These Days - Monica Mancini
- 2. God Only Knows
(ook met 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)
Op de CD Fusion Flavours: Anniversary Collection verschijnt het nummer ‘Badiyah' (cd1, track 1).
2011
Op 18 mei kondigt Cedric aan dat hij Take 6 gaat verlaten. Met die beslissing is hij niet over éen nacht ijs gegaan, zoals blijkt uit een bericht op de Take 6-website:
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
Het laatste optreden van Cedric is in Lanham, MD, in de Restoration Praise Center.
Filmpje: de pastor bidt voor hem
Filmpje: interview van RPC met de groep
Optredens
- 20-01-11 Salt Lake City, UT (Libby Gardner Hall in de University of Utah)
- 21-01-11 Austin, TX (One World Theatre)
- 22-01-11 Lexington, KY (Singletary Center for the Arts)
- 12-02-11 Dallas, TX (Winspear Opera House)
- Take 6 en Yolanda Adams
- 19-02-11 Carmel, IN (The Palladium in het Center For The Performing Arts)
- Take 6 en Yolanda Adams
- 03-03-11 Detroit, MI (Orchestra Hall)
- Eigenlijk was het een concert van Bobby McFerin, maar die heeft afgezegd.
- 10-03-11 Nashville, TN (USN Music Night, in de Ingram Hall van de Blair School of Music (onderdeel van de Vanderbilt University))
- 18-03-11 Los Angeles, CA (Loyola Marymount University, Sacred Heart Chapel)
- 19-03-11 Cleveland, OH (Playhouse Square Center/Ohio Theatre)
- 24-03-11 Iowa City, IA (University of Iowa: Iowa Memorial Union, Main Lounge)
- 26-03-11 t/m 27-03 Bogotá, Colombia (Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo)
- 01-04-11 Baltimore, MD (MENC Conference)
- 02-04-11 Rochester, NY (Roberts Wesleyan College)
- 21-04-11 Huntsville, AL (Von Braun Center North Hall)
- UNCF Gala: an evening performance on opening night of homecoming festivities for Oakwood University.
- 30-04-11 Philadelphia, PA (Zellerbach Theatre in het Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)
- West Philadelphia Gospel Festival.
- 13-05-11 Napa, CA (Napa Valley Opera House)
- 26-05-11 Japan..?
- 27-05-11 Okinawa, Japan
- 29-05-11 Tokyo, Japan (Orchard Hall)
- 30-05-11 t/m 31-05 Tokyo, Japan (Sumida Triphony Hall)
- 03-06-11 Newport News, VA (Ella Fitzgerald Theater, Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center)
- Filmpje: concertverslag
Volgens het filmpje is dit de LAATSTE show waar Cedric in meezingt!
- 05-06-11 Columbia, MD (19th Annual Capital Jazz Fest, Merriweather Post Pavilion)
- 24-06-11 Wilmington, DE (Clifford Brown Festival)
- 25-06-11 Detroit, MI (The Sanctuary at Greater Emmanuel Church)
- Foto's: facebook
- 19-08-11 Denver, CO (The Larimer Lounge)
- 28-08-11 Sao Paulo, BR (Credicard Hall)
- 30-08-11 Sao Paulo, BR (Espaco Nova Semente)
- Alleen een workshop.
- 31-08-11 Curitiba, SP, BR (Teatro Positivo)
- Filmpje: Lamb of God
- 01-09-11 Belo Horizonte, BR (Chevrolet Hall)
- 03-09-11 Recife, BR (hotel Golden Beach)
- 04-09-11 Rio De Janeiro, BR (Citibank Hall RJ)
- 06-09-11 Brasília, BR (Centro de Convens Ulysses Guimar)
- 21-09-11 t/m 24-09 Saint Louis, MO (Jazz St. Louis (Formerly Jazz At The Bistro))
- Filmpje: Naturally7 praat met Take 6 backstage
- 25-09-11 Mobile, AL (Renaissance Jazz Fest)
- 30-09-11 Clinton, NY (Hamilton College)
- 01-10-11 Syracuse, NY
- 02-10-11 Boston, MA (Scullers Jazz Club at the Doubletree Suites)
- 20-10-11 Shanghai, CN (Shanghai Centre Theatre)
- 02-12-11 Atlanta, GA (Robert Ferst Theatre)
- 04-12-11 Nashville, TN (The Rutledge)
- 07-12-11 Ashland, OH (Hugo Young Theatre)
- 09-12-11 Pittsburgh, PA (Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG) Jazz)
- 16-12-11 New Orleans, LA (Mahalia Jackson Theater Of The Performing Arts)
- 17-12-11 Raleigh, NC (Raleigh SDA Church at ‘The Arc')
- 18-12-11 Miami, FL (Adrienne Arsht Center)