The “baddest vocal cats on the planet” according to Quincy Jones, Take 6, are launching a European tour in April that will take the multi-award winning jazz, pop and R&B group to France, Italy, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Norway and Georgia. View the full schedule here. Take 6’s highly-anticipated new album Believe will be available worldwide on March 25. “When Angels Cry,” the first single from the new album, is available for purchase on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon and streaming on Spotify. Pre-order Believe from SRG and receive a limited edition poster here. Also available on Amazon here.
Known for working with some of the biggest and most iconic names in music, including Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Justin Timberlake, Al Jarreau, Don Henley and James Taylor, to name a few, Take 6 will delight music lovers with Believe, a contemporary record filled with exciting collaborations and new material with every hallmark of the classic Take 6 sound. Motown Legend Stevie Wonder met up with the guys in Nashville to contribute his exquisite harmonica playing to the song “You Know You Are In Love.”
Take 6’s uniquely cutting-edge style is comprised of six virtuosic voices united in crystal clear harmony, against a backdrop of syncopated rhythms, innovative arrangements, and funky grooves. All of this bubbles into an intoxicating brew of gospel, jazz, R&B and pop. Take 6 are quintessential a cappella.
The group, considered torchbearers for an entire reemergence of a cappella as a musical movement, has been performing together since their days at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama in 1980. Their debut album scored two 1988 Grammy Awards and landed in the Top Ten Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Contemporary Christian Charts.
Twenty seven years later, the most talked-about vocal group of all time, TAKE 6 is in greater demand than ever, selling out shows all over the world. They have performed on Saturday Night Live, the Oscars, the Grammys, had the honor of performing for four sitting U.S. Presidents, and appeared at the Democratic National Convention. The group, which has inspired and been a founding influence to a generation of recording artists including Boys to Men and ‘N Sync, has collaborated with a who’s who of artists – including Stevie Wonder, Gordon Goodwin, Don Henley, Whitney Houston, Al Jarreau, Quincy Jones, kd lang, Queen Latifah, Brian McKnight, Luis Miguel, Marcus Millier, Joe Sample, Ben Tankard and Cece Winans.
TAKE 6 Tour Dates:
Apr 01 Berks Jazz Fest, Reading, PA
Apr 08 Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, Morristown, NJ
Apr 10 NYCB Theatre at Westbury, Westbury, NY
Apr 26 Tapiola Park, Espoo, Finland
Apr 27 New Morning, Paris, France
Apr 30 Blue Note Milan, Milano, Italy
Apr 30 Blue Note Milan, Milano, Italy
May 01 Kaunas Jazz Zalgiris Arena, Kaunas, Lithuania
May 01 Kauno Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas, Lithuania
May 02 Pavilion Hannover, Hannover, Germany
May 02 A Capella Woche at Pavilion, Hannover, Germany
May 03 A-Trane Berlin, Germany
May 03 A-Trane Berlin, Germany
May 04 Scandic Nidelven Hotel, Trondheim, Norway
May 05 Hamar Kulturhus, Hamar, Norway
May 07 Teatro Alighieri, Ravenna, Italy
May 08 Auditorium Arvedi c/o Museo del Violino, Cremona, Italy
May 09 La Citta del Teatro, Cascina, Italy