演出时间

日期/Date：2019年8月15日

入场时间/Door Time：6:00 PM

演出时间/Show Time：7:30PM

地址/Add：前门东大街23号 Blue Note Beijing

23 Qianmen East Street. Dongcheng District. Beijing

电话Tel：170-0000-0288

票价信息

B2剧场票价Ticket Price：

460（边座）/560（主座）RMB

Mercedes-Benz JAZZ MASTER SERIES

梅赛德斯-奔驰特别呈现爵士大师堂系列

乐队成员

Claude McKnight

Mark Kibble

Joel Kibble

Dave Thomas

Alvin Chea

Khristian Dentley

继荣获10项格莱美奖、10项多芬奖、2项*有色人种协进会形象奖、以及1项灵魂列车奖等的大奖之后，Take 6（由Claude McKnight、Mark Kibble、Joel Kibble、Dave Thomas、Alvin Chea、以及Khristian Dentley组成）继续为他们来自*各地的观众带来非凡的歌声。2018年4月，他们的第16张专辑《ICONIC》(SRG/Universal)，和他们与另外一个爵士人声组合The Manhattan Transfer一起在PBS*亮相的特别节目《The Summit》一同发行。

新专辑《ICONIC》中的曲目不仅作为六人组的舞台常驻曲目被收录其中，他们在近40年的演艺生涯中，通过这些曲目展现给观众他们所赋予歌曲的更大意义，并能从中获得纯粹的快乐。这些兼收并蓄的曲目不仅致敬了音乐，还致敬了使他们出名的艺术家们。如他们将一首Justin Timberlake的金曲“Can’t Stop the Feeling”演绎得充满趣味；将Christopher Cross“Sailing”的和弦部分演绎得独特无比；Khristian还将Norah Jones的“Don't Know Why”的人声部分改编为爵士版本，并诠释得优美并令人难忘；The Beatles定会对Take 6将“Got To Get You Into My Life”进行改编的版本满意无比。通过演绎“Roof Garden”，他们向朋友Al Jarreau表达敬意；通过演唱圣歌《Nothing But the Blood》，他们追溯福音音乐根源。《Change The World》(Eric Clapton)是Take 6的*首单曲，也是添加抒情爵士元素*多的曲目。Take 6在2016年发行的上一张专辑《Believe》 (SRG/Universal)同时登上了6个公告牌排行榜。

粉丝们可以在Soundstage系列音乐会上欣赏他们The Summit的演出，这个特别节目将于2018年4月在*公共电视网首播。2017年，他们在芝加哥的46个城市进行名为“The SUMMIT: The Manhattan Transfer Meets Take 6”的巡回演出。令观众欣喜的是，演出包含了这两支乐队从未录制过的曲目。

Take 6将于2018年4月24日开始《ICONIC》专辑宣传的世界巡演，并将以举办圣诞巡演的方式为2018年画上一个圆满的句号（下方附带日程安排）。

Take 6娴熟并令人钦佩地跨越了大多数音乐流派，从正统的爵士到流行音乐再到成人R&B，从doo wop到蓝调。*像一支音准准确的声乐乐团（Alvin，贝斯手；Khristian，男中音；Claude、David、Mark、和Joel，男高音）；他们的每一张新专辑，与不断转变的现场表演风格，都在持续挑战着创造力和音乐才能的极限。

任何一个追求卓越嗓音的歌手都无法忽视这些人对音乐的贡献。Take 6曾与Stevie Wonder、Brian Wilson、Ben E. King、Ladysmith Black Mambazo、Al Jarreau、Ella Fitzgerald、Ray Charles、以及Whitney Houston等众多名人合作演出，并获得了来自他们的赞誉。

Take 6在过去几年里获得了许多荣誉，其中包括被选为在美巴两国关系开始正常化时，*个在古巴演出的音乐团体。他们还入选了福音音乐名人堂。

Take 6与他们在阿拉巴马州奥克伍德学院亨茨维尔分校时，Claude McKnight将组合初次建立起来的日子相比，已然走过了很长的路。当男高音Mark Kibble听到这群人在宿舍排练时，他立即加入了和声，并在当晚与乐队一同登台表演。不久之后，Mervyn Warren加入了这个组合，他们便将乐团正式命名为“Alliance”。然而，当他们1987年签约Reprise Records/Warner Bros.时，他们发现这个名字与另一个团体重名，于是他们*终选择了“Take 6”这个名字。Mcknight说：“ ‘Take Six’名字的由来十分民主。成员们坐在一个房间里，各自报出几百个名字，而‘Take Six’获得了*多的赞成票（笑）。这个名字很像一首爵士标准曲‘Take 5’，而事实上我们组合共有六个人，所以*成了‘Take 6’。他们以自己的名字命名的首张CD赢得了一众爵士乐和流行乐评人的喜爱，并获得了1988年格莱美的两项大奖，跻身公告牌当代爵士乐和当代基督教音乐排行榜的前十名——而且他们从未放慢脚步。

到底是什么让他们的音乐和乐队长时间以来都能如此受欢迎？答案是直接而简单的：信仰、友谊、尊重、以及对音乐的热爱。包揽多专辑白金销量的六人组在谈到他们职业寿命的绵长时如此解释道：“我们是一家人，因为我们彼此深爱对方，这让我们团结在一起。有时会遇到困难，但因为彼此的爱和尊重，我们会齐心协力面对它。这个组合愿意让成员在职时去做其他事情，这也恰恰增加了队内凝聚力，”Joey Kibble解释道。Kibble是一位励志演说家，Alvin Chea在数十部电视节目、电影和广告中担任配音工作，并用他独特的、辨识度高的低音演唱。其中两名成员正在进行个人作品的创作，其他成员则在进行队外活动。Mark Kibble为一线艺术家们编曲，而McKnight正在制作一部纪录片。Kibble补充说：“它为整个团队增加了深度与互相信赖程度，我们的每一项外部技能和别处的经验都极大丰富了我们整个团队的底蕴。”

The most awarded a cappella group in history, heralded by Quincy Jones as the “Baddest vocal cats on the planet!” are the quintessential a cappella model for vocal genius.

With 10 Grammy Awards, 10 Dove Awards, 2 NAACP Image Awards, a Soul Train Award, and more, Take 6 (Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley) continues to bring extraordinary vocals to their worldwide audiences. April 2018 marks the release of their sixteenth album, aptly titled ICONIC (SRG/Universal) and the debut of a PBS special, The Summit, alongside The Manhattan Transfer.

The new recording, ICONIC, is composed of the songs the sextet loves to perform both on stage and for the pure joy of lending their voices to songs that have taken on a greater meaning to them and to their audiences over their career of nearly four decades. These eclectic tunes pay tribute to both the music and the artists that made them famous, from a fun and vocally significant cover of Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop the Feeling, a unique and harmonic interpretation of Christopher Cross’ Sailing, Khristian’s melodic and memorable vocal on Norah Jones’ Don’t Know Why to a jazz cover that the Beatles would surely be pleased with of Got To Get You Into My Life. They pay homage to their friend Al Jarreau, with their rendition of Roof Garden, and are true to their gospel roots with the hymn Nothing But the Blood. Change The World (Eric Clapton), the first single, was the most-added tune in Smooth Jazz upon its release. Take 6’s last release, in 2016, Believe (SRG/Universal) landed on six Billboard charts simultaneously.

Their wide array of fans can enjoy their performances on The Summit as part of the Soundstage concert series. The special debuts nationally on the public television network in April 2018. The impressive collaboration with The Manhattan Transfer was recorded at their show in Chicago during their 46-city 2017 tour “THE SUMMIT: The Manhattan Transfer Meets Take 6.” Gleefully for audiences, the repertoire includes songs neither band has ever recorded.

Take 6 has admirably and adeptly crossed most musical genres, from straight-ahead Jazz to Pop to adult R&B, doo wop to blues. Like a fine-tuned vocal orchestra (Alvin, bass; Khristian, baritone; Claude, Mark and Joel, tenors), the group continues to push the boundaries of creativity and musical genius with every new release, and with their ever-evolving live performances.

Any singer who aspires for vocal excellence cannot overlook the contributions these men have made to music. Take 6 has performed with and won praise from such luminaries as Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Ben E. King, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Al Jarreau, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, and Whitney Houston, to name a very few.

Some of the honors Take 6 has enjoyed over the past few years include being chosen as the first musical group to perform in Cuba at the normalization of relations between our two countries, and their induction into The Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Take 6 has come a long way from their days at Huntsville, Alabama’s Oakwood College where Claude McKnight formed the group as The Gentleman’s Estates Quartet in 1980. When tenor Mark Kibble heard the group rehearsing in the dorm, he joined in the harmonies and performed on stage that night. When Mervyn Warren joined shortly afterward, they took the name Alliance. Yet, when they signed to Reprise Records/Warner Bros. in 1987, they found that there was another group with the same name, so they became Take 6. Says McKnight: “Take 6 was all about a democratic process of sitting in a room together and throwing a couple of hundred names at each other and Take 6 was the one that got the most yay votes [laughing.] It pretty much was a play on the Take 5 jazz standard and the fact that there are six of us in the group, so it became Take 6.” Their self-titled debut CD won over jazz and pop critics, scored two 1988 Grammy Awards, landed in the Top Ten Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Contemporary Christian Charts — and they’ve never slowed down.

What makes the music and the group last this long? The answers are direct and simple: faith, friendship, respect, and love of music. The multi-platinum selling sextet says of their longevity, “We are family in the sense that we care deeply about each other, which helps keep us together. We have times when it gets tough, but we pull together because of the love and respect we have for one another. The group’s willingness to let members do other projects also adds to the brand and the cohesiveness of the group,” says Joey Kibble. Kibble is a motivational speaker and Alvin Chea does voiceover work session-singing on dozens of TV shows, feature films and commercials with his uniquely recognizable bass vocals. Two of the members have solo projects in the works, others produce outside acts, Mark Kibble arranges for A list artists and McKnight is working on a documentary. “It adds even more credibility and depth to the group as a whole, enriched by each of our outside skills and experiences,” Kibble adds.

GRAMMY AWARDS

2002: Best R&B Performance By A Duo or Group: Love’s In Need of Love Today
1997: Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Brothers
1992: Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Handel’s Messiah- A Soulful Celebration
1996: Best Pop Contemporary Gospel Album: Tribute- The Songs of Andrae Crouch
1994: Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: Join the Band
1991: Best Jazz Vocal: He Is Christmas
1990: Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album: So Much 2 Say
1989: Best Gospel Performance By A Duo or Group: The Savior Is Waiting
1988: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group: Spread Love
1988: Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo or Group: Take 6

评论家们对于Take 6的看法：

“……Take 6一直以来都忠于它们细腻的人声构成与极富光泽的福音和声，很少带给观众吃惊的感受。这对于粉丝们来说实则是好事，因为他们总能享受到一直处于*状态下的无伴奏合唱团所带来的美妙音乐，因为这种音乐总是在不出意外时*听。”

——The New York Times

“不论他们的演出是热烈活泼的还是沉静平和的，这六个人都是无伴奏合唱团界的光辉人物。”

——People

“Take 6无可挑剔的和声是一种魔力粉尘，它能使接触到它的所有歌曲都焕然一新。”

——Keyboard

圣诞歌曲评价

“这是一个由10次格莱美得主的六人无伴奏合唱团所演绎的全新圣诞专辑。快来看看他们演绎的doo-wop bebop版本的‘The Sugar Plum Dance’ ”。

——Ebony

“《The Most Wonderful Time of the Year》是近期*惹人喜爱的一张季度专辑！它是一段同爵士乐组合Take 6一同度过的美妙旅程。他们在形式上是*的……”

——JazzReview

“无伴奏合唱团是圣诞音乐中的美丽例外，而不是其中的规则——其实他们在大部分音乐中都是美丽例外，而不是作为规则存在的——但乐器的适当缺席确实能够令圣诞歌曲变得美妙。实际上，无伴奏合唱的形式令Take 6获得了‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’的殊荣……”

——All Music

“广为人知的无伴奏爵士合唱团Take 6看上去对他们的圣诞专辑《The Most Wonderful Time of the Year》中的旋律和情绪处理抱有真诚的热情。”

——DownBeat

从Bass Musician Magazine到Soul Tracks，再从AllAboutJazz和Black Grooves到X2THEL，Take 6斩获了多流派、多人数、多经济层的美誉。这证明了，好东西*是好东西！

注：换票时间始于入场时间前半小时，请各位观众安排好时间换票。