The Standard par Take 6 - Uhune

ALBUM

There are two ways to interpret the title of the famed multiple Grammy- and Dove Award-winning vocal group's debut on Heads Up Records. First and most obviously, it's a reference to the way they have been setting high bars in the jazz and gospel worlds for 20 years, scoring as many Grammys as Doves (ten) with their beautiful and snazzy vocal textures. Then of course there's the wonderful choice of classic jazz material, ranging from their whistle and fingersnappin' approach to "Sweet Georgia Brown" to Nat King Cole's exuberant suggestion to "Straighen Up and Fly Right" and Ella Fitzgerald's "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," featuring her own charming vocals from a session done in 1938! In taking a traditional jazz approach to some of the Great American Songbook's foundational treasures, the sextet ensemble has had so many guest artists they could temporarily be dubbed Take 7, 8, or 9. Besides bringing back Ella, they've got George Benson's snappy lead vocals and crisp guitar lines on the Cole song; the vocal zigzags of Al Jarreau and lyricist Jon Hendricks on Hendricks' classic "Seven Steps to Heaven" (which also features the cool flugelhorn of Till Brönner); and a wistful Aaron Neville on the geographically appropriate "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" Group member Claude McKnight's famous vocalist brother Brian McKnight gets in on the grooving gospel of "What's Going On?" Beyond the all-stars, Take 6 also discovers some new talent with Shelea Frazier, who wrings every ounce of emotion out of a touching "Someone to Watch Over Me" with the help of Roy Hargrove. "Shall We Gather at the River" and the Quincy Jones/Jeremy Lubbock wordless seduction "Grace," remind us of Take 6's gospel roots, and a witty twist on the Sesame Street standard "Bein' Green" makes it suddenly cool and environmentally proper to be that color. The track features colorful new lyrics by the family of the song's composer, the late Joe Raposo. True to the album's title, Take 6 sets a new standard of creativity on their latest disc.
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1. Sweet Georgia Brown

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Kenneth Casey Sr.
Ben Bernie
Maceo Pinkard; Compositeur

2. Straighten Up And Fly Right

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Nat King Cole
Irving Mills; Compositeur

3. Seven Steps To Heaven

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Miles Davis
Victor Stanley Feldman; Compositeur

4. Windmills Of Your Mind

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Michel Legrand
Marilyn Bergman
Alan Bergman; Compositeur

5. Someone To Watch Over Me

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin; Compositeur

6. Grace (Pre-prise)

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Jeremy Lubbock
Quincy Jones; Compositeur

7. Back To You

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Claude Mcknight
Victoria Venier; Compositeur

8. A Tisket A Tasket

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Ella Fitzgerald
Van Alexander; Compositeur

9. Bein' Green

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Joe Raposo; Compositeur

10. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Louis Alter
Edgar Delange; Compositeur

11. What's Going On

Artiste Vedette: Brian Mcknight; Interprète principal
Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Marvin Gaye
Renaldo Benson
Al Cleveland; Compositeur

12. Shall We Gather At The River

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Robert Lowry; Compositeur

13. Grace

Artiste Principal: Take 6; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Jeremy Lubbock
Quincy Jones; Compositeur

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13 titres disponibles

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ALBUM

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Médias numériques

Durée

45 minutes et 52 secondes

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Genres

Pop/Rock, Jazz, Contemporain pour adultes, Jazz vocal, Vocal, Pop traditionnelle, Smooth Jazz, Chrétien, Gospel contemporain, Christian R&B

Label

Heads Up

Service de distribution de musique

UMG Global

Pays

États-Unis

Langue

Anglais (États-Unis)

Popularité

Date de sortie

29 sept. 2008

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53361314224