Men's Groups - Take 6: The Standard (2008 CD)

< Previous | Next >

Email a Friend

Listen to samples or view excerpts for this product.

A Tisket A Tasket

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans

Shall We Gather At The River

Straighten Up And Fly Right

Windmills Of Your Soul

Take 6: The Standard (2008 CD)

Be the first to review this product

A cappella powerhouse Take 6 marks a new jazz vocal milestone with the September 30, 2008, release of The Standard, their debut on Heads Up International with a recording of mostly jazz (and some R&B) standards, including "Straighten Up and Fly Right," "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," "Someone To Watch Over Me," "What's Going On" and "Windmills of Your Mind."

The Standard showcases a new jazz-influenced approach for the group. "While we sing lyrics that always exemplify our spiritual and moral convictions, what we really are at the core is a jazz vocal group," says David Thomas, a member of the Take 6 lineup since 1985. "So we decided to do an album of jazz standards, a record that will stand up as the jazz vocal album for all time." (Notes taken from the group's website)

THIS RECORDING IS NOT COMPLETELY A CAPPELLA - IT INCLUDES SOME GREAT INSTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT!!

Songlist:

1. Sweet Georgia Brown
2. Straighten Up And Fly Right
  featuring George Benson
3. Seven Steps To Heaven
  featuring Jon Hendricks, Al Jarreau, and Till Bronner
4. Windmills Of Your Mind
5. Someone To Watch Over Me
6. Grace (pre-prise)
7. Back To You
8. A Tisket A Tasket
  featuring Ella Fitzgerald
9. Bein Green
10. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
  featuring Aaron Neville
11. What's Going On
  featuring Brian McKnight
12. Shall We Gather At The River
13. Grace