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Grammy Award winning, Take 6 launched their career by singing traditional spirituals and newly composed gospel material. They released their self-titled debut album in 1988, and spent the next two decades crafting a series of records that defied easy categorization but instead embraced a broad cross-section of styles - soul, gospel, R&B, pop, jazz and more. Although they have enlisted the help of session musicians along the way, the greatest strength of their recordings has been - and continues to be - their richly layered and masterful vocal harmonies. Their talent, hard work and Christian faith has earned them their place as one of the most enduring and best-loved groups in all a cappella.

Never content to rest on their substantial laurels, Take 6 continues to grow and evolve. Take 6 founding member, Claude McKnight says, "The fact that we're going outside of what we would normally do, and including some jazz standards in this collection, leads us to believe that we can go outside of the traditional Take 6 listener and bring some other people into the party that we've been having for twenty years."

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