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This episode of The Jazz Session is sponsored by the TD James Moody Jazz Festival at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. The festival runs from November 3 through 19 and features a who's who of talent from the jazz world and beyond. Performers include Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap; Take 6; Abdullah Ibrahim; Gladys Knight; Dave Grusin; Cyrus Chestnut; Steve Turre; Christian McBride with Savion Glover; and many more. Tickets and a full schedule of performances are available at https://njpac.org. This episode features interviews with Abdullah Ibrahim, Bill Charlap, Claude McKnight from Take 6, and Dave Grusin. PATREON Become a Patreon supporter for $5 a month to get a bonus show called This I Dig Of You, on which the guest from the main episode talks about something non-musical that's bringing them joy. Please note that there is no bonus show for this sponsored episode. You'll also get early access to every episode, a thank you on an episode, and behind-the-scenes news. Join at https://patreon.com/thejazzsession. CREDITS Theme Music: The Respect Sextet (respectsextet.com) Logo: Sarah Walter Intro Voice: Chuck Ingersoll (hearchucknow.com)
Claude McKnight was born into a very musical family in NYC. The family moved to Buffalo where Claude started his musical journey, first in his grandfather's church choir and then in school learning to play the trombone. This early training along with the eclectic albums that his parents had in the home helped shape and strengthen his ear towards a love for jazz, big band and A Capella music. High school and college furthered the quest for singing in small groups, specifically with his 3 brothers first and then in college starting his own quartet. This college quartet would be the platform for what would become the Grammy award winning vocal sextet, Take 6. Claude also coaches vocalists all over the world, with his “Building Blocks of the Song Stylist” online classes, and is a budding filmmaker as well. Twitter: https://twitter.com/claudiemac Movember Mo: https://movember.com/t/the-league-of-extraordinary-mobros?mc=1 It's Men's Month on Survive to Thrive! Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share!
Live from Sound Cell recording we have Doug Smith! You don't want to miss this. We haven't been in this studio since 1989. Check out soundcell.com for more information about Sound Cell Recording Studios.
Discussing what we and others can do now, during the pandemic, and afterward to keep young people healthy and pointed in constructive directions. With special guests Dr. Cedric Dent and Nia Morris.
Claude McKnight talks to Tom about his 35 year career with the multi Grammy Award winning a cappella gospel sextet, Take 6. This episode is brought to you by Modal Electronics, who make beautiful, innovative and powerful synthesisers. You can enjoy vibrant wavetable patches with their ARGON8 series. You can produce state-of-the-art analogue-style synth textures with their COBALT8 series. Go to modalelectronics.com to check out their incredible array of synthesisers.
8x Grammy winner Claude McKnight from the A Capella vocal group Take 6 comes on to chat about being from a musical family (Brian McKnight), and his work with Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Dr. Dre & more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deepergrooves/message
On this episode of the Spread Love Podcast, we have Cheryl Bentyne and Janis Siegel of the 10x GRAMMY Award Winning, The Manhattan Transfer!
On this episode of the Aca-Education Podcast, Justin speaks with Claude McKnight, the 10 time GRAMMY Award Winner and Founding Member of the legendary vocal group, Take 6. Claude shares stories from his career, which spans over 30 years, and offers some sage wisdom and advice to all! Opening- Evergreen Voiceover Aca-Education Podcast Theme Composed by Mayta Cohen Arranged by Mayta Cohen and Saul De Anda Mixed by Tehillah Alphonso Soprano, Mezzo, Alto: Mayta Cohen Tenor, Baritone: Michael Stolar Bass: Yonatan Konstantine Vocal Percussion: Saul De Anda Resources: Take 6 Official Website --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/acaedpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/acaedpodcast/support
On this episode of the Aca-Education Podcast, Justin speaks with Claude McKnight, the 10 time GRAMMY Award Winner and Founding Member of the legendary vocal group, Take 6. Claude shares stories from his career, which spans over 30 years, and offers some sage wisdom and advice to all! Opening- Evergreen Voiceover Aca-Education Podcast Theme Composed by Mayta Cohen Arranged by Mayta Cohen and Saul De Anda Mixed by Tehillah Alphonso Soprano, Mezzo, Alto: Mayta Cohen Tenor, Baritone: Michael Stolar Bass: Yonatan Konstantine Vocal Percussion: Saul De Anda Resources: Take 6 Official Website --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/acaedpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/acaedpodcast/support
Claude V. McKnight, III is a Jazz, R&B, and Gospel Music Singer, as well as the founding member of the award-winning a cappella performing group Take 6. Claude was born on October 2, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York to Claude Jr. and Elaine. He was the oldest of four boys (the others being Fred, Mike, and Brian). He lived and grew up primarily in Buffalo and Orlando. He received his earliest musical influences in Buffalo, mostly from his grandfather, Fred Willis Sr., who was the choir director at his church. His earliest musical memories are from going to rehearsal with his mom every Friday night. He was able to learn parts and harmonize and see how his grandfather was able to lead a group of people. While in fourth grade, McKnight decided that he would learn to play the trombone, although he found it cumbersome. Playing the trombone, however, enabled him to start training his ear for his future musical career. He played trombone throughout high school, and after his sophomore year, his family moved to Orlando, Florida, where he continued to play and sing in the chorus. At that time, one of his goals was to play in the Tonight Show band with Doc Severinson. McKnight also played basketball in school, and upon graduation had to make the choice of going to school to play ball, or to pursue music. Instead, he chose to attend Oakwood College, his parents' alma mater, despite the college not being known for its music or athletic programs at that time. His youngest brother Brian is also a musician. One of the first things he did during his freshman year was to put together a freshman quartet, singing mostly barbershop style harmonies. A story goes that Mark Kibble came into a bathroom where they were rehearsing and added a fifth part to what they were doing, and subsequently joined the group. From there, Mervyn Warren joined the group, making it a sextet. Over the years, people came and went from the group as students graduated, but from 1985 the group has had primarily the same lineup, apart from Joey Kibble replacing Mervyn Warren in 1991. In addition to starting Take 6, he has also been involved in producing, writing, and doing voice-over work.
This is the second English episode of this music education podcast and a conversation with Claude McKnight, founder of the legendary a cappella group Take 6. We talked about musical learning, about the goal to be as authentic as possible when making and teaching music, about vulnerability and communication in groups… If you are interested in listening to another English episode after this one, scroll down to 16. März 2020!
I am extremely excited to welcome the incredible Singer/Songwriter/ Arranger and co-creator of the legendary vocal group Take 6. Mark Kibble is the first tenor for the singing group Take 6, which he formed along with Claude McKnight, in 1980. Mark has played an important role in the development of the group's sound not only as a vocalist but as an arranger. During their career the group has sold millions of recordings and has won countless awards including ten Grammy Awards.
We realized that we haven’t physically seen each other in over 4 months! With that in mind, we’d like to hang out this evening and “check in” ...with each other.
We're extremely excited to welcome JE Jupiter Soul. He's bringing us two FIRE remixes of Spread Love for the #SpreadLove2020Challenge.
Next up! Join us on this Spread Love episode with one of our oldest and dearest musical friends...”Butter” We’ll talk all about the #SpreadLove2020Challenge as well as our friendship over the years.
ENCORE Episode! Faith, friendship, respect, and love of music have kept Take 6 together all these years! Join hosts Randy Thomas and Anita Gevinson with Claude McKnight, lead singer of Take 6, to see what it's like to belong to the most awarded a cappella group in history. Ten GRAMMYs plus having recorded and/or performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, and countless others. Take 6's album Iconic hit #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart. Check them out here: https://take6.com
Claude McKnight, who is a founding and current member of the Grammy Award winning jazz & gospel group Take 6, joins us as our very special guest to discuss his noteworthy journey in music including how Take 6 was formed and how they continue to be successful after 30 years of creating award winning music. Claude shares extremely enlightening insight on how artists need to build a foundation in order to navigate the music industry while also remaining authentic in the process. Finally, his phenomenal experiences of working with Quincy Jones as well as Dr. Dre are just some examples of the many extraordinary moments that Claude highlights in our informative and engaging conversation. To learn more about Claude McKnight & Take 6, visit, follow, listen & buy music at: Website: www.take6.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003654723140 IG: @claudiemac Twitter: @claudiemac
Faith, friendship, respect, and love of music have kept Take 6 together all these years! Join hosts Randy Thomas and Anita Gevinson with Claude McKnight, lead singer of Take 6, to see what it’s like to belong to the most awarded a cappella group in history. Ten GRAMMYs plus having recorded and/or performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, and countless others. Take 6’s album Iconic just hit #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart. Take 6, on tour for the summer both here and abroad.
Claude McKnight, the brother of Singer Brian McKnight, is a member of Take 6! Take 6 have just released what is sure to be another GRAMMY contender, the newest CD ICONIC (SRG/Universal). 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, for whom they will be performing throughout the year. They recently made their Soundstage (PBS) debut alongside The Manhattan Transfer. The new recording, ICONIC, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart, is composed of 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
Brother D. N Sister A. of the PraisEluJAH Radio-SHOW sits down with Claude McKnight of Take 6 to Discuss the the Festival of Praise Tour - ( A. tour Produced by Fred Hammond ).
Host Deardra Shuler interviews Claude McKnight of the a cappella sextet TAKE 6. Other members are, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea, and Khristian Dentley) known for their roots in gospel, doo wop, and American jazz singing Take 6, released their self-titled first album, Take 6, in 1998 which went Platinum, reaching the top ten in both the Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Contemporary Christian charts, winning them 3 GRAMMY Awards and 3 Dove Awards for their swinging, harmony-rich vocals. They have been honored with ultiple GRAMMY,Dove, Soul Train, and NAACP Image awards and nominations, for 7 consecutive years. Their 2016 release Believe, reached the top ten for both the gospel and jazz charts. Take 6 is part of the Festival of Praise concert tour entitled “Texture of a Man” that will appear at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx on Sunday, April 29th at 6pm. This year will mark the fourth year of the FESTIVAL OF PRAISE TOUR. Part of the lineup includes Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, James Fortune, Pastor Charles Jenkins as well as Take 6. This is certain to be an outstanding show so if you love gospel get your tickets by calling the Lehman Center Box office at 718-960-8833or online at www.Lehmancenter.org.
Guests are author Mickey Stevenson, Take 6's Claude McKnight and pop singer Tinashe.
VIEW FOR EPISODE DETAILS HERE The "virtual lounge" is open and Ty and Nick have Georgia on their minds. This Beats and Eats episode is all about the music of the great Ray Charles. The dynamic duo welcome Claude McKnight, founder of 10-time Grammy winning group TAKE 6 to the show. McKnight talks about performing in "Georgia On My Mind" a musical tribute to Charles now playing at The Venetian in Las Vegas. McKnight talks about the legacy of Charles as well as what it's like to take on those classic hits! Plus Ray and Gelso have their famous top 5! If you love any kind of music, don't miss this "happy hour" for the mind. If you'd like to inquire about hiring CLNS Radio and/or Beats and Eats to represent your brand, by emceeing your next function, please email our professional sales staff at info@clnsradio.com OR you can call our business offices at 570-814-4424.
TAKE 6 Founder Claude McKnight talks about their Christmas Show
The most awarded vocal group in history (10 Grammy Awards, 10 Dove Awards, a Soul Train Award, and more) celebrates their 25th Anniversary! Take 6 (Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley), heralded by Quincy Jones as the "baddest vocal cats on the planet!', is the quintessential a cappela group and model for vocal genius. Six virtuosic voices united in crystal clear harmony, against a backdrop of syncopated rhythms, innovative arrangements, and funky grooves that bubble into an intoxicating brew of gospel, jazz, R&B, and pop. With praise from such luminaries as Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and Whitney Houston, the mult