Different voices, styles blend together in music of Take 6
Written by Marty Gasper
Monday, 05 November 2007
KALAMAZOO -- Bass singer Alvin Chea of the vocal group Take 6 was calling during a break in a Nashville, Tenn., studio session.
"We're recording a track for a new movie coming out next year,'' Chea, 39, said of a song for the film "Sweetwater,'' starring Robert DeNiro and Richard Dreyfuss. The male sextet was also rehearsing for a Christmas show scheduled for the Armed Forces Network.
Those are just two of numerous musical avenues of Take 6 -- a jazz/R&B/gospel/a cappella group with more than a dozen of its own award-winning CDs. The singers have a resume stuffed with work on film and TV scores, commercials and other artists' recordings. On Friday, the group performs at Miller Auditorium in Kalamazoo.
