Editing Take 6 (section)

{{Short description|American a cappella gospel sextet}}
{{for|the card game previously published as 'Take 6!'|6 nimmt!}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name              = Take 6
| image             = Take 6 performs at the White House.jpg
| caption           = Take 6 performs for U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] and First Lady [[Laura Bush]] during a Black Music Month celebration at the White House in 2001
| image_size        = 
| landscape         = yes
| background        = group_or_band
| origin            = [[Huntsville, Alabama]], U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Gospel music|Gospel]]
* [[Urban contemporary gospel|urban gospel]]
* [[vocal jazz]]
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
* [[contemporary Christian music]]
}}
| instrument        = [[a cappella|Voice]] ([[scat singing|vocal bass]], [[vocal percussion]], [[mouth trumpet]])
| years_active      = 1980–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Warner Alliance]]|[[Reprise Records|Reprise]]|[[Heads Up International|Heads Up]]|Sono}}
| associated_acts   = 
| website           = {{URL|www.take6.com/}}
| current_members   =
* Alvin Chea
* Khristian Dentley
* Joey Kibble
* Mark Kibble
* Claude V. McKnight III
* David Thomas
| past_members    = 
* Cedric Dent
* [[Mervyn Warren]]
}}

'''Take 6''' is an American [[a cappella]] [[gospel music|gospel]] [[sextet]] formed in 1980 on the campus of [[Oakwood University|Oakwood College]] in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].<ref name="time">{{cite news |last=Ostling |first=Richard N. |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957270-1,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105163342/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957270-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |title=Religion: Evangelism And All That Jazz |publisher=TIME |date=March 20, 1989 |access-date =May 23, 2014}}</ref> The group integrates [[jazz]] with spiritual and inspirational lyrics. Take 6 has received several [[Grammy Awards]] as well as [[Dove Award]]s, a [[Soul Train Award]] and nominations for the [[NAACP Image Award]]. 

The band has worked with [[Ray Charles]], [[Joe Sample]], [[Nnenna Freelon]], [[Gordon Goodwin]], [[Don Henley]], [[Whitney Houston]], [[Al Jarreau]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[k.d. lang]], [[Queen Latifah]], [[The Manhattan Transfer]], [[Johnny Mathis]], [[Brian McKnight]], [[Luis Miguel]], [[Marcus Miller]], [[Joe Sample]], [[Ben Tankard]], [[Randy Travis]], [[CeCe Winans]], [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Jacob Collier]]. All original members grew up in the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]].<ref name="time" />