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Take 6: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
By Track review of "The Sugarplum Dance (Dance of The Sugarplum Fairy)"Most outstanding among the 10 selections is the group's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy," from The Nutcracker Suite (1892). Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn dealt successfully with the same material in 1960, and Take 6 extends the music's evolution to the 21st Century. Hip, modern, yet very much in the nostalgia vernacular, Mark Kibble's arrangement takes full advantage of the group's impeccable tone and time as well as the individual talents of the singers to both scat and solo with vocalese. The disc could have only benefited by more music this fine.
Personnel
Take 6
band / ensemble / orchestraAlvin Chea: vocals; Cedric Dent: vocals; Joey Kibble: vocals; Mark Kibble: vocals; Claude V. McKnight III: vocals; David Thomas: vocals.
Album information
Title: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Heads Up International
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About Take 6
Instrument: Band / ensemble / orchestra
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