He Is Christmas

by Take 6

Overview

This CD finds the somewhat miraculous a cappella sextet Take 6 emphasizing the religious side of the holiday season. One of the world's only gospel jazz groups, Take 6 uses advanced harmonies and sophisticated improvisations while always keeping "the message" in the forefront. However, this Christmas set is rather brief (just 35½ minutes) and, even with a few highlights (the Yellowjackets' guest appearance on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and a drum machine used to humorous effect on the bizarre "'Twas Da Nite"), the results are not all that essential. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	09/10/1991
Label:	Reprise
UPC:	0075992666527
Rank:	55335

Tracks

1. Silent Night
2. Oh! He Is Christmas
3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
4. Away in a Manger
5. Amen
6. The Little Drummer Boy
7. 'twas da Nite
8. Sweet Little Jesus Boy
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
10. O Come All Ye Faithful

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Take 6   Primary Artist
Alvin Love III   Primary Artist
Yellowjackets   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Christina Blair   Primary Artist
Mark Kibble   Sampling,Sequencing
Cedric Dent   Voices
Jet Penix   Sampling,Sequencing
Jonathan Hamilton   Voices,Spoken Word,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part

Technical Credits

Felix Mendelssohn   Composer
Take 6   Producer
Charles Wesley   Composer
Franz Gruber   Composer
Russell Ferrante   Rhythm Arrangements
Joseph Mohr   Composer
Mark Kibble   Arranger
Warren Peterson   Engineer
Mike McCarthy   Mixing,Engineer
Ken Love   Mastering
Henry Onorati   Composer
John Francis Wade   Composer
Yellowjackets   Performer
Cedric Dent   Arranger
Frederick Oakeley   Composer
Joey Kibble   Arranger
Katherine K. Davis   Composer
Public Domain   Composer
Harry Simeone   Composer
Larry Jefferies   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Laura LiPuma   Design,Art Direction
Shauna Randolph   Assistant Producer,Production Assistant
Amos D. Chea   Translation
James R. Murray   Composer
Robert Charles   Engineer
Robert McGimsey   Composer
Laura LiPuma-Nash   Design,Art Direction
David Thomas   Arranger
Larry Jeffries   Engineer
Steve Ledet   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Martin Ansolabehere   Illustrations
Steve Ladet   Engineer
Claude V. McKnight III   Composer,Arranger
Greg Parker   Mixing
John Reading   Composer
Alvin Chea   Arranger
Traditional   Composer