Mark Whitfield

Mark Whitfield (born October 6, 1966) is an American jazz guitarist.

Mark Whitfield
Newport Jazz Festival, 2006
Background information
Birth nameMark Adrian Whitfield
Born(1966-10-06)October 6, 1966
Lindenhurst, New York, U.S.
GenresJazz, soul jazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar
LabelsWarner Bros., Verve
Websitewww.markwhitfield.com

Life and career

Whitfield was born in Lindenhurst, New York. He has worked with Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Courtney Pine, Nicholas Payton, and Chris Botti.[1]

In 2000, Whitfield released an instructional guitar video titled Mark Whitfield: Star Licks Master Sessions[2] for Star Licks Productions. In 2017, he shot a series of instructional videos entitled Mark Whitfield: Land the Gig.[3]

Discography

As leader

  • The Marksman (Warner Bros., 1990)
  • Patrice (Warner Bros., 1991)
  • Mark Whitfield (Warner Bros., 1993)
  • True Blue (Verve, 1994)
  • 7th Ave. Stroll (Verve, 1995)
  • Raw (Transparent Music 2000)
  • Featuring Panther (Dirty Soap, 2005)
  • Mark Whitfield and the Groove Masters (Vega, 2006)
  • Grace (Marksman, 2017)
  • Live & Uncut (Chesky, 2017)

As sideman

References

  1. Yanow, Scott. "Mark Whitfield". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. "Showtimes, reviews, trailers, news and more - MSN Movies". msn.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  3. "Mark Whitfield: Land the Gig! -TAGA Publishing's Online Course". tagapublishing.com. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
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