Mark Whitfield
{{Short description|American jazz guitarist (born 1966)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| caption = Newport Jazz Festival, 2006
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Mark Adrian Whitfield
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|10|6}}
| birth_place = Lindenhurst, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Guitar
| years_active =
| label = Warner Bros., Verve
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| website = {{URL|www.markwhitfield.com}}
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Mark Whitfield (born October 6, 1966) is an American jazz guitarist.
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.{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=Mark Whitfield |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-whitfield-mn0000846488/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=14 January 2019 }}
In 2000, Whitfield released an instructional guitar video titled Mark Whitfield: Star Licks Master Sessions{{cite web|url=http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-synopsis/star-licks-master-sessions-mark-whitfield/|title=Showtimes, reviews, trailers, news and more - MSN Movies|work=msn.com|access-date=July 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923122921/http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-synopsis/star-licks-master-sessions-mark-whitfield/|archive-date=September 23, 2012|url-status=dead}} for Star Licks Productions. In 2017, he shot a series of instructional videos entitled Mark Whitfield: Land the Gig.{{Cite web |url=https://tagapublishing.com/course/mark-whitfield-land-gig/ |title=Mark Whitfield: Land the Gig! -TAGA Publishing's Online Course |website=tagapublishing.com |access-date=2018-03-09}}
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)
- Forever Love (Verve, 1997)
- Raw (Transparent Music, 2000)
- Mark Whitfield Featuring Panther (Dirty Soap, 2005)
- Songs of Wonder (Marksman, 2009)
- Grace (Marksman, 2016)
- Live & Uncut (Chesky, 2017)
=As sideman=
- Carl Allen, Testimonial (Atlantic, 1995)
- Sean Ardoin, Sean Ardoin 'n' ZydeKool (ZydeKool Records, 1999)
- Teodross Avery, My Generation (Impulse!, 1996)
- Beta Radio, Seven Sisters (Beta Radio, 2011)
- Pat Bianchi, East Coast Roots (Jazzed Media, 2006)
- Mary J. Blige, No More Drama (MCA, 2001)
- Chris Botti, In Boston (Decca, 2009)
- D'Angelo, Brown Sugar (EMI, 1995)
- Michael Dease, Grace (Jazz Legacy Productions, 2010)
- Russell Gunn, Blue On the D.L. (HighNote, 2002)
- Donald Harrison, Full Circle (Sweet Basil, 1990)
- Donald Harrison/Terence Blanchard, Black Pearl (Columbia, 1988)
- Conrad Herwig, Obligation (Criss Cross, 2005)
- Javon Jackson, Easy Does It (Palmetto, 2003)
- Javon Jackson, Have You Heard (Palmetto, 2005)
- Kirk Lightsey, Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar Music, 2022)
- Hector Martignon, Refugee (Zoho, 2007)
- Peter Martin, New Stars from New Orleans (Paddle Wheel [Japan], 1994)
- Christian McBride, Fingerpainting (Verve, 1997)
- Christian McBride, For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (Mack Avenue, 2020)
- Brother Jack McDuff, Bringin' It Home (Concord Jazz, 1999)
- Sarah McKenzie, Paris in the Rain (Impulse!, 2017)
- Jason Miles, To Grover with Love (ARTizen, 2006)
- Nicholas Payton, From This Moment (Verve, 1995)
- Courtney Pine, Modern Day Jazz Stories (Verve, 1995)
- Courtney Pine, Underground (Verve, 1997)
- Jimmy Smith, Damn! (Verve, 1995)
- Jimmy Smith, Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams (Verve, 1996)
- Special EFX, Here to Stay (JVC, 1997)
- Sy Smith, Sometimes a Rose Will Grow in Concrete (Psyko!, 2018)
- Camille Thurman, Inside the Moment (Chesky, 2017)
- Cedar Walton, Roots (Astor Place, 1999)
- Ernie Watts, The Long Road Home (JVC, 1996)
- James Williams, Classic Encounters! (DIW [Japan], 2000)
- Joe Zawinul Syndicate/Mark Whitfield Quartet/Wallace Roney Quartet, A-013 [live] (Jazz A Go-Go [Poland], 1995)
References
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Category:20th-century American guitarists
Category:21st-century American guitarists
Category:American jazz guitarists
Category:People from Lindenhurst, New York