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

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guitarist.

Life and career

Whitfield was born in

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. He has worked with Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith,

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, and

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

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) * ''Soul Conversation'' ith JK(Transparent Music, 2000) * ''Raw'' ive(Transparent Music, 2000) * ''Trio Paradise'' (Vega p 2004) * ''Mark Whitfield Featuring Panther'' (Dirty Soap, 2005) * ''Mark Whitfield & The Groove Masters'' (Vega p 2006) * ''Songs of Wonder'' (Marksman, 2009) * ''Grace'' (Marksman, 2016) * ''Live & Uncut'' (Chesky, 2017)

As sideman

* Carl Allen, ''Testimonial'' (Atlantic, 1995) *

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, ''Sean Ardoin 'n' ZydeKool'' (ZydeKool Records, 1999) *

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, ''My Generation'' (Impulse!, 1996) *

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, ''Seven Sisters'' (Beta Radio, 2011) * Pat Bianchi, ''East Coast Roots'' (Jazzed Media, 2006) *

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, ''No More Drama'' (MCA, 2001) *

, ''In Boston'' (Decca, 2009) * D'Angelo, ''Brown Sugar'' (EMI, 1995) *

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, ''Grace'' (Jazz Legacy Productions, 2010) *

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, ''Blue On the D.L.'' (HighNote, 2002) *

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, ''Full Circle'' (Sweet Basil, 1990) * Donald Harrison/

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, ''Black Pearl'' (Columbia, 1988) * Conrad Herwig, ''Obligation'' (Criss Cross, 2005) *

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, ''Easy Does It'' (Palmetto, 2003) * Javon Jackson, ''Have You Heard'' (Palmetto, 2005) *

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, ''Refugee'' (Zoho, 2007) * Peter Martin, ''New Stars from New Orleans'' (Paddle Wheel

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1994) *

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, ''Fingerpainting'' (Verve, 1997) * Christian McBride, '' For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver'' (

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, 2020) *

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, ''Bringin' It Home'' (Concord Jazz, 1999) * Sarah McKenzie, ''Paris in the Rain'' (Impulse!, 2017) *

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, ''To Grover with Love'' (ARTizen, 2006) *

, ''From This Moment'' (Verve, 1995) *

, '' Modern Day Jazz Stories'' (Verve, 1995) * Courtney Pine, ''

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'' (Verve, 1997) * Jimmy Smith, '' Damn!'' (Verve, 1995) * Jimmy Smith, '' Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams'' (Verve, 1996) *

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, ''Here to Stay'' (JVC, 1997) *

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, ''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

2000) * Joe Zawinul Syndicate/Mark Whitfield Quartet/

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Quartet, ''A-013'' ive(Jazz A Go-Go oland 1995)

References

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