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Mark Whitfield (c. 1967) is an American hard bop and soul-jazz guitarist born in Syosset, New York, probably better known for his recordings as bandleader for both the Verve and Warner Bros. Records record labels. He has worked with Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Courtney Pine and Nicholas Payton, Chris Botti, among others. Mark Whitfield graduated from Boston's Berklee College of Music, the institute for the study of Jazz and modern American music, in the Spring of 1987 having studied composition and arranging as well as all styles of guitar performance. Upon graduation, he returned to his native New York to embark on a career as a jazz guitarist that afforded him the opportunity to collaborate with many artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Clark Terry, Jimmy Smith, Carmen McRae, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Jack McDuff, Betty Carter, Shirley Horn, Ray Charles, Gladys Knight, Burt Bacharach, Joe Williams, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Stanley Turrentine and his greatest teacher and mentor George Benson.
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Songs of Wonder [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Superstition | 4:15 |
Christmas by the Bay [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 4:56 |
New York for Lovers [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Spring In Manhattan | 4:22 |
A Jazz Romance: A Night in with Verve [2001]
Song | Duration |
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It Never Entered My Mind | 5:50 |
Forever Love [1997]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Know What Love Is | 6:53 |
My One and Only Love | 4:42 |
It Never Entered My Mind | 5:49 |
Early Autumn | 6:11 |
Jazziz: March 1997 [1997]
Song | Duration |
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You Don't Know What Love Is |
Jazz for Joy: A Verve Christmas Album [1996]
Song | Duration |
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The Christmas Song | 4:38 |
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | 4:40 |
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 5:29 |
7th Ave. Stroll [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Spring in Manhattan | 4:21 |
Guitar Tribute to the Beatles: Come Together [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Come Together | 4:51 |
Mark Whitfield [1993]
Song | Duration |
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You Know What I Like | 5:42 |
More Than You Know | 4:00 |
The Marksman [1990]
Song | Duration |
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In a Sentimental Mood | 7:53 |
There Is No Greater Love | 7:47 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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Spring in Manhattan | 4:19 |
There Is No Greater Love | 7:47 |
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