Mark Whitfield Jr

Mark Whitfield Jr. is a New York based jazz drummer and the son of guitarist Mark Whitfield, with whom he first performed as a child. He built his reputation as an in-demand sideman on the modern jazz scene, working with players such as Kenny Garrett and Nicholas Payton. In 2014 he earned a Grammy nomination as part of the ensemble on Garrett's album Pushing the World Away. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, where he finished with honors in 2011, he later pursued a master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music. He also recorded with the Whitfield family band on his father's 2017 album Grace, and is an endorsing artist for Canopus drums.