MARK LETTIERI | Volume 11 | #32

Volume 11

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You might know Mark Lettieri from Snarky Puppy, The Fearless Flyers, The Mark Lettieri Group or maybe even one of the hundreds of recordings he's in (literally). As a seasoned session and touring guitarist, he is a five-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a composer, producer, and instructor based in Fort Worth, TX. With Snarky Puppy, a critically acclaimed jazz fusion band, he acts as one of the band leaders as well as a writer, arranger, session player, and touring member. His work with the group has resulted in five Grammy Awards: Best R&B Performance for "Something" feat. Lalah Hathaway in 2014, and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (Sylva in 2016, Culcha Vulcha in 2017, Live at the Royal Albert Hall in 2021, and Empire Central in 2023). With The Fearless Flyers, an instrumental funk band, Mark teams up with Cory Wong, Nate Smith, and Joe Dart. He's participated in five releases to date: The Fearless Flyers (2018), The Fearless Flyers II (2019), Tailwinds (2020), Live at Madison Square Garden (2021), The Fearless Flyers III (2022), and The Fearless Flyers IV (2024). The band is a regular presence on the jazz and jam-band festival scene. As the leader of the Mark Lettieri Group, he has released nine albums: Knows (2011), Futurefun (2013), Spark and Echo (2016) Deep: The Baritone Sessions in (2019), Things of That Nature (2019), Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2 (2021), Fly Through It (EP, 2022), Out by Midnight: Live at the Iridium (2023) and most recently, Can I Tell You Something? (2024). Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2 earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, giving Lettieri his first nomination as a solo artist. As a sideman, Lettieri has performed and/or recorded with a myriad of artists including Erykah Badu, David Crosby, Kirk Franklin, The Jacksons, Fred Hammond, Tori Kelly, 50 Cent, Ledisi, Tamela Mann, Lecrae, Lupe Fiasco, Keyshia Cole, Xzibit, Anthony Evans, Phillip Phillips, Nelly, Chrisette Michele, Myron Butler, and even alongside comedians Dave Chappelle and Harry Shearer. Mark has also achieved the feat of having his own PRS signature guitar: the PRS Fiore. Follow our socials:

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