Mark Lettieri - Deep: The Baritone Sessions Vol. 2 (2021)

Well known for his tight, aggressively grooving brand of rhythm playing, whether in the service of the Grammy Award-winning band Snarky Puppy, the Fearless Flyers or on his six solo albums, guitarist Mark Lettieri has found the perfect algorithm for the funk. Merging the influences of '70s and '80s rhythm and rock guitar icons like Prince and Eddie Van Halen, along with inspiration from George Clinton and P-Funk, Chuckii Booker, Periphery, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, and others.

This Fort Worth, Texas resident has been insinuating his razor-sharp licks into the consciousness of funkateers since joining Snarky Puppy in 2008. Created during the pandemic, 'Deep: The Baritone Sessions Vol. 2' is a triumph of ingenuity built upon Lettieri's life-long love of funk and rock and showcases the breadth and depth of Lettieri's nasty, low-end brand of funk. The guitarist's Fearless Flyers bandmate, drummer Nate Smith, is also onboard for this cavalcade of groove, along with Bobby Sparks, Justin Stanton and such guests as vocal sensation Jacob Collier, former Prince drummer TaRon Lockett, Rascal Flatts pedal steel guitarist Travis Toy, French harmonica ace Frdric Yonnet, Lettuce and former John Scofield drummer Adam Deitch, Ghost-Note drummer Robert "Sput" Searight, Snarky Puppy keyboardist Shaun Martin, tenor saxophonist Keith Anderson, and special guest guitar soloist Steve Lukather.



Track List:
1. Red Dwarf. 4:43
2. Magnetar. 4:36
3. Pulsar. 4:10
4. Tidal Tail. 4:20
5. Voyager One. 5:53
6. Star Catchers. 5:37
7. Blue Straggler. 3:32
8. Nebulae. 5:01
9. Supernova. 6:00
10. Sublight. 2:42

- Mark Lettieri | baritone guitar, electric guitar, Big 6 electric guitar (2,4,10), Hammertone electric guitar (9), programming (1,5,9,10), bass guitar (3,5,7), synthesizeк (8,9), kid's toy (1)
- Justin Stanton | keyboards (1), synthesizer (3,6)
- Shaun Martin | rhodes (2), synthesizer (2), vovoder (2)
- Bobby Sparks II | Hammond B3 (4,5,9), minimoog (5,9), Prophet 5 (5), OB-Xa (5,9), ARP Ensemble (5), claviet D6 (5), CP70 (4), rhodes (4), mellotron (4,9), ARP Solina (4)
- Jason “JT” Thomas | drums (1,4,6,9), snare drum (10)
- Nate Smith | drums (5,7), percussion (5)
- Adam Deitch | drums (2), percussion (2)
- Robert “Sput” Searight | drums (3)
- TaRon Lockett | drums (8)
- Daric Bennett | bass guitar (1)
- Wes Stephenson | bass guitar (6)
- Braylon Lacy | bass guitar (8)
- Steve Lukather | electric guitar (solo) (6)
- Travis Toy | pedal steel guitar (7)
- Philip Lassiter | trumpet (6), horn arrangement (6)
- Sam Greenfield | tenor, saxophone (6)
- Doug DeHay | baritone saxophone (6)
- Kristian Persson | trombone (6)
- Frédéric Yonnet | harmonica (8)
- Jacob Collier | background vocals (7), vocal arrangement (7)

All songs written and produced by Mark Lettieri for Markus Justinius
Mixed by Maxwell Star, except for “Sublight,” mixed by Joey Lomas
Mastered by Marko Schneider


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