Mark Lanter, MM University of Alabama, BA Music University of Alabama at Birmingham, musician, drum set, vocalist, educator, author, producer, mentor, and wilderness enthusiast has been a working musician for decades with a steady schedule of touring, recording, and teaching. 

 Currently, he tours nationwide performing with the Black Jacket Symphony, Eat a Peach, Bonus Round, Heavy Early, The Crimson Quartet, as well as hosting his own concert series, The Maverick Lounge Series, featuring a live “Rocumentary” performances of select icons of popular art music. His most recent published recordings include Sam Pointer’s What Good is Money (2021), as producer and drum set on the album project Big Band of Brothers, a Jazz Celebration of The Allman Brothers Band, on New West Records (2019). It has garnered favorable reviews worldwide including Jazziz Magazine, and Downbeat Magazine.