Lettuce formed at the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1992 — the name came from asking to sit in at jam sessions: let us play. Their horn-heavy modern funk pulls from classic '70s grooves and contemporary electronic sounds; Crush (2015) and Mt. Crushmore (2019) are the usual entries. Dig into Lettuce vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Lettuce formed at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in 1992. The band's distinctive name reportedly came from their early-career phrase let us play with you addressed to other musicians at jam sessions. They have been active in the jam band and funk scenes across multiple decades, with extensive touring and festival appearances. Multiple band members have separate careers - Adam Deitch with Break Science and Nigel Hall as a solo artist.
Lettuce's sound combines funk, jazz funk, jam band, soul jazz, contemporary funk, and electronic with extensive horn arrangements, jazz-fusion-influenced extended improvisation, and arrangements drawing on classic 1970s funk traditions alongside contemporary electronic and hip hop influences.
Lettuce Records and Round Hill pressings of the Lettuce catalog have been issued in color variant editions.
Listeners new to Lettuce typically start with Crush (2015) or Mt. Crushmore (2019).
