In January 2011, Whitted was nominated for the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Jazz Album category for Transient Journey.

He has worked with George Duke, Slide Hampton, Elvin Jones, Ramsey Lewis, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Meriwether, The O'Jays, Lou Rawls, The Temptations, Kirk Whalum, John Mellencamp, and Indiana University classmate and The Tonight Show bassist Bob Hurst.

He played in the jazz orchestra of 2023 Chicago on stage adaptation of the Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn Nutcracker, "Sugar Hill."

He currently leads a quintet with a revolving cast of players including Bobby Broom, Eddie Bayard, Julius Tucker, Dennis Carroll, Kyle Swan, Jeremiah Hunt, Kobie Watkins, Keith Brooks, Ron Perillo, Andrew Toombs, Lovell Bradford, Jon Wood, Greg Artry and others.

In January 2011, Whitted was nominated for the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Jazz Album category for Transient Journey.