Spring MK3 Upstate Tour and Digital 45 Release
January 29, 2012
Hey Gang. Welcome back. Stay posted for more upcoming dates on the events page, but it’s looking like MK3 is [...]
January 29, 2012
Hey Gang. Welcome back. Stay posted for more upcoming dates on the events page, but it’s looking like MK3 is [...]
August 26, 2011
For complete info on The Neoplatonic Noise EP and the forthcoming MK3 tour in support, please go to: http://www.mkmkmk.com/ep-release for [...]
July 5, 2011
Massive. Greetings on America’s birthday. A couple of exciting things worth some brief blog action: – July and August will [...]
April 13, 2011
A special show back home in the ‘Cuse! By special request of Charlie Hunter’s management, longtime collaborators Michael Kammers and [...]
October 29, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2010 MK GROOVE TRIO ANNOUNCES FALL UPSTATE MINI TOUR Brooklyn based Syracuse native Michael Kammers [...]
October 8, 2010
Hey Gang. Welcome to the new MK3 page. Check out all the fun stuff. We have some live recordings and [...]
“MK3 is a trio version of Brooklyn’s The MK Groove Orchestra. This outlaw big band is the two-headed brainchild of saxophonist Mike Kammers and swings like one wild and reckless big-band bastard. Kammers clearly enjoys grinding the gears as much as he does shifting smoothly with the larger ensemble. And with this intimate opportunity to dig the trio, we may get a closer look under the hood at all the horn-driven blood and guts. I predict just as much angular bombast and swingin’ shenanigans. Duck.” – Frank De Blase, Critics Picks, City (Rochester) 8.10.10
“MK3, led by our friend Mike Kammers, puts on a sweaty, funky, almost overwhelmingly badass show. Picture what John Coltrane, Black Sabbath and the Bad Plus’ three-way love child would sound like, and you will sort of get an idea of what you’re in for.” -Dan Reitz
“What we do is so much more valid than performance art.” – Chris Kuklis
More Press to come soon, in the meantime check the MK Groove Orchestra press page for now if you’d like to see more…
MK Groove Trio (MK3) – Harlem Nocturne – Live @ The Blue Note NYC – 9.17.11
Chris Kuklis – Guitar
Max Jaffe – Drums
MK – Sax/FX/Farfisa Organ
MK3 (Tomo’s Tenacious Trio Lineup) @ Parkside Lounge, Manhattan – September 2010
Kevin Smith – Bass
Tomoaki Kanno – Drums
MK – Sax/FX
Spring 2012…
Fall 2011…
2012 and 2012 Posters and Photos: Chris Kuklis
Fall 2010…
2010 Poster and Photo: Dan Reitz
The MK Groove Trio (MK3) functions as a mobile labratory for the creation and exploration of what amounts to the DNA of the much larger 13 piece space funk outfit, The MK Groove Orchestra. Whether stretching an original to the limits, or delving into a cover of a piece influential to the groups canon, MK3 hits hard and takes no prisoners.
Delivering a unique blend of instrumental craftsmanship developed in Brooklyn and honed on the road, no genre is off limits to this superlative power trio, whose members include Tomoaki Kanno on drums, Chris Kuklis on guitar and Michael Kammers on electrified sax and Farfisa organ.
MK3 is embarking on a Spring 2012 mini tour in support of the upcoming “The Elegant Sound” 45. Come see these 3 gentleman at a venue near you soon…
|
MK3 Opening for Marco Benevento FTW!!!
|
|
Back at our favorite haunt in Buffallo opening for Marco Benevento! FTW!
|
|
MK3 Opening for Marco Benevento FTW!!!
|
|
We return to Binghamton at one of my favorite venues in the world! (Rawk)
|