May 28, 2012
Hey Everybody! This August marks The MK Groove Orchestra’s 10th birthday. To celebrate we will be releasing new old videos [...]
April 19, 2012
Hey All. We’d like to thank everyone who came out to see MK3 over the last week opening for Marco [...]
March 19, 2012
Hey Gang. Very excited to be writing about our upstate April Mini Tour. We will be touring on a new [...]
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 Claustrophobic 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) – Sleepwalk – Live @ BPM 11/03/12
Chris Kuklis – Guitar
Tomoaki Kanno – Drums
MK – Sax/Farfisa
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
MK Groove Trio (MK3) – Comanche – Live @ The Blue Note NYC – 9.17.11
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
Delivering a unique blend of instrumental craftsmanship developed in Brooklyn and honed on the road, MK3 is the touring unit of the much larger13 piece Space Funk Big Band, The MK Groove Orchestra. A mobile laboratory creating and exploring the DNA of the large ensemble, stretching original compositions to their limits, and exploring cover pieces influential to the groups canon, MK3 hits hard and takes no prisoners.
Tomoaki Kanno: Drums
Chris Kuklis: Guitar
Michael Kammers: Saxophone and Farfisa Organ
MK3 is embarking on a Fall 2012 mini tour in celebration of the bands 10th birthday and to support the MK studio releases of the last year “The Creative/Destruction” Digital 45 and “The Claustrophobic Noise.” Come see these 3 gentleman at a venue near you soon…
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