Darren Kramer & DKO
DKO, The Darren Kramer Organization is a world-class horn band with
vocals and performs Funk, R&B, Soul, Motown, Swing, Jazz & Latin. DKO is
in demand for public and private events throughout the state of Colorado
as all DKO members are full-time professional musicians with years of
experience and education. DKO is a highly versatile group and can
consist of any number of musicians from solo performance to the
full-size 10pc band depending on your wants, needs and budget.
This exciting new group has capitalized on creating the next generation
of crossover jazz and brings this high-energy music to people all over
the world through their inspiring performances, educational clinics and
exceptional recordings. All DKO recordings feature original high-energy
Funk, Jazz & Latin performed by world-class artists such as Eric
Marienthal, Rick Margitza, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, Gary Willis, and the
late Michael Brecker who praised Kramer’s music as “…fresh, innovative
funk by a brilliant, upcoming trombonist”.
Darren Kramer is an Edwards Trombone Performing Artist and is in demand as a
freelance trombonist, keyboardist, educator, composer, arranger and producer
throughout the United States. Kramer graduated from the University of Miami
and moved to NYC where he toured with Matchbox Twenty, Tom Jones, Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra and Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies. He has made
national television appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The
Late Show with David Letterman and can be seen on the Matchbox Twenty VH1
“Storytellers” DVD. He has also recorded with such artists as Michael
Brecker, Eric Marienthal and Jerry Hey. Kramer is now the President/CEO of
his own music company, DKO
The Darren Kramer Organization, whose
inspiring concerts, educational clinics, five exceptional recordings, and
over fifty challenging arrangements (for small group & big band) have helped
modernize the trombone and expand its role in contemporary music.