Biography of M.K. & The Even Odds

Was born 1951, studied with Billy Brooks at the Swiss Jazzschool in Bern and lives in Aarau. Since 1980 he is a professional musician and leader of his own bands like Marco Käppeli Connection. He worked with working bands like KOCH-SCHÜTZ-KÄPPELI (with Hans Koch and Martin Schütz) or with Joe Malingas Southern Africa Force and with the Peter Schärli Trio - Sextet. At the moment he is working with

M.K. & The Even Odds (Quartett)
Marco Käppeli Selection (with Hämi Hämmerli, Bruno Amstad, Günter Weiss, Joke Lanz),
Interkantonale Blasabfuhr (Sextett)
Root Down (Big Band)
Lüscher/Studer/Käppeli (Trio with Fredi Lüscher, Daniel Studer)
Gabriela Friedli Quintett (Quintett with Gabriela Friedli, Jan Gordon-Lennox, Bänz Oester and Vinz Vonlanthen)
DAY & TAXI (Trio with Christoph Gallio and Christian Weber).

He is writing music for films and theater and he is working as a theater actor.

Marco Käppeli played on the international Jazzfestivals of Montreux, Willisau, Zürich, Berlin, Le Mans, Jazzyatra Festival Jndien, Sydney, Riga etc. and toured in the USA, Southamerica, Russia, Baltikum, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Australien, Singapore, Hongkong, Thailand, China and in Europe.