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FEE6FB35-6C95-41CD-9CDA-981AB279DCBF — Tønder, Denmark

BCF33F2A-5DBD-465A-BF6C-4476C402E51B_1_105_c — Remi, Lee, MK & Elmer

Kelso Jazz Room Mystic Isle Project (7) — MK @ the Jazz Room

Kelso Jazz Room Mystic Isle Project (107) — Mystic Isle Project

Kelso Jazz Room Mystic Isle Project (75) — Pondering Mark

Yamaha video shoot 2

Yamaha video shoot 1

MK Richard Page — Richard Page Group

MK promo shot 1

MK promo shot 2

Second Drumeo shoot

W/Donny MacCaslin & Neil Swainson

Roberto Occhipinti quartet

Drumhead Article

MK & Pat Metheny

Singing w/ Pat Metheny

MKPMMD — Pat M, MK, Mike Downes

Monkey House live — Monkey House Live

Smiling Mark

48367312_10155542623207242_654784613431902208_o — Natalie MacMaster/Donnell Leahy band

UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_39ee — Monkey House

2018-08-27 Mark Kelso — Distinguished Faculty award from Humber College

Mark-Kelso-Instagram — Yamaha poster

In the studio

Alain Caron trio

Richard Page (Mr. Mister) band

Richard Page (Mr. Mister) group

Live on stage

Toronto drummer hang

MK promo 3

MK promo 4

MK Studio

Mark Kelso — MK promo 5

Pat Metheny, Mike Downes & Mark Kelso — Pat Metheny, Mike Downes & MK

Pat Metheny, Mike Downes & Mark Kelso — Pat Metheny, Mike Downes & MK

Joe Lovano & Mark Kelso — Joe Lovano & MK

Mark & Benny Greb @ Victoria Drum Festival

Mark w/ Luis Conte and Steve Gadd — Luis Conte, MK and Steve Gadd

Brian Blade & MK @ Koerner Hall

photo_1 — George Koller, MK, Larry Coryell

MK & J.R. Robinson @Yamaha groove night

JUNO Nomination for The Jazz Exiles — JUNO Awards 2016 Nomination for The Jazz Exiles

2020 Juno Nominee — Juno nominee 2020

Screenshot 2024-04-08 at 9.42.05 AM — 2023 JUNO Nominees

Screenshot 2025-10-25 at 2.38.10 PM — JUNO Nominees 2025

Mark Kelso & Herbie Hancock — MK & Herbie Hancock

Stanton Moore, ?, Matt Halpern, Emmanuelle Caplette, Aaron Spears & MK @ Regina drum ferst

MK at 12 on Dad’s left handed kit — MK at 12 on Dad's left handed kit

Mark Kelso & David Garibaldi — MK & David Garibaldi

Roberto Occhipinti, Mark, Hilario Duran — Roberto Occhipinti, MK, Jovino Santos Neto & Hilario Duran

Joni Mitchell & Mark

Mark Kelso & Steve Gadd — MK & Steve Gadd @ Humber

Tony Allen & Mark Kelso — MK & Afrobeat legend Tony Allen

Danllo Perez & MK @ Koerner Hall

Lewis, Brouchu, Kelso Montreal Drumfest

Mike Downes, Maria Schneider & Mark Kelso — Mike Downes, Maria Schneider & MK

Joe LaBarbera, Pat LaBarbera, Roberto Occhipinti & Mark Sicily

Mark Kelso, Abdoulaye Alhassane, Jaymz Bee, Artie Roth & Ernie Toller — Abdoulaye Alhassane, MK, Artie Roth & Ernie Toller

Hart House, U of T, Toronto

James Taylor & Mark Kelso — James Taylor & MK

photo_4 — MK & Dave Grusin

Mark Kelso & John Scofield — John Scofield & MK

MK & Peter Murphy on tour

Mike Stern & Mark Kelso — Vaughan Misener, Mike Stern, MK, Ted Quinlan

Gino Vannelli & Mark Kelso in Copenhagen — Gino Vannelli & MK in Copenhagen

Walfredo de los Reyes and Horacio El Negro Hernandez @ NAMM

MK Studio — MK Studio promo

Mark Kelso & Changuito — MK & Changuito

Yamaha Drum Artist Autograph Session 2016

Yamaha Drum Artists 2015 — Yamaha Drum Artist hang at Namm 2016

drummers — Don Vickery - 40 years of teaching at Humber

lamberg_2 — MK and his Lambeg drum

Live in Tampa

MK Head Shot — MK headshot by Marie Byers

Denise Grant promo 1

Mark Kelso 5 Aces

Denise Grant promo 2

Denise Grant promo 3

MK DVD promo 1

MK DVD 5 — MK seated kit promo

MK kit promo 3

Mark in Italy

Art project by Taylor Thornley

w/ the Susan Tedeschi band

MK & Bernard Purdie at KOSA

MK & Christian McBride

W/ Larry Davidson

Yamaha Phoenix kit

Negro, Sput MK Quebec 2017

Hilario Duran Ronnie Scott’s — Hilario Duran Ronnie Scott's

Nat & Donnell

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Mark & Larnell Duet @ Ralph Angelillo Drum fest

Ralph Angelillo Festival

Yamaha 50th poster — Yamaha 50th Anniversaryry

Shine On1 — MK promo

Luis Conte, MK, Gadd, Dad

Larnell, Mark, Marito,MK, Efa, Sarah — Canadian Yamaha drummers -Larnell, Mark, Marito, MK, Efa, Sarah

On stage

Canada’s Wonderland 1983 — Canada's Wonderland 1983

Sinal Aberto — Gordon Sheard's Sinal Aberto

Perc kit

Montunos — The Montuno Police

Odessa:Havana — Odessa/Havana

EXiles (Rex 2024) — Jazz Exiles @ the REX

DF08B251-A894-4283-A9B2-FE33D5C4C92E_1_105_c — Luis, Michael, Paul & MK

B85F335E-3973-4660-AE6E-EC50C122A8EF_1_105_c — Monkey House 2025

1EC02B37-B278-4372-B54B-DA6EEFC7AAC5_1_105_c — With my trusted Yamaha RC's

D736ADC5-3643-4701-8474-B2691C343F6A_1_105_c — Corcovado, Brasil 2023

13C4E848-7624-4133-A4B4-859856062CBB_1_105_c — Vera Douro Wins Carnaval

AA782341-C771-41FD-8D71-B3F7CF08F755_1_105_c — MK, Todd Suchermann

F44153DB-169B-44E2-B42D-617AD4361F6F_1_105_c — Canada Day 2023

Special thanks to FACTOR for their support.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

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