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“Young virtuosos are not always proof that the future of music is in good hands...Often yammering, faster than the speed of light to inform us that they have “heard” Bird, ‘Trane or Sonny Rollins & taken them to heart.
There are indeed exceptions – albeit few and far between – and it is these musicians who give hope to the future of music.
Happily Mike Casey is one of these musicians. He seems not to brandish his saxophone as a weapon of war, but rather he makes music out of great gulps of air, which are delivered through its reed, softened by the song. And he always makes you want to listen.”
— Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama (Canada)
Mike Casey is a melody poet. The story-telling songwriter, producer, and sonic alchemist is a multi-talented force whose soul stirring saxophone sound and inventive use of phrasing reaches out with love and embraces your musical desires, one note at a time. Bringing the joy of jazz across genre lines to a diverse young audience around the world, Mike’s music passed 4 million streams in the first 3 years of his recording career (against all odds, without a record label or a team - an anomaly in the genre). On a mission to be a passionate vessel for “jazz” in the 21st century, his searing sound, always aiming to connect emotionally and tell a story, demands the attention of the listener. This is not your parent’s elevator music. Mike has enchanted a diverse young audience around the world, performing his signature blend of upbeat, exploratory original music and genre-bending re-imaginations of jazz, pop, R&B, and even hip hop classics with mature lyricism and a formidable sound that commands the attention of the listener. Mike loves to pose musical "questions" to the audience, keeping them engaged, inquisitive, and above all, FEELING. Cognitive dissonance and the relation between mental fluency/disfluency is a recurring concept in Mike’s work, and he isn’t afraid to push his saxophone sound to the bleeding edge of intensity.