Mike Casey

Mike Casey is a melody poet. The story-telling songwriter, producer, & sonic alchemist is a multi-talented force whose soul stirring saxophone sound and creative conception reaches out with love & embraces your musical desires, one note at a time.

Bringing the joy of jazz across genre lines to a diverse audience around the world, Mike’s music has passed 20 million streams since 2017 with support from the BBC, HuffPost, Forbes, NPR, Downbeat, JazzTimes, Jazz FM, Spotify's "Best Jazz of 2020", OpenSea & countless others. In 2020, his trio was 1 of 5 global finalists in the largest ensemble based competition in jazz: the DC Jazz Festival's "DC Jazz Prix".

On a mission to be a passionate vessel for “jazz” in the 21st century, his searing sound, always aiming to tell a story, demands the attention of the listener. He's collaborated with GRAMMY/Emmy nominated artists as diverse as Nat Reeves, Benito Gonzalez, Brandee Younger, Zaccai Curtis, Justin Faulkner, Marc Cary, Apple Juice Kid and some of his generation's finest like Julius Rodriguez, CARRTOONS (Ben Carr), Andrew Renfroe, Taber Gable, & Alex Claffy.

Mike loves to pose musical "questions" to the audience, keeping them engaged, & FEELING. Cognitive dissonance is a core concept in Mike’s work, which has brought him to notable stages like the Kennedy Center, BRIC, Auditori Nacional, Minton's, Ginny's, Jamboree, & Future Music Forum.