Mike Casey

Los Angeles-based Mike Casey is a saxophone-focused recording artist, producer & composer who creates across many musical landscapes, not strictly limiting himself to whatever one may think is or isn’t "jazz". Rather, his catalog (30 million streams and counting) and artistic practice seamlessly stretches across a plethora of jazz styles from post-bop to electronic fusion, with influences as varied as dubstep, drum'n'bass, funk, R&B, hip hop, concepts & styles from around the world - balancing an avant-garde, relentless creative spirit with relatable, poetic melodic sensibilities, a focus on cinematic tension/release, and a firm belief that rhythm is the most powerful force in music. A rare case in the context of today's scene, Mike's instrumental music has moved audiences and had widespread industry support both within the jazz community as well as far outside of it - for example placements in the recent Fortnite video game official Playstation playlist, video collaborations w/ phonk icon Ryan Celsius, interview on BBC mixed-genre shows with Amelia Poamz + BBC airplay on their jazz shows + similar for NPR (airplay on both Morning Edition + Jazz Night in America).