Al Casey

Rising Saxophonist Mike Casey Releases Debut Album "The Sound Of Surprise: Live At The Side Door”

Source: Mike Casey
February 14, 2017

Saxophonist and composer Mike Casey is proud to announce the February 7, 2017 release of his debut album The Sound of Surprise: Live at the Side Door. Splitting his time between alto and tenor saxophone, Casey and his longtime trio present a fresh approach to the chordless saxophone trio format over the course of seven first-takes. To present The Sound of Surprise, Casey will be touring throughout Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and beyond. See tour details below. While ...
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Casey Rae Exits Future Of Music Coalition, Interim CEO Named

Source: HypeBot
May 19, 2016

The Future of Music Coalition, a nonprofit that focuses on education, research and advocacy for musicians, is one of the industry's unsung heroes. This morning, we got word that Casey Rae, a longtime staffer and current FMC CEO, is stepping down. The Future of Music Coalition today announced that CEO Casey Rae will step down on June 6, 2016. Board President Dick Huey has been named interim CEO; and as the seach for a new CEO begins, FMC staffer Kevin Erickson will assume an ...
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Future Of Music Coalition CEO Casey Rae On The Value Of Universal Data Standards [INTERVIEW]

Source: HypeBot
April 26, 2016

In this interview, the people at Songspace sat down with Future Of Music Coalition CEO Casey Rae to discuss his take on the value of data standards and transparency in streaming, and his excitement at blockchain tech's potential. Guest post by Songspace on Medium The last 15 years have been a wild ride, but the dust is finally starting to settle, and we’re on the brink of a more efficient, transparent, and sustainable music business. All Together Now is a series of Q&As with ...
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Has The Digital Experiment Failed? A Post-Unicorn Survival Guide And Call To Action For Artists [Casey Rae]

Source: HypeBot
March 2, 2016

As the music tech industry consolidates at an alarming rate, we look at how independent artists can survive by breaking up industry conglomerates and working to keep music's tech sector a competitive environment where creativity can thrive. Guest Post by Casey Rae on Medium It’s over. Despite what you may hear to the contrary, there is a Great Contraction underway, in which non-integrated tech services and startups will be subsumed or die absent a clear business model or path to ...
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Casey Abrams: New American Idol Contestant is a Messenger with a Jazz Message

Source: Jazz (Jazzers Jazzing) by Carl L. Hager
April 18, 2011

Before last Wednesday, I was like more than a few music fans in my instinctive dislike of the American Idol phenomenon. Cheap and showy, lowest-common-denominator entertainment, it was created in the same terrifying cauldron that Fox's 1989 Cops voyeurism and MTV's 1992 Real World success originally inspired, and which has since produced Survivor, Big Brother, Fear Factor, America's Next Top Model, etc., in addition to permutations like Glee, in a long term strategic response to the 1988 WGA strike, whose ...
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Unrestrained power highlights full-length album from jazz vocalist Leslie Casey

Source: Lauren Rogers
April 14, 2011

Jazz vocalist Leslie Casey was able to accomplish something on her debut album that many unsigned acts—of any genre—have never done: The Pittsburgh native received radio airplay in the Netherlands and in the U.K. “When I did my first CD I had it on MySpace, and it allowed me to meet people who wanted to play my music. So I was able to get my music played overseas," Casey explained. “It was a great feeling, especially with my debut CD." ...
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Tamela D'Amico signs on to "Casey," A Tragic, Romantic Drama

Source: Tamela D'Amico
October 6, 2010

American jazz singer, actress, and filmmaker, Tamela D'Amico, has attached to Made U Look Production's first, feature film, Casey. Casey is an independent film that weaves the trials and tribulations of miscarriages, with the psychological trauma of child abuse and alcoholism. As one of the top 24 finalists on FOX's reality show, On The Lot, Tamela has gone on to form La Strega Entertainment, the banner for her sultry, jazz album, “Got A Little Story," executive produced by Peter Krause ...
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Genre-Bending Fiddler Casey Driessen's 'OOG' CD Release

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
April 15, 2009

GENRE-BENDING FIDDLER CASEY DRIESSEN 2ND ALBUM OOG SET FOR MAY 12 RELEASE .

With one Grammy nomination and two years of solo touring under his belt for 3D, his debut release on Sugar Hill Records, inventive genre-warping fiddler Casey Driessen went back into the studio.

On his independently released follow-up, Oog (Red Shoe Records, May 12 release), Driessen goes beyond the “look-at-me" attitude of a predominantly instrumental record and focuses energy towards his talents as a composer and producer. Drawing ...
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Al Casey Memorial Thursday September 15 7:30pm Saint Peter's Church

Source: All About Jazz
September 15, 2005

Al Casey Memorial Celebration 7:30pm Thursday, September 15, 2005 Saint Peter's Church, 54th & Lexington Al Casey's 90th birthday was to be celebrated this coming Thursday. This event is now to be a memorial tribute. The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band will be joined by pianists Brooks Kerr, Chuck Folds, Frank Owens and Emme Kemp, along with other musicians who make arrangements with Dr. Vollmer. Al Casey, who played guitar with Fats Waller for over a decade, passed away Sunday ...
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AL CASEY RECOVERING AS FATS WALLER SWING CONTINUES

Source: All About Jazz

FATS WALLER'S STRIDE SWINGS INTO SPRING

Chez Suzette, a French Bistro, 675 9th Avenue just above 46th Street's Restaurant Row presents “AL CASEY SWINGS FATS" featuring Fats Waller's guitarist, Al Casey, and Fats vocal stylist Peter Sokolow, stride piano monthly on Thursday nights.

Substituting for Al Casey on Thursday March 21st, due to a recovery from a fall, is David “Bubba" Brooks, member of the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band.

Schedule: THURSDAY'S: ...
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