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Mike Casey

Born: June 10, 1993

Saxophonist, songwriter, and teaching artist Mike Casey has been a fixture on the Hartford jazz scene and beyond since 2011, when he began attending the acclaimed Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the University of Harford’s Hartt School. In 2015, Mike was one of 24 young jazz composers worldwide chosen by Jason Moran to participate in the prestigious “Betty Carter Jazz Ahead” Program at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC where he studied with an all-star faculty including Eric Harland, JD Allen, Eric Revis, Cyrus Chestnut, and Jason Moran.

After a sold out NYC debut at the Minton’s in Harlem in September 2016, Mike went on to accomplish an incredible feat: the crowdfunding campaign for his debut album "The Sound of Surprise: Live at The Side Door" (due for a February 2017 release) reached 111% funded in under 30 days. His resume includes appearances with Charles Tolliver, DJ Logic, Brandee Younger, Zaccai Curtis, Tarus Mateen and Marc Cary, whose project “The Harlem Sessions” features Mike as an original member.

The Beauty of Everyday Life

By Mike Casey

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024

The Beauty of Everyday Life

April 22, 2024

Album: The Beauty of Everyday Life
By Mike Casey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:20

Public Access: WPAA TV Session

By Mike Casey

Label: Mike Casey
Released: 2023

Remote (WPAA TV Session)

November 4, 2023

Album: Public Access: WPAA TV Session
By Mike Casey
Label: Mike Casey
Released: 2023
Duration: 04:59

Slide Hampton, Joe Pass, Woody Hermon & Champian Fulton

by Joe Dimino
June 18, 2023

From the always evolving pianist Champian Fulton, we begin the 807th Episode of Neon Jazz with a celebration of live music off her 2023 album Meet Me at Birdland. We follow that up with the legendary pianist Erroll Garner doing his rendition of “Lullaby of Birdland." From there, we dig into some vocal jazz with new ...

Azar Lawrence & Sasha Dobson

by Joe Dimino
April 17, 2022

From a mighty big voice in the jazz world today, we begin the 747th Episode of Neon Jazz. That was the talented and soulful singer Sasha Dobson with a song off her 2022 album Girl Talk. We follow that up with a song from her Puss N Boots band with Norah Jones. We continue to look ...

Steve Davis, Paul Desmond & Walt Weiskopf

by Joe Dimino
January 31, 2021

We begin the 684th Episode of Neon Jazz with veteran jazz trombonist Steve Davis and follow that up with a song by his mentor Jackie McLean. Quite a bit of music came out during 2020 and that trend continues into 2021. We look back at music released by Walt Weiskopf, Joshua Redman and Andrea Brachfeld in ...

Spike Wilner, Count Basie, Clark Terry and more

by Joe Dimino
October 11, 2020

The world of jazz is in survival mode. The shift from live shows to livestream is now how the art form is coping. This week we open with club owner Spike Wilner and a cut off a new Live at Smalls CD. The rest of the episode focuses on artists with new material and how they ...

Wayne Escoffery, Art Blakey, Gunhild Carling and More

by Joe Dimino
August 16, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic has silenced the world of live music, jazz musicians continue releasing more and more great albums. This week we focus on some of them, Wayne Escoffery, Warren Wolf, Gunhild Carling and Ran Blake. Enjoy the music. Playlist Wayne Escoffery “Benedictus" The Humble Warrior (Smoke Sessions Records) 00:00 Host talks 5:23 ...