Mike Casey

Saxophonist & Composer

Press

(September 2023) bbc radio 6 “new music fix” spotlights “Space Chill” + daily rotation at jazz fm, editorial suport from apple music, spotify, amazon music, vevo, national radio support in kbs s. korea, yle finland & more

(may 2023) mike casey releases 7th album in 7 years “In the before: Live at the side door”, featured extensively by editors at spotify (state of jazz), amazon music “ultimate jazz”, pandora “New Jazz now”, deezer’s “Jazz now”, audiomack, ascap new music friday, & national radio in uk (Jazz fm), turkey, s. korea, nz (most fm), belgium (bruzz), & more

(December 2022) mike casey wins ascap plus award for 2nd year in a row, featured in amazon+Spotify’s “Best Jazz of 2022”

(October 2022) Mike releases 6th album in 6 years, Outtakes: ‘Law of attraction’ session, featured by spotify (state of jazz, jazz-funk, acid jazz), amazon (fresh jazz, jazz-funk jams), youtube music (jazz hotlist, new jazz impressions), vevo, pandora (new jazz now, contemporary jazz), audiomack, jazz night in america, bbc, radio misk tunisia & more

(September 2022) hip hop fusion Single “Pasadena sun” passes 1.4 million streams in first 100 days supported from npo soul & jazz top 50 rotation, rinse fm, jazz fm, wrti, bfm malaysia, amazon, youtube music, pandora “new Jazz Now”, tidal, spotify “state of jazz” + “All new jazz”, playstation, most fm nz, ascap new music friday, dublab, & more

(JUly 2022) bbc radio london interview w/ amelia poamz for breathe In (remix) release! plus featured in american pancake, audiomack trending, pandora fresh cuts, vevo, ascap new music friday, jazz fm, rinse fm

(June 2022) “Breathe in” featured in popular video game fortnite’s new season launch by sony/playstation!

(MAY 2022) music ally features interactive app launch, along with interview for platinum mind, & living life fearless

(MAY 2022) electronic jazz guest mix for magical mystery mix

(APRIL 2022) SPOTIFY FEATURES “FOR FUN, YOU SCROLL” AT #4 ON STATE OF JAZZ + “ALL NEW JAZZ” EDITORIAL PLAYLISTS, + PANDORA AMP FRESH CUTS, ASCAP NEW MUSIC FRIDAY, Amazon Fresh jazz

(March 2022) spotify features mike on cover of ‘All new jazz’ editorial, new single “click Bait” at #1, #7 on ‘State of jazz’, + NPR Music’s Jazz night america monthly new jazz roundup, amazon “the Pocket” playlist”, anghami features #4 on ‘current jazz’ editorial, ascap new music friday, Soundcloud ‘indie jazz’ editorial, pandora “New Jazz now” + “Fresh Cuts”, Youtube music features on “new jazz Impressions”, uk’s jazz fm

(FEBRUARY 2022) “BREATHE IN” PASSED 1 MILLION CROSS PLATFORM STREAMS, FEATURED AT #1 ON YOUTUBE MUSIC’S “SYNAPSE” ELECTRONIC JAZZ EDITORIAL, 2 TWITCH SOUNDTRACK STATIONS, KCRW, IBERO FM, NATIONALLY SYNDICATED MORNING EDITION, AND HITS SPOTIFY GLOBAL JAZZ CHART AT #81, la stampa (italy), and anghami “Current Jazz”

(January 2022) Sammy stein reviews 5th album Law of Attraction: The remixes for platinum mind

(DECEMBER 2021) SPOTIFY INCLUDES LAW OF ATTRACTION: THE REMIXES IN ITS YEAR-END EDITORIAL PLAYLIST “BEST JAZZ OF 2021”

(DECEMBER 2021) ASCAP SELECTS MIKE CASEY AS RECIPIENT OF 2022 “ASCAP PLUS” AWARD FOR COMPOSERS

(November 2021) Tracklib blog feature on law of attraction & its new remixes, KCrw airplay

(OCTOBER 2021) new album Law of attraction: the remixes featured by spotify’s “jazztronica”, “21st century jazz”, “jazz-Funk” + new jazz albums section, amazon music “the pocket”, vevo, soundcloud “fresh pressed”, Audiomack Trending + curated electronic jazz playlist for audiomack, pandora “future jazz”, boomplay, youtube music, playstation music & more

(september 2021) “Best Part (Mike casey remix)” featured by vevo editorial, playstation music, audiomack trending, & more

(AUGUST 2021) “FOR FUN, YOU SCROLL (MIKE CASEY REMIX)” FEATURED ON SPOTIFY’S “JAZZTRONICA” & “ALL NEW JAZZ” PLAYLISTS + DUBLAB ROTATION, AUDIOMACK TRENDING & RADIO KRIMI’S SAMPLER

(JULY 2021) Dublab guest mix, (ike spivak remix) of ‘squeaky wheel’ featured by vevo & playstation music, iggy magazine, ascap new music friday, Youtube music’s “new jazz impressions” playlist

(JUNE 2021) New (Mike casey remix) of “Spoon” featured #1 on amazon music’s “Nu Jazz”, plus “Fresh Jazz”, “The Pocket”, spotify’s “Jazz-FUnk” & “21st century jazz”, soundcloud’s “indie jazz blow up”, audiomack “trending” and aire libre fm (mexico city), soulandjazz.com (UK), dublin city fm (Ie)

(May 2021) new (mike casey remix) of dagobah featured by amazon music’s “Fresh jazz”, “the pocket”, “nu Jazz”, “ultimate jazz”, mundane mag, vevo & ryan celsius

(May 2021) new interview w/ caravan jazz (spain)

(APRIL 2021) podcast interview talking nft collection & opensea collaboration with matthew ferrick of nifty gateway

(APRIL 2021) shift (Mike casey remix) featured on spotify’s “jazztronica” editorial, Pandora’s “Future Jazz” editorial, dublab rotation, tinnitist blog, africa’s boomplay, and audiomack trending

(March 2021) remixer debut “Law of Attraction (mike casey remix)” featured in rotation by dublab, tinnitist blog, spotify’s “Jazztronica”, “state of Jazz”, “all new Jazz", “21st century jazz” playlists, ascap new music friday, iheartradio “electronic jazz”, audiomack trending, glitchtape & more.

(February 2021) “breathe In” featured by Bandcamp weekly, bbc, filtr france, npr, sirius xm hip hop nation, tinnitist, postgenre, audiomack, ascap new music friday, jazz in europe, ANGHAMI “CURRENT JAZZ”, cbc, twisted soul & more.

(JANUARY 2021) FEATURED IN TRACKLIB MODERN JAZZ SCENE SAMPLING PIECE

(January 2021) Collab “Great green earth” hits #3 on tiktok/resso’s alternative chart + featured by amazon music’s new music friday, youtube music, deezer, rinse fm, playstation music, sirius xm, #1 on vevo’s jazz playlist and more

(december 2020) Stingray picks Law of Attraction as top 5 hidden gems in 2020 jazz releases

(November 2020) Law of Attraction album featured by Jazztimes, Vevo, bbc, Spotify, Best Saxophone Website Ever, Funk City, Jazz FM, Jazz Journal UK, top jazz a&r wulf muller, Amazon, Qobuz, ASCAP, Step Tempest, independent review, jazzquad (russia), jazz weekly and more + guest mixes on brooklyn radio + radio raheem Milan, passes 1 million streams in first month of release

(OCTOBER 2020) “I’m Busy” collab featured on Spotify’s “Jazz Club” playlist, playstation music, worldwide fm flagship show, AKG audio & more

(OCTOBER 2020) “LAW OF ATTRACTION” TITLE TRACK SINGLE FEATURED BY PANDORA (#1 ON NEW JAZZ NOW), SPOTIFY (#3 JAZZ X-PRESS, #6 ALL NEW JAZZ), SOUNDCLOUD (FRESH PRESSED, INDIE JAZZ), AMAZON (FRESH JAZZ #6), WICB-FM, ASCAP New Music Friday

(OCTOBER 2020) collab ‘james rose (remix)’ featured in soundcloud weekly newsletter & fresh pressed playlist + airplay on aire libre fm (mexico city), RINSE FM (LONDON)

(September 2020) ‘Best Part’ featured by Spotify, Amazon, Soundcloud, Vevo & more!

(August 2020) MIKE CASEY TRIO ANNOUNCED AS 1 OF 5 INTERNATIONAL FINALISTS IN THE DC JAZZ FESTIVAL’S “DC JAZZ PRIX” COMPETITION

(August 2020) Collab with Icelandic producer Jökull Logi featured in Albummm.is

(AUGUST 2020) “Spoon” featured by Spotify, vevo, Audiomack

(August 2020) “Shift” featured by bbc, vevo, jazz fm, spotify, soundcloud, and more

(JUly 2020) “I Don’t Have Time” collab w/ Cheap Monk featured by Dublab, Soundcloud, Audiomack, vevo, rinse FM/jyoty and more

(July 2020) JAZZIZ Premieres “Get You” music video + Vevo features video

(June 2020) “Get You” featured by Tinnitist (canada) funkcity, audiomack, metro fm johannesburg (south africa), bristol funk (UK), Tinnitist (canada), radio france “fip monthly selects) and more

(June 2020) squeaky wheel featured by bbc, audiomack, jazz fm, grungecake + more

(June 2020) alma mater university of hartford features curated playlist and napster shares “Napster and chill” artist curated playlist

(May 2020) Live stream interview with Jazz Video Guy, collab w/ bpad “James Rose” featured on sirius xm, worldwide fm, two national public radio stations (kcrw, wxpn), soundcloud editorial, and alma mater berklee valencia

(april/May 2020) new version of dagobah featured by audiomack, Soundcloud, star wars’ official “star wars complete” and “obi wan kenobi” playlists, spotify’s “jazz x-press”, Live for Live music, vevo, Uhart alumni association & jazztimes! + ryan celsius debuts new music video for last year’s dagobah rremix

(April 2020) No Church In The Wild featured by Huffington post, Spotify’s State of Jazz, soundcloud’s tomorrow’s hits today, Amazon Music’s Introducing & Fresh Jazz, #1 on vevo’s jazz playlist, jazz video guy youtube channel & trending on Audiomack

(March 2020) Jazz Video Guy Interview previewing law of attraction album + Learn Jazz Standards Interview

(March 2020) Feel The Bern released, featured by Amazon Music’s Fresh Jazz, Audiomack trending, #1 on Vevo’s jazz playlist, Radio Cardiff interview, Napster, latinos for bernie, Uk based the noise gate, Millennials for bernie, the tinnitist (canada) and music video featured in music ally, + on over 40 radio stations worldwide

(March 2020) ‘Let Me Go’ hip hop collab with Stan Forebee released, passed 100,000 streams in first 30 days, featured by Dash Radio, Rinse FM, Spotify’s Night Shift, Audiomack Trending, sirius xm, NTS Radio, dash radio, Napster and more!

(March 2020) Featured on influencer jules schroeder’s unconventional life podcast

(February 2020) WNPR & The Day feature sold out Side Door show & radio interviews on wicn, wwuh, wesleyan fm, wili.

(February 2020) New single Unforgettable featured by Apple Music on 8 New Music Daily playlists across Asia, Jazz Video Guy + Jazz London radio!

(February 2020) Kennedy Center show in DCist!

(January 2020) Venus released, featured on Spotify’s state of jazz playlist, amazon music’s fresh jazz playlist, Cover of Qobuz’s jazz newcomers playlist, nationally syndicated npr jazzworks radio, music.com, jazz in europe, musical analysis on Best Saxophone website ever and more.

(January 2020) star wars/hartford inspired ‘dagobah’ (remix) added to star wars’ official yoda spotify playlist!

(December 2019) Featured on Squarespace’s Instagram

(November 2019) RapChat #JazzHopChallenge to promote Surprise The Remixes featured in MusicAlly Bulletin/passes 350,000 plays within platform + interview on WRTI + passed 180,00 monthly listeners on spotify

(October 2019) DJBOOTH Feature: The Art of Crafting a Jazz Hip Hop Remix Album

(October 2019) Dagobah (b l o o p r Remix) featured on Spotify’s Jazz Vibes (1.4 million followers), Never Let Me Go (Stan Forebee Remix) featured on Soundcloud’s “VS” playlist and spotify’s state of jazz, debuted jazz on Audiomack with official artist curated playlist, “Celebrity Playlist” with Napster, remix album featured in Amsterdam based “The Find” magazine

(October 2019) Cold Blooded Blues (Burbank Remix) featured on Jyoty Singh’s Rinse FM mixshow in London, Hydraulics (apple juice kid remix) featured on ennio styles’ r333 fm/worldwide fm show in australia

(October 2019) Amsterdam’s The Find features remix project for the 2nd time

(October 2019) UK’s The Noise Gate interviews Mike for Surprise! The Remixes, Pt. 1 release

(September 2019) Hydraulics (Apple Juice Kid Remix) featured on iHeartRadio’s “Electronic Jazz” playlist

(September 2019) 2nd Radio Primavera Sound Interview on “Sprung”, sponsored by Pull&Bear

(June 2019) Nextbop premeires Wyldephyre Remix of Miles Mode, & spotify features on state of jazz

(May 2019) Featured on John Lee Duma’s EOFire Podcast

(MAY 2019) Mike in FORBES!

(May 2019) Radio Primavera interviews mike casey ahead of barcelona debut show at jamboree

(May 2019) Netease features dagobah remix on discover page to 600m users alongside taylor swift, tom waits, lil nas x, diplo, and more // TIDAL featured track in “rising” section // soundcloud features on “Chill electronic playlist

(May 2019) Nerdist features Dagobah Remix release along with Sounds app featuring as song of the day!

(APRIL 2019) FEATURED ON TURKEY NATIONAL RADIO

(march 2019) music ally features diy journey and stan forebee remix of ‘never let me go’!

(March 2019) Stereofox reviews Stan Forebee Remix of ‘Never Let Me Go”

(March 2019) interview with Entrepeneur Magazine’s “Problem Solvers” podcast

(Feb 2019) cold blooded blues remix featured on amazon music’s ‘fresh jazz’ playlist at #5 alongside notable artists like snarky puppy, Julian lage randy brecker, theo croker, and more

(Feb 2019) Featured on The Find (Amsterdam)

(Jan 2019) Heartbreak remix featured on apple music’s ‘best of the week japan’, netease (china)’s international discover page to 600 million users alongside mainstream western artists luis fonsi, far east movement, billie eilish, lil peep etc, featured on spotify’s ‘avantguardian’ playlist, qobuz new jazz, anghami’s current jazz, and more.

(Jan 2019) named a finalist in the 7 virtual jazz club competition

(Jan 2019) featured by songtrust blog/newsletter

(Jan 2019) sonic scoop reviews splice sample pack

(DEC 2018) splice launches remix contest for their first ever sax sample pack, mike casey’s “sounds of surprise”

(NOV 2018) A Punt Media (the NPR/BBC of Spain) interviews Mike on Territori Sonor radio show/podcast

(OCT 2018) JAXSTA interviews MIKE IN THEIR “HUMANS OF MUSIC” BLOG/NEWSLETTER SERIES

(OCT 2018) HUFFINGTON POST FEATURES MIKE’S STORY AND NEW SINGLE COLD BLOODED BLUES! PLAYLIST SUPPORT FROM SPOTIFY, TIDAL, ZVOOQ, YANDEX, SAAVN, AND MORE

(SEPT 2018) spotify, tidal, and more feature single ‘song to breathe’ on top jazz playlists

(Aug 2018) New single Alone Together featured on Spotify's State of Jazz playlist, Soundcloud's top new music playlist (Fresh Pressed, alongside major artists Nicki Minaj, J Cole, LCD Soundsystem, Elvis, Diplo, Chromeo, etc) and more!

(JULY 2018) NEW SINGLE THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS FEATURED IN EVERNOTE ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTING UNORTHODOX SONGWRITING PROCESS, PROMOTED TO OVER 6 MILLION ON EVERNOTE'S SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAIL LIST! + PLAYLISTED BY SAAVN (INDIA), NAPSTER, JAY-Z'S TIDAL, QOBUZ (FRANCE), CLARO IMUSICA (BRAZIL) AND MORE!

(June 2018) New single Never Let Me Go chosen for editor's pick of the week playlist for Saavn (India), Spotify's State of Jazz (3 simultaneous singles on the playlist, rare for an indie artist), TIDAL's "Music for When You're Tired AF" and "Late Night Jazz", and more!

(5/21/18) Industry leading sample platform SPLICE releases their first ever saxophone artist sample pack with Mike! Covered by EDMProd // Rekkerd // Soundfly

(5/7/18) JAZZCOLUMBUS INTERVIEWS MIKE AHEAD OF OHIO DEBUT AT NOTES!

(May 2018) Nextbop premieres new single Nature boy & Spotify adds Nature Boy to State of Jazz playlist!

(4/13/18) SPOTIFY ADDS SINGLE 'WEST END' TO OFFICIAL STATE OF JAZZ PLAYLIST, ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE GENRE'S BIGGEST NAMES!

(4/11/18) JAY-Z'S TIDAL LAUNCHES ONGOING 'RESIDENT PLAYLIST COLLABORATION' highlighting recent debut The Sound of Surprise & forthcoming sophomore album Stay Surprising, which were recorded live from the same show.

(4/10/18) DOWNBEAT PREMIERES FIRST SINGLE FROM STAY SURPRISING, 'WEST END'. SURPASSES 20,000 STREAMS IN FIRST WEEK!

(3/17/18) Litchfield Magazine highlights Litchfield Jazz Camp alumni's Mike Casey Trio recent success and upcoming Litchfield album release show)

(3/1/18) wxpn's the key highlights mike casey's philadelphia museum of art album release show

(1/25/18) CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE HONORS MIKE IN 2018 CLASS OF "40 UNDER 40"

(12/20/17) Spotify features mike as cover image for official 'state of jazz' playlist, reaching 150,000 subscribers!

(12/8/17) Alma mater university of hartford features mike casey on hartford.edu front page!

(11/1/17) MAJOR USA COFFEE BRAND PEET'S COFFEE FEATURES MIKE'S DEBUT 'THE SOUND OF SURPRISE' ON OFFICIAL IN-STORE STATION - BROADCASTING TO 250 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE!

Jay-z's tidal features exclusive playlist curated by mike, 'creative beatles covers'

(throughout 2017) HYDRAULICS, Norwegian wood, & Mack The Knife FEATURED ON SPOTIFY'S OFFICIAL 'STATE OF JAZZ' PLAYLIST, netting 400K+ COMBINED streams and counting!

MIKE CASEY NAMED ONE OF THREE WINNERS OF HARTFORD PRINTS! 'HARTFORD HANDSOME' 2017 STYLE CONTEST!

JAZZ legend SONNY ROLLINS HIGHLIGHTS JAZZ IN EUROPE VIDEO PREMIERE!

Live For Live Music (Premiere), NPR, jazz night in america and WBGO feature Dagobah music video release in celebration of Star Wars Day (May The 4th Be With You)

TAKE MAGAZINE, BRIC, Jazz in Europe (NL), & SOmewhere soul (UK) feature Norwegian Wood single / video release

CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE, HARTFORD COURANT, CTNOW, and The Valley press FEATURE MIKE CASEY, DEBUT ALBUM, AND SOLD-OUT HARTFORD ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

FEATURE.FM'S ARTIST OF THE WEEK

EXERCISES IN MUSICAL SIMPLICITY PUBLISHED ON SOUNDFLY'S BLOG

Canada's Jazz da Gama reviews 'the sound of surprise' and says "Every performance engages the head, heart and feet."

Norway's Second Of Jazz reviews 'The Sound of Surprise'

'tips for teaching while releasing an album' published on music & arts' blog

Italy's Argonauta Magazine reviews 'The Sound of Surprise'

LIVEFORLIVEMUSIC.COM: "MIKE CASEY ROARS ON EXCITING LIVE RELEASE 'THE SOUND OF SURPRISE'

The Jazz Weekly Reviews 'The Sound of Surprise'

JAY Z'S TIDAL FEATURES MIKE CASEY IN TIDAL RISING EDITORIAL + MIKE CURATES EXCLUSIVE 30 UNDER 30 PLAYLIST, HIGHLIGHTING PEERS IN MODERN JAZZ

The Acquarian Weekly reviews 'The Sound of Surprise'

THE JAZZ PAGE: "Casey is a really impressive up and coming talent with a fantastic tone worth hearing."

THE SOCIAL NY HIGHLIGHTS MIKE CASEY FOR MUSIC MONDAY

SOLD OUT ALBUM RELEASE SHOW AT THE SIDE DOOR JAZZ CLUB HIGHLIGHTED BY THE NEW HAVEN REGISTER, THE DAY (HERE AND HERE), AND STEP TEMPEST!

“Enjoyable from first to last note, this group certainly takes the chordless saxophone trio format to a new level.” — Sammy Stein, Jazz in Europe

LEADING MUSIC INDUSTRY BLOGS HYPEBOT, CDBABY DIY, PLEDGEMUSIC, DOZMIA, AND JAZZFUEL HIGHLIGHT ALBUM CROWDFUNDING SUCCESS - 111% IN UNDER 30 DAYS!

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