Biography

Mike Casey & his Trio (sax/bass/drums) is an experience to behold. The absence of guitar/piano allows the band a rare sound: earthy, yet mysterious - incorporating ingredients of funk, R&B, hip hop & music from around the world into their own definition of jazz fusion. This trio demands the audiences’ attention – whether bringing down the house with story based originals or captivating listeners with genre-bending re-imaginations of songs by Soundgarden, Queen, Daniel Caesar, H.E.R. & even Jay-Z. In 2020, the band was 1 of 5 international finalists in the largest ensemble based competition in jazz - the DC Jazz Festival’s “DC Jazz Prix”. With over 20 million plays worldwide, Mike has had overwhelming support from The Huffington Post, BBC, NPR Morning Edition, NPR Jazz Night in America, Forbes, JazzTimes, KCRW, Playstation's Fortnite video game, as the cover of Spotify’s “State of Jazz” & in Spotify’s “Best Jazz of 2020 + 2021” lists, Sirius XM, on jazz icon Sonny Rollins’s social media (the pioneer of the sax/bass/drums format), & much more.