05/22/2026
stairwell + saxophone =
Over 10 years ago (time flies!) while getting my undergrad jazz degree I ran into a frequent problem - the music building didn't have enough practice rooms!
Undeterred, I would practice in the stairwell, and came to enjoy the reverb so much as it inspired new ideas for me to sort of paint chords on saxophone, so even when practice rooms were available late at night I would still wail in the stairwell.
Looking back this was the very first artistic seed that inspired what I've been doing lately, which is focusing on telling thematic short stories on solo saxophone, recording them, and releasing them.
Hear “alone in the stairwell at jazz school” wherever you listen to music.
Peace
-Mike Casey
PS if you want early access to the next solo saxophone piece, DM me
