Brian Casey

Brian Casey is a jazz bassist, educator and researcher based in Colorado. Brian serves as Associate Professor of Academic Jazz at the University of Northern Colorado and earned a DMA in Jazz Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder where he taught courses in Humanities, Jazz Studies, and American Music.  Prior to moving to Colorado, Brian earned a MM in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas where he played with the Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band and served as a Teaching Fellow in Jazz Bass under the direction of Professor Lynn Seaton. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Brian has performed and/or recorded with Eric Skye, Pink Martini, Weber Iago, Henry Butler, Anson Wright, Robert Johnson, Lillian Boutté and many others.  Dr. Casey has presented original research in jazz-related fields at many national and international conferences including those of the College Music Society, the Jazz Education Network and the International Society of Bassists. He has recently published the entry for Miles Davis in the Oxford Online Bibliographies in Music, and a chapter on “Post War Traditions” in Jerry Tolson’s textbook African American Music: History and Heritage published by Great River Learning. Brian’s research interests also include the intersection of jazz and American literature, politics, society, and the role of jazz in the civil rights struggle in America, as well as jazz as a cultural phenomenon in New Orleans.

Awards

Jazz Education Network Presidents' Service Award 2024

Gear

GA Pfretschner double bass round back, ca. 1920s
      - Wilson pickup, Spiro EA, Oliv DG

Wilfer-schoolGerman Shop double bass, ca. 1920s
       - FIshman Full Circle, Evah Pirazzi

Pedulla MVP 5 (late 1980s)
EBMM Stingray 5
Pedulla Rapture 5
Yamaha BB5000
Fender MIJ Jazz Fretless

EA iAmp 350
EA CXL110
Acoustic Image Clarus 4
Acoustic Image Contra
Gallien Krueger 800RB
GenzBenz 4x10
GenzBenz 2x10
SWR Redhead

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