TENOR SAXOPHONE

Selmer Paris Reference 36
Peter Ponzol M1 Mouthpiece
Bari Synthetic Reeds

CASEY'S INFLUENCES

Dexter Gordon, Michael Brecker, Maceo Parker, Gerald Albright, Paul Desmond, Kenni Holmen

HOW IT STARTED

"I was kicked out of middle school band as a drummer because I got caught forging my mom's signature on my practice sheets.  I cried while riding my bike all the way home to tell my mom.  She had a meeting with the band director and he agreed to let me back in the band, but I had to play something else since I obviously didn't like the drums.  I suggested trumpet, but he said the only opening he had was tenor saxophone.  I reluctantly agreed.  I hated band and I hated the saxophone until high school when I learned of something called jazz band.  My band director played me a recording of Gerald Albrights' Georgia On My Mind...and that was it.  I was hooked."