Casey, Mike: Valencia (Vinyl LP)

On the heels of making his scoring debut in the Netflix Spy Ops TV show, being 1 of 16 selected for the GRAMMYs® 'Next' Class of 2023, featured in Spotify's Best Jazz of 2020-22 & Amazon Music's Best Jazz of 2022 + 2023 internationally celebrated artist Mike Casey announces his 9th release in 8 years, Valencia !Originally his masters thesis while studying at Berklee's selective Valencia Spain campus in 2019 & premiered live at Spain's national concert hall Auditori Nacional, 'Valencia' showcases him moving far beyond the polar opposite sax/bass/drums trio & electronic/hip hop formats into expansive, cinematic, global acoustic fusion.Calling this album simply Jazz would be limiting: it's a forward thinking, multi-genre, multicultural experience created by an artist who is trained in jazz, but who fully absorbed a specific, inspiring environment and period of time abroad into his heart & soul, seeking to unify across geography & genre. Fully Indie. Side A: 1. the Beauty of Everyday Life, 2. Venus, 3. Ghazal, Side B: 1. Universal Gratitude, 2. Calle Pizarro, 3. Valencia, 4. Universal Gratitude (Reprise)