Casey Abrams came from the small mountain town of Idyllwild, where he studied jazz and music at the local, well established high school, Idyllwild Arts. He learned upright bass and piano from jazz legend Marshal Hawkins, who played with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and more. He presented Casey with the Sam Karam award for outstanding musical ability in ’09.
Casey Abrams made it to 6th place on American Idol, season 10, 2011 and performed with Jack Black on the Finale. He would later go on to sing on Jack’s live jazz show at the Catalina Club in Hollywood. After the show ended, he and the top 11 finalists from that season would go onto a 3 month international tour to sold out arenas.
After his international television debut, he was signed to Concord records, releasing his self titled album which got him #1 in Billboard’s Heatseakers in 2012. This album was produced by Randy Jackson, Steve Jordan and Martin Terefe. He went on to tour with this album across the United States.
In 2014, he met Scott Bradlee, who started the hit youtube band “Postmodern Jukebox” and would star in many videos and songs on their platform. He would later go on to be one of the singers and host the show in many of their international tours. He still works with them to this day, earning more than 100 million views on youtube.
Since 2014 he has gone on to sing with many well known artists and is set to go on tour again, with long time friend and colleague, Stefano Langone.