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Los Angeles-based singer and composer Michael Mayo creates from the heart without filter or pre-tense, allowing his voice to transmit raw emotion above an ever-evolving backdrop of jazz, neo-soul and R&B. He has performed and toured with Kneebody, Jacob Collier, Christian Sands, Josh Groban, Nate Smith and Herbie Hancock.

Michael released his debut studio album “Bones” in 2021, followed by his sophomore album “Fly” in 2024. Much like molding and shaping a sculpture out of clay, Mayo stretches his voice through layers of harmonizing, hard-hitting beatboxing, and heartfelt crooning.

Michael was born and raised in Los Angeles by his father Scott Mayo, a saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, and his mother Valerie Pinkston, a singer. His parents performed with such musicians as Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Luther Vandross, and Whitney Houston throughout his youth.

Mayo went to the New England Conservatory of Music, where he received a bachelor’s degree in jazz vocal performance. In 2015. Michael became the third vocalist ever to be accepted to the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz at University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Dianne Reeves.

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