Name: MICHAEL MAYO — Stevens Point
Start: 2025-09-17T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-17T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Great Northern Distilling

$MICHAEL MAYO \u2014 Stevens Point$

Voted 2025 #1 Rising Star Male Vocalist by DownBeat Magazine! | Info & Tkts at JazzCoterie.com
Los Angeles-based singer and composer Michael Mayo has performed and toured with Kneebody, Jacob Collier, Christian Sands, Josh Groban, Nate Smith and Herbie Hancock. He 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 Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, and Luther Vandross, 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 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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