Michael Mayo

Musical Style: Jazz When you trust your gut, you give in to your most natural inclinations. By doing so, you have no choice but to be honest. Michael Mayo leans on his intuition as a vocalist, composer, songwriter, and arranger. Much like molding and shaping a sculpture out of clay, he stretches his voice through layers of heavenly harmonizing, hard-hitting beatboxing, and heartfelt crooning. The Los Angeles-based phenomenon creates from the heart without filter or pretense, allowing his voice to transmit raw emotion above an ever-evolving backdrop of jazz, neo-soul, and R&B on his second full-length LP, Fly [Mack Avenue Records/Artistry Music], and more to come. “As improvisers, we sometimes talk about leaving space and following your second or third instinct,” he notes. “Lately, I’ve be…