Cassowary

Singer, keyboardist, and saxophonist Miles Shannon, aka Cassowary, is known for his deeply atmospheric, fever-dream fusion of jazz, funk, minimalist electronic, hip-hop, and psychedelia-laced R&B. It's a kaleidoscopically genre-bending sound he debuted on 2020's Cassowary. Born in Inglewood, California, Shannon grew up in Los Angeles, where he excelled at the saxophone while attending the prestigious Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. There, he studied under tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, and gained valuable early experience playing alongside jazz luminaries li...