Jonathan Mattson at SFJAZZ fest - SF, CA (2018). Photo: Andrew PaynterJONATHAN MATTSON is a Musician + Booking Agent. His agenting work includes projects with Newport Jazz Fest, Big Ears, Hopscotch, THING, & others. His band Mattson 2 has toured w/ Khruangbin, Kikagaku Moyo, Toro Y Moi, & performed Telluride Jazz Fest, Blue Note Tokyo, The Fillmore, Desert Daze & more. Recorded work under Mattson 2 includes 12 albums, and multiple collaborations with Toro Y Moi, Ray Barbee, and Tommy Guerrero, garnering over 80MIL streams and charting twice at #1 on contemporary jazz BILLBOARD charts. In digital events, Jonathan closed partnerships with Andrew Bird, Bombino, Vieux Farka Touré, La Luz, Fat Tony, & others.
He lives in San Diego with his wife, two daughters, and their dog Peanut. He graduated w/ Honors Cum Laud from UCSD’s Jazz & The Music of The African Diaspora program and UCI’s Integrated Composition, Improvisation, & Technology Master of Fine Arts program.
FEATURED PROJECTS
in booking, performance, partnerships
Booked James Brandon Lewis for Newport Jazz via Anniversary Group
Poster for Ghost Funk Orchestra x Rudy De Anda booking at Public Records - Brooklyn NY (2023)
Twitter post of the Andrew Bird record release show I curated and booked - Ojai, CA (2020) 
Poster for Jasmyn tour w/ BSS - North America (2022)
Irreversible Entanglements for Hopscotch x Anniversary 2023
Poster for Mattson 2, North American Tour; canceled halfway through from the pandemic. Art: Jaime Zuverza
Ticketing window for Vieux Farka Toure livestream booking for SESSIONS - Mali (2021)
Tour booking for Swedish artist Alice Boman’s North American record release campaign (2023)
I co-wrote and co-starred w/ my band Mattson 2 in Mellennium, on Toro Y Moi’s 2022 Dead Ocean release “MAHAL” (pictured)
Mattson 2 x Paul Cherry Tour - Southwest (2023)
Tour booking: Pearl & The Oysters supporting TV Girl
Curated a rare, solo performance of Bombino between tours in EU for SESSIONS - Streamed from Italy (2021)
Ticketing window & merch ideation of JTG Livestream residency for SESSIONS (2021)
Healing Potpourri booking at RESIDENT - Los Angeles, CA (2022)
Jonathan, bullet train to Nagoya. Photo by Ray Barbee (2009)