JONATHAN MATTSON is a Musician + Booking Agent representing a disparate roster of jazz, club, experimental, electronic and indie artists. His agenting work includes projects with Newport Jazz Fest, Big Ears, Hopscotch, THING, Sid The Cat, Asagiri Jam, Levitation & others. As a touring artist, his band Mattson 2 has supported Khruangbin, Kikagaku Moyo, Toro Y Moi, Antibalas and performed Telluride Jazz Fest, Vancouver Jazz Fest, Blue Note Tokyo, SFJAZZ fest, Greenroom, The FIllmore, Desert Daze & more. Recorded work includes 12 albums, multiple collaborations with Toro Y Moi, Ray Barbee, 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, José James, La Luz, Fat Tony, Marco Benevento, Jukebox The Ghost & more..

He lives in San Diego with his wife, two daughters, and th efamily dog Peanut. He graduated w/ Honors Cum Laud from UCSD’s Jazz & The Music of The African Diaspora program and subsequently received a full scholarship and Master of Fine Arts degree from UCI’s Integrated Composition, Improvisation, & Technology program.