Jonathan began his musical career in Bristol (UK) having studied classical piano before developing an obsession with jazz which proved a major distraction from his Engish Literature degree course. He has worked with many distinguished jazz musicians since such as Iain Ballamy, Andy Sheppard, Pee Wee Ellis and Tim Garland, and performed his own music at jazz festivals around the UK.

These days he is more usually found playing and writing for Tango Siempre, the UK’s leading Argentinean Tango group, and has done since their inception in 1998, recording four albums and playing in every kind of venue imaginable from concert halls in major European cities to tiny village halls on remote Scottish islands. In 2006 he recorded a tango-jazz fusion project with saxophonist Gilad Atzmon and drummer/electronic wizard Steve Arguelles and in 2008 toured with bandoneonist Paolo Russo, writing music combining tango with jazz, electronica and contemporary classical music.

Away from tango he can sometimes be found in the theatre - touring recently with choreographer Matthew Bourne's 'Edward Scissorhands' - giving a solo jazz recital alongside virtuoso jazz pianist Uri Caine or playing funk with ex-James Brown legend Fred Wesley around Europe. He has studied composition with flautist Eddie Parker and recorded an album with him (Being and Becoming), attempted to set up a jazz record label and currently teaches jazz at the Guildhall School in London and is an ABRSM examiner.