Jonathan, the son of the legendary Composer and Co Founder of Indo Jazz Fusion late John Mayer started his musical training at the very early age of 5. His father taught him composition, his grand father the Violin, and he took Piano lessons from James Methuen-Campbell the author and music critic. Jonathan's Sitar tuition started with Clem Alford (the first ever European Sitar player) and later from Pandit Subroto Roychowdhury of Senia Gharana and Wajahat Khan (direct descendent of Mia Tansen the Great Musician, one of the nine jewels in Moghul Court of Emperor Akbar).
Jonathan has gained a B.Mus (Hons) at the Birmingham Conservatoire where his studied both Sitar and Composition. His career so far has seen him play with artists such as Dave Stewart, The Smith String Quartet, The Bingham String Quartet, Kumar Bose, Shiv Shankar Ray, Ashok Dutta, Erich Gruenburg, Rohan De Sarem, Kuljit Bhamra, Kathryn Tickell, John Wilson, Bombay Dub Orchestra, Sarah Brightman, I Musici Fiamminghi Orchestra, and Sir Paul McCartney. He has also recorded a solo album for Cooking Vinyl Records. As a composer he has had performances of his orchestral works played at the Adrian Boult Hall in Birmingham. He has written for Erich Gruenburg, Joji Hattori, his father’s band Indo-Jazz Fusions and for many library music companies. His playing and compositions can be heard on two Nimbus CD’s, two on FMR and on The Teak Project, a new exciting trio with Justin Quinn & Neil Craig. Jonathan can also be heard on Sarah Brightmans' Eden and Kevin Spaceys' Beyond the sea.
He has toured extensively with Indo-Jazz Fusions in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the UK. As a soloist Jonathan has performed all over the world including, France, United Arab Emirates, Australia, America, and two very successful tours in India as well as a number of performances for the BBC, which were both warmly praised by the press. He is also in demand as a session musician and appears regularly on television and radio.
Jonathan is the co-founder of First Hand Records Ltd.
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