Jonathan
Chatfield
musician / educator
“Our audience had a blast & we appreciate that jonathan and his band were willing to put together a tailor made show for us. Excellent to work with & first rate musicians.”
– Scott S.
ABOUT
Jonathan Chatfield grew up in Hartford Connecticut and began Classical piano lessons at the age of 8. He began composing and improvising shortly thereafter. His father was a Jazz drummer who exposed him the music of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Quartet and John Coltrane.
In High School Jonathan was fortunate to be surrounded by local musicians in the neighborhood that shared a collective musical vision. They formed a band that jammed constantly in his basement, wrote original music and played local bars. He also began taking Jazz piano lessons at this time.
Jonathan went on attend the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in Oberlin Ohio. Here he studied Classical music for 2 years while graduating with a B.A. in Jazz Studies: Piano.
After graduating Jonathan returned to Hartford and began performing with a myriad of bands and different styles. He joined a Latin Jazz group led by Grammy Award Winning bassist Charles Florez and included Grammy nominated saxophonist Jimmy Greene. He performed with trumpeter Claudio Roditi and recorded with legendary Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell with the fusion jazz group Mystery Feet…
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In his thirties Jonathan became a freelance musician and house pianist at Foxwoods Resort Casino for over 4 years. At this time he also taught piano, composition, theory, sound recording and Latin jazz at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts for a total of 13 years.
Jonathan continues to perform and teach privately full time. He is very involved in his church choir where he sings and accompanies. He tunes pianos, has begun playing the pipe organ, continues to compose and provides backing tracks for musicians in his home studio.
Jonathan’s current projects include his band “Toy Boat” and a 60’s British Invasion cover band. He also plays with the Rod Stewart tribute band “Blondes Have More Fun” as well as the Beatles tribute group “Beatles Forever.”
ABOUT
Jonathan Chatfield grew up in Hartford Connecticut and began Classical piano lessons at the age of 8. He began composing and improvising shortly thereafter. His father was a Jazz drummer who exposed him the music of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, The Modern Jazz Quartet and John Coltrane.
In High School Jonathan was fortunate to be surrounded by local musicians in the neighborhood that shared a collective musical vision. They formed a band that jammed constantly in his basement, wrote original music and played local bars. He also began taking Jazz piano lessons at this time.
Jonathan went on attend the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in Oberlin Ohio. Here he studied Classical music for 2 years while graduating with a B.A. in Jazz Studies: Piano.
After graduating Jonathan returned to Hartford and began performing with a myriad of bands and different styles. He joined a Latin Jazz group led by Grammy Award Winning bassist Charles Florez and included Grammy nominated saxophonist Jimmy Greene. He performed with trumpeter Claudio Roditi and recorded with legendary Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell with the fusion jazz group Mystery Feet. Jonathan joined Blues band Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood touring clubs and festivals along the East Coast for the next five years. The band opened twice for B.B. King and recorded two albums one of which has remained on the Billboard Top Ten Blues Chart.
In his thirties Jonathan became a freelance musician and house pianist at Foxwoods Resort Casino for over 4 years. At this time he also taught piano, composition, theory, sound recording and Latin jazz at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts for a total of 13 years.
Jonathan continues to perform and teach privately full time. He is very involved in his church choir where he sings and accompanies. He tunes pianos, has begun playing the pipe organ, continues to compose and provides backing tracks for musicians in his home studio.
Jonathan’s current projects include his band “Toy Boat” and a 60’s British Invasion cover band. He also plays with the Rod Stewart tribute band “Blondes Have More Fun” as well as the Beatles tribute group “Beatles Forever.”
NEWS
May 2020
Jonathan would like to announce the release of a new CD project by Brian Walsh entitled “The Winds of Fortune.”
All of the music was written by Walsh with 8 of the 14 tracks produced and arranged by Jonathan. The CD was recorded entirely in Jonathan’s home studio on GarageBand. The vocal and guitar tracks are performed by Walsh and all other instruments are played by Jonathan using different…
Media
Rick Larrimore as Rod Stewart live at Daryl’s House
CODA Latin Jazz Project
Jericho Demo
Jericho – A Night in Tunisia
Jericho – Bésame Mucho
Jumoke Spring Concert 2022

Nothing Yet
Mystery Feet | walk the walk
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The Chicken
Mystery Feet | walk the walk
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The Gospel Truth
Mystery Feet | walk the walk
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Snaggletooth
Mystery Feet | upstream
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Mystery Feet
Since the band’s inception in the late fall of 2000 as a somewhat informal, “let’s see what happens” project beginning with a string of performances at Sully’s Pub in Hartford, CT, Mystery Feet has been exploring improvisational music with a passion … infusing elements of swing, funk, latin and rock into their original jazz compositions.
Rick Larrimore
The “Ultimate” Tribute to Rod Stewart /2020 Hindsight Tour
Beatles Forever
Beatles tribute band.
Universalist Church of West Hartford
Jazz/Classical Ensemble and Choir
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