Saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger Jonathan Doyle lives in Port Townsend WA in the Pacific Northwest. He still spends time in Chicago, Austin TX, and on the road.

Jonathan grew up and got his start in the Chicago area. In the mid-90s he left DePaul’s School of Music to begin playing professionally, at first with the Mighty Blue Kings and then the Four Charms. He has also worked with Chicago’s emerging improvisers such as Josh Berman, Jason Adasiewicz, Design Flaw, and Grey Around Green, and developed an interest in country blues and jug band music playing with the Wabash Jug Band. In 2004, Mr. Doyle moved to Austin to pursue his love of acoustic and roots music afresh. After a brief stint with the Asylum Street Spankers, he went on to freelance in Central Texas’ vibrant traditional jazz, swing, and western swing scenes, playing with well-established acts such as Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel, and the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, as well being a part of many fine local bands such as Thrift Set Orchestra, Albanie & her Fellas, Stan Smith and the Jazz Pharaohs, Aunt Ruby's Sweet Jazz Babies, East Side Dandies, White Ghost Shivers, Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan, The Giant Three and his own projects The Jonathan Doyle Quintet / Swingtet. His time in New Orleans led to touring with the hot jazz and traditional blues band, Tuba Skinny. And his connection to Chicago led to playing with the amazing Fat Babies as well as guitar maestro, Joel Paterson. More recently he has started performing with Naomi & Her Handsome Devils, Hal Smith's Swing Central, The Brooks Prumo Orchestra, Golden Hour Orchestra, Casey MacGill, and has just started The Cloud Drops with Matt Weiner & Jacob Zimmerman—an 8 piece band based in the PNW.

Jonathan is committed to crafting original music as well studying the American musical traditions. He strives to organize and be a part of bands whose music is rooted, yet distinct. And to play for listeners and dancers anywhere they'll have him!

Jonathan has had a career that has allowed him to perform professionally on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, at Preservation Hall, on Austin City Limits TV show, at Jazz At Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night’s Swing, in the famous Spiegeltent, at Chichen Itza, and major festivals such as Chicago Jazz Fest, Chicago Blues Fest, New Orleans Jazz Fest, French Quarter Festival in New Orleans, Detroit Jazz Fest, Umbria Jazz Fest, Port Ferry Folk Festival, WOMADelaide World Music Festival, Festival International in Lafayette. He’s also busked on street corners from New Orleans and Mexico to Australia and Europe.

In 2021, his song "Sweet is the Night" (as recorded by The Fat Babies) was featured in the movie "Passing" based on the Nella Larsen novel of the same name--the movie was picked up by Netflix and you can watch it there (“Sweet is the Night” comes in at 48:38 and runs for the whole length of the song!)

He played on and toured to support the grammy nominated album “Willie and the Wheel” with Willie Nelson and Asleep At The Wheel.

Some of the fine musicians that Jonathan has had the pleasure of performing or recording with include:

Pinetop Perkins, The Bobbettes, Young Jesse, Emily Gimble, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Willie Nelson, Kat Edmonson, Sam Lay, Dave Meyers, Lyle Lovett, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Ray Benson / Asleep at the Wheel, Andrew Bird, Nick Curran, Mark Colby, JD McPherson, Albanie Falletta, Hal Smith, Marty Grosz, Barrett Deems, Alice Spencer, Rob Stone, Big Sandy, Janis Martin, Beau Sample, Dave Biller, Slim Richey, Kevin O’Donnell, Stanley Smith, Erik Hokkanen, Wayne Hancock, Casey MacGill, Jen Hodge, Greg Ruby, Matt Weiner, David Jellema, Ryan Gould, JD Pendley, Chris Cogburn, Ray Skjelbred, Jandek, Michael Gamble, Grace Love, Jordan Moser, D’Vonne Lewis, Can-ky-ree / Tom Musick, Charlie Halloran, Deannna Varagona, Dave Pavkovic Band, Jonathan Stout, Corinne Adams, Andy Schumm, Lauryn Gould, John Rodli, Robin Rapuzzi, Grey Around Green, Damien Llanes, Becca Mhalek, Andiamo, Wabash Jug Band, Alex Hall, Mark Gonzales, Elizabeth McQueen, John Medeski, Marina Albero, Pinetop Seven, Mikiya Matsuda, Shu Shubat / Jellyeye, Stalebread Scottie, Kris Tokarski, Henriette Sennenvaldt, Josh Collazo, Oliver Steck, Dave Sanger, Josh Hoag, Smoking Time Jazz Club, Jim Barclay, Olivier Giraud, Mike Walbridge, Nick Willett, Shaun Young, Frog & Henry, Alynda Segarra, Rick Sherry / Devil in a Woodpile, Gordon Au, Bruce Brackman, Jason Smay, Katie Shore, New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Jeremy Slemenda, Ed Hayes, Jim Cullum, Jason Adasiewicz, Marla Dixon, Royal Crown Review, Kit Stovepipe, The Clovers, Josh Berman, Reese Gray, Jerome Smith, Francie Meaux Jeaux, Max Bien-Kahn, Lyon Graulty, Jeremy Noller, Jimmy Sutton, Brooks Prumo, Brian Dibblee, Tom Saunders, Willie Pipkin, Frank Rosaly, Clark Sommers, Casey McDonough, Justin Au, Jason Baczynski , The Diminisher / David McDonnell, John Sheridan, The Cleftones, Scott Ligon, Joel Paterson, John Otto, Paul Asaro, Angie Tabor, Dalton Ridenhour, Bret Figura, Naomi Uyama, Todd Burdick, Jake Sanders, Pokey LaFarge, Bertram Levy, Abakis, James Gwyn, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Craig Flory, Samara Jade, Sharay Reed, Jacob Zimmerman, Greg Sherman, Jovon Miller, Josh Roberts, Alex Guilbert, Jack Dwyer, Joel Root, Shaye Cohn, Westen Borghesi, Barnabus Jones, Cella Blue, Lew Williams, Eric Bogart & Terianne Stratton, Jeremy Wakefield, Kevin Smith, Nick Rossi, Mike Daugherty, Deke Dickerson, Carl Sonny Leyland, Dave Holo, Josh Duffee, Duke Robillard, Jeremy Kahn, Curtis Thomas, Clint Baker, Mike Davis, Dave Kosmyna, Ewan Bleach, Nirav Sanghani, Dave Stuckey, Mike Poppitt, Whit Smith, Coleman Akin, Maxwell Poulos, Nate Ketner, Michael Magro, King James, TJ Muller, Jason Jurzak, Michael McQuaid, Meschiya Lake, Mike Reed, Erika Lewis, Jon Cleary…