Jon Natchez is an
American multi-instrumentalist and composer based in
New York City. He has a prolific career as a sideman and recording artist on albums and soundtracks, composing and arranging as well as playing diverse instruments including
saxophone,
trumpet,
flugelhorn,
bass,
lap steel,
banjo,
tuba,
guitar,
mandolin,
keyboards,
trombone,
clarinet,
French horn, and
modular synthesizers. He started his career as a member of groups such as
Stars Like Fleas,
The Silent League and most notably Beirut, which he was a member of for three years. After two years with the trio
Yellow Ostrich, he joined the group
The War on Drugs, who he continues to tour and record with.