Jason Wastor was born in Athens in 1996 and was raised into a musical family. He started playing the drums at the age of 12 and after a few years he started studying with Spyros Panagiotopoulos.

In 2015, he received a scholarship to study at the S.U.N.Y. Purchase College (New York) and had the opportunity to have some legendary musicians of jazz as teachers: John Riley, Carl Allen, Kenny Washington, Joe Farnsworth and Matt Wilson.  In 2017, he was awarded the legendary sax player James Moody Scholarship and continued his studies through the Gamechanger project (Wetchester, NY) while at the same time he was teaching young students in NYC.

He has appeared in concerts and theatrical performances at both New York and Athens, where he currently lives and he is very active at the Greek jazz scene.

Jason Wastor is also a member of the new George Kontrafouris piano trio.