Birth: 1960

Hometown:

Instrument: Drums, percussion

My gear: Pearl Reference acoustic drums, Roland  digital drums
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Favourite drummers:

Ian Paice, Buddy Rich, Terry Bozzio, Ginger Baker, Mike Portnoy, Jeff Porcaro,  Billy Cobham,  Virgil Donati, Graham Lear, Dave Weckl, Thomas Lang, Pål Thowsen

Musical influences:

Deep Purple, Baker Gurvitz Army, Dream Theater, Transatlantic, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Santana, Toto, Earth Wind & Fire, Gary Moore, Saga, 10CC, Level 42, Koinonia, Supertramp, Michael Jackson, Chicago, Queen, Al Jareau, Stevie Wonder, Billy Cobham, Abba, Beatles, Tower of Power,  David Bowie, Chich Corea, Al di Meola, Andrew Loyd Webbers productions + various Jazz - Diana Krall (quite universal....)

Favourite bands:

Deep Purple, Santana, Saga, Baker Gurvitz Army, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Frank Zappa, Dream Theater, Transatlantic; ELP, EW&F,  Level 42, 10CC

Favourite albums:

Deep Purple: "Made in Japan",  Santana: "Moonflower", Saga: "In Transit", Pink Floyd "Dark Side of The Moon", The Baker Gurvitz Army", Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti, Dream Theater: "Scenes from a memory", Transatlantic: "SMPTe" , Beatles: "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band", 10CC Live and let Live
Essential LP's

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jtmagicpie

Facebook: http://facebook.com/jan.t.johannessen

Other:

New drumgear 2010

JT- Beyond Appearance (Personal website)

Article in Modern Drummer Magazine (August 2006)

JT "On The Move"

History 

E-mail: JT@magicpie.net or JT@online.no

Audiovisjon Studio 2009 - Recording for album #3 on Pearl reference
 

Rosfest USA 2007