Jonathan Mover is a
studio musician best known for his drumming, but who is also a fantastic bassist, guitarist, keyboard player, and engineer. He was raised in the 70's in the
Boston area and began playing drums at age thirteen. His concentration since he began playing has been to improve his ability, and as such his style is as varied as it is
technically perfect.
Heavily influenced by such artists as
Frank Zappa,
Terry Bozzio,
Alan White,
Neil Peart, and
Todd Rundgren, as his style developed, his drumset grew in atypical directions, sometimes including multiple
tympani,
concert toms,
gongs, and even
glockenspiel and
vibraphones. He studied briefly at
Berklee College of Music, then moved to
London, where he met
Steve Howe of
Yes and
Steve Hackett of
Genesis, and soon after the trio formed
GTR, which lasted for two years.
After playing one gig with
Steve Vai and
Joe Satriani in 1988, Mover moved (ha ha ha...) back to the states, where he began playing with anyone who wanted him. He has recently written and performed two solo efforts, titled
Einstein and
Einstein too. The second album included
Trey Gunn of
King Crimson and
Derek Sherinian of
Dream Theater. He remains the drummer of choice for several of the world's greatest guitarists.
Discography:
1982/84
Paul Julian
Changes
1983
Marillion
For Cucumber Lovers Only
1983
Punky Meadows
1985
Steve Howe
Sweet Thunder
1986
Mike Oldfield
Peter's Pop Festival
1986
GTR
GTR
1987
GTR
Oh How I Love You
1988
Delilah
summerfun
1988
Joe Satriani
Montreux Live
1988
Joe Satriani
Dreaming #11
1988
Paul Julian
Special People
1989
3 Little Pigs
Put Up Or Shut Up
1989
Stuart Hamm
The Kings Of Sleep
1990
Alice Cooper
Trashes The World
1990
Dolly Ryan
1991
Jeff Thall
1991
Blue Murder
1991
Stuart Hamm
The Urge
1992
22 Brides
Selling Fruit In Cairo
1992
Mark Morris
Cattunes
1992
Peter Frampton
Shine on... The collection
1992
Frank Gambale
The Great Explorers
1992
Aretha Franklin
Hampton Jazz Festival
1993
Bobby Bell
'bout Time
1993
Hoodratz
Sneeke Muthafukaz
1993
22 Brides
22 Brides
1993
Bishop -Wells
Hard Road
1993
Joe Satriani
Time Machine
1994
Joe Satriani
Beautiful Guitar
1994
Billy Mann
DV8
1995
Alice Cooper
Classicks
1995
Dominico
Keepin It Real
1995
Larry Mitchell
Peter Green's Rattlesnake Guitar
1995
einstein
einstein
1986/96
Max Bacon
The Higher You Climb
1996
Rudy Roberts
Arabesque
1997
Bernard Grimaldi
1997
22 Brides
Blazes Of Light
1997
Byron Taylor
1997
Wine Field
Wine Field
1997
Dave Atherton
The Purest
1997
Dr. Sin
Insinity
1997
Gary Chaffee's Instructional video
1986/97
GTR
Live King Biscuit
1997
Marillion
Fugazi (remaster)
1998
Percy Jones's Instructional Video
1998
Shari Pine
Shari Pine
1998
Bernard Grimaldi
Bingo Soundtrack
1998
Digi-Wni w/ Corey Glover
Vertices
1998
Fuel
Sunburn
1998
Lee Nestor
Call It What It Is
1999
Oleander
February Son
1999
OCD
Ritualistic
1999
Fuel
Shimmer
1999
Fuel
Jesus And A Gun
1999
GTR
Classic Rock Traxx
1999
GTR
Best of British Rock
1999
Soundtrack
Scream 3
1999
RAMA
RAMA
1999
Soundtrack
American Pie
2000
Fuel
Bravo Hits v.28
2000
Hank Decken
Another Seven Days
2000
Sonic Joy Ride
Behemoth
2000
Amy Fairchild
Demo Graphic
2000
Fuel
Something Like Human
2001
David Reardon
Not A Super Hero
2001
Melodica
Lovemetal
2001
einstein
einstein too
2001
Deni Bonet
Bigger Is Better
2001
Monique
Shades Of Mundane
2001
Bob Pressner
Summer In Illusion Land
2001
Mark Mangold
Lift
2001
Jason Becker Tribute
Warmth In The Wilderness
2001
Joe Blair Project
Watch Out For The Curve
2001
Huw Gower
In Pursuit of Excellence
2001
Shimmerhead
Porn Reign
2001
GTR
Concert du Siecle
2002
July For Kings
Swim
2002
GTR
Art Rock Live
2002
Alan Friedman
The Test Of Time
2002
Drive, She Said
Real Life
2003
Matt Kramer
War & Peas
2003
Mark Cattano
Prescribed Burn
2003
Brothers From Another
Whisky & Women
2003
Down For Low
Beyond The Pain
2003
Fuel
Natural Selection
2004
Everlast
White Trash Beautiful
2004
Kirsten Dehaan
Conform
2004
They Might Be Giants
The Spine
2004
Calvin Earl
Back To Basics
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