John
Flanders News
2012
Great tour to France, Switzerland. Played the Hotel Lovre in Paris on
the first night! Also recorded on an avante garde opera;
"Satz Clock" that featured Steve Vai, Chad Wackerman, Mike
Miller, and Dweezil Zappa.
2011
Double Helix is having a great time with the respose to the newcd
"The Go Between". -packed them in at our release party in
P.C. We also nailed it at the SLC Arts Fest.
joined by Steve Lindeman, and got some added PR from channel 2 tv.
John's excited to play with a favorite of his, Pete Chrislieb (tonight
show, - who could forget the tenor solo on "Deacon Blues"...) at
the SLC Jazz Fest. The band will also have Vincent Falcone (piano for
Sinatra) and Eddie Daniels.
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2009-10
What, where did the time go? Well, many, many fun gigs with many, many
different bands, cats, hipsters, professors, miscreants, National acts,
etc. Continued work with Temptations, The Utah Symphony, session
work, Ben Folds, and even some producing. Newer projects include Sin
City Soul, and Raydius, Andy Frasco from LA, and gigs with the Riddemites.
2010 was a full tilt year, with a very low point in the loss of
Wayne Christiansen hours after a wonder trio gig together. A very
high point was finishing the new CD "The Go Between" which has
some of Wayne's last jazz recordings on it. Every gig is a different
fun challenge, with varying lineups and I thank all the guys I get to play
with day in and day out. What can I say, I love my
"job". Check out the new disc, I think we nailed
it, the release party was off the hook (Jan. 9, 2011), and support
all the arts, especially live music. Thanks, JF
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2008
Another great year again. Fun shows
with the Temptations, Wayne Newton, the Utah Symphony, the Four Tops,
Frankie Avalon, and of course pleny of Double Helix action. Helix
had another full summer with appearances at the Park City Arts fest, the
Salt Lake Jazz Festival, and many other groovin' performances. They will
be working on their fourth cd this fall with plenty of new material.
Also had much fun with Pat Carnahan at the Park City Jazz Festival playing
the slot before Joshua Redman. 2008 also marks the passing of some jazz
greats including Michael Brecker and Johnny Griffin. Don't forget to vote
this November, and stay tuned..
Best, JF
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2007
The year is cruising along and Helix has another busy
& full summer. Fun was had with all the bands this year, and of course the "Dons", a fun show with Don Rickles
and one with the great and hip Donovan. We've taken a bit of a break on the recording scene, still
touting the latest one, "Natural Selection", but ya never know...
& the NBA got to hear some sax on the National Anthem back in January,
(Unfortunately the Nets beat the Jazz that nite). John will perform again
with the Utah Symphony in July, and Double Helix knocked off a fun show at
the Salt Lake Jazz Festival, debuting more original tunes. The biggest downer this year has been the loss of Micheal Brecker. He did get one more gem of a cd out.
More as it happens. Thanks for checking in.
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2006
Double Helix is enjoying the release of "Natural Selection" and finally
had a great release party in January. Thanks to all the folk who
were nice enough to attend and support us. We especially are stoked
about the cds purchased and hope y'all are digging the new material.
(Quite an earful at almost 69minutes, but that was the narrowed down
stuff!) John just had the opportunity to tour Europe
again, this time hitting France and of course selling and spreading the
Helix jazz to our cultured and enthusiastic euro- friends. He again
ended up in Zermatt Switzerland and performed with an international band
comprised of Americans and Netherlanders. (Thanks Mike.)The summer of 2006 looks to be
fun with not quite as hectic a schedule as last year, so make note of the
Helix appearences (on the performances page). The new cd is
available online, so spread the word a grab yo'self more copies of
everything. UPDATE: The summer did end up
quite busy and we had a lot of fun shows, including adding more nights at
Zanzibar, and a special concert hall performance at Westminister College.
We were also pleased to get a little national recognition on a revue of
the new disc from JazzTimes magazine!
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2005 was a blast. Thanks to all who came to the shows, have (or will!?)
purchase the new cd from Double Helix, "Natural Selection"! (Go to
the recordings page) It was a diverse year with gigs in Switzerland
in the Spring, to Arts Festivals, hangin' on stage with Wayne & Mark,
playing main stage at the Park City Intn'l Jazz Festival and then hanging
with Bela Fleck & Stanley Clarke, (Yes, they both got a copy of the
new disc.) fun session work, and all the gigs with bands like Zion
Tribe, Joe Muscolino, SLAJO, and many more. Wherever you may be,
support local music and jazz. Stay tuned in 2006 for more music!
Peace,
John
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2004:
Double Helix
had another superb summer 2004, we debuted some great new tunes, played
another large show at Sugarhouse Park for the 4th of July, and topped off
with a performance at the Park City International Jazz Festival.
(Alongside acts such as Dave Sanborn, Count Basie Orchestra, Rippingtons
etc.)
The band had a great show as the headliner
for the Sugarhouse Park fireworks on the 4th of July 2003. We
performed an original arrangement of "Appalachian Spring", called
"Appalachian Swing" that was commissioned especially for that night. The
band was absolutely on fire, and conservative estimates from the city have
the crowd at 40,000 people plus! Great show guys!
The Salt Lake Jazz Festival was another fun
performance. Wayne Burdick, our new percussionist was groovin' hard, and
Wayne Christiansen tore it up on the grand piano."
Check out another
stellar revue of "In The Sky Tonight", in the 21st birthday edition of the
Catalyst out now. (p. 79) We dig that magazine. (Catalystmagazine@earthlink.net)
John & the new cd
were featured on KUER with Steve Williams, Thur. Dec. 19th,
10:30pm
Read the interview
article on John and "In The Sky Tonight" in the City Weekly, from the week
of Jan. 16-23 at slweekly.com
The new Helix cd and all of John's can be
picked up in Utah at Orion's music (P.C. and S.L.), Barnes & Noble
Gateway, Wasatch Cd Exchange (on 100 s. approx 45 w.), Randy's records,
& Greywhale, and Music of Moab. And of course right here! (go to
Recordings)
Where ever you may
be, support local music, and jazz! Thanks for checkin' in.