John Helliwell
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In 1987 Helliwell played on Pink Floyd's album ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason''; his name was misspelled as "Halliwell". This was after Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour had played on Supertramp's album ''Brother Where You Bound''. Helliwell also played on French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman's 1985 album ''Positif,'' and clarinet on Sara Hickman's 1990 album Shortstop.
During a professional lull in the 1990s, Helliwell began studying for a music degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, but he discontinued his studies to join Supertramp on tour when ''Some Things Never Change'' was released. In 2004 he contributed saxophone work on the Simon Apple album ''River to the Sea''.
Helliwell contributed clarinet to The Pineapple Thief's song "Fend For Yourself" from their ''Your Wilderness'' album which was released in 2016.
Helliwell fronts the Super Big Tramp Band, which has a jazz big band line-up of trumpets, trombones, saxophones and rhythm section. It plays versions of Supertramp tunes, arranged by members of the band, with no vocals, but with Helliwell as the chief soloist. The band first played in Manchester in June 2013. In 2019 the band played at the Manchester Jazz Festival in May and was scheduled to play in Hull and Hamburg later in the year.
In October 2020, Helliwell released ''Ever Open Door'', a CD album of ballads with Helliwell on saxophone and clarinet, with a string quartet and Hammond organ. Provided by Wikipedia
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