John Hackett (musician)

John Hackett (born 13 March 1955) is a British flautist, the younger brother of guitarist Steve Hackett. Although his primary instrument is the flute, he also plays guitar, bass, and keyboards.

John comes from both classical and rock backgrounds. His early career was mostly as part of his brother's band, appearing on many early albums and touring until 1983, though he had already made guest contributions to other albums (notably Anthony Phillips's debut solo album The Geese And The Ghost).

He has as played with ensembles such as The English Flute Quartet and the Westminster Camerata, and as part of the ambient music trio, Symbiosis. He has also maintained a strong output from session work with a variety of artists and projects.

From 2004, John has been regularly releasing solo albums, taking in classical, folk, and rock stylings. In 2005, Checking Out Of London was released, a rock album produced with Nick Magnus, and with the majority of the lyrics by Nick Clabburn. This was followed up in 2015 with a second rock album, Another Life, also with the involvement of Magnus and Clabburn.

Since being in Steve Hackett's band together, John and Nick Magnus have often collaborated, recording and performing together many times.

John has worked alongside Italian organist Marco Lo Muscio throughout the 2009s, often performing organ/piano/flute duets in live performances across Europe (UK, Italy, Germany, Poland, France). There are few recordings of them together, though Hackett played on Lo Muscio's The Book of Bilbo and Gandalf album, and they collaborated on the Playing The History project with Steve Hackett.

Since 2012, John has collaborated with classical guitarist Nick Fletcher. They have performed as a flute/guitar duo across England and recorded two albums of instrumental music, the first of which also featured Steve Hackett.

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