Jimmy Hastings

James Brian Gordon "Jimmy" Hastings (born May 12, 1938 in Aberdeen ) is a British jazz musician ( tenor and alto saxophone , clarinets , flute ) who can also be heard on some important albums by bands of the Canterbury scene .

Live and act

Hastings, who spent part of his childhood in India, comes from a musical family. His father was a pianist; his brother Pye Hastings is also a musician. He learned the piano at an early age and played dance music as a teenager. At the age of 16 he switched to the alto saxophone and at the age of 21 to the tenor saxophone. In the early 1960s he worked as a ship musician. 1963-64 he played with trumpeter Ronnie Caryl, with whose band he also toured France. He then worked in London and was a member of Ken McKintosh's orchestra for two years, and from 1969 to 1973 with the BBC Radio Orchestra .

His brother Pye Hastings brought him in 1968 to record the albums of the band Caravan , which he led , with whom he occasionally performed live. In 1970 and 1971 he was also in the studio with Soft Machine ( Third , Fourth ), further with Hatfield and the North and National Health . During the 1970s he occasionally played in the big bands of Dave Hancock, Les Semons and Tony Kinsey ; Kinsey also brought him into his quartet. He also directed a jazz quintet with David Horler , which included Bill Le Sage and Tony Lee . As a studio musician, he accompanied Bryan Ferry , Trapeze , Chris Squire and later Radiohead . In 1986 he recorded the album Point of Intersection with pianist John Horler .

Then he played as a theater musician in London's West End in various musicals . He was also active in the bands that accompanied Frank Sinatra , Sammy Davis Jr. , Tony Bennett , Sarah Vaughan and Aretha Franklin in Europe. Since 1993 he has been part of Humphrey Lyttelton's band . He was also a member of John Dankworth's Generation Band . In 1996/97 he played for a while at Caravan ; He has also performed with Don Lusher , Red Rodney , Art Farmer , Bill Berry , Lanny Morgan , Billy Mitchell and Al Gray and led a quartet with which he presented the live album JimJams .

At the London College of Music he taught as professor for jazz saxophone.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Hastings, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hastings, James Brian Gordon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British jazz musician (saxophone, clarinet, flute)
DATE OF BIRTH	May 12, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aberdeen