Jimmy Hastings RIP

[Fuller]

Not a name known to many but Jimmy Hastings died this week. For fans of the Canterbury scene he was best known for playing on many of the 1970’s Caravan albums, and he was in the Camel/Caravan band called Mirage that I saw in Bristol in December 1994. Brother of Pye Hastings.
Jimmy was also known as a jazz saxophonist too. RIP.

Jimmy Hastings - Wikipedia

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[les24preludes]

Indeed - a good sax player. Thanks for that.

 

[gregory lynch]

Going to have a Caravan day today, sad news indeed.

 

[Finnegan]

Not a name known to many but Jimmy Hastings died this week. For fans of the Canterbury scene he was best known for playing on many of the 1970’s Caravan albums, and he was in the Camel/Caravan band called Mirage that I saw in Bristol in December 1994. Brother of Pye Hastings.
Jimmy was also known as a jazz saxophonist too. RIP.

Jimmy Hastings - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Sheeee-it. Another one down.

 

[kendo]

RIP

 

[Snufkin]

His playing was very much part of those early Caravan albums. RIP Jimmy.

 

[pickwickpapers]

Great playing on great albums. RIP.

 

[mikemusic]

Loved his playing
RIP Jimmy

 

[VanDerGraaf]

I didn't become aware of Jimmy Hastings through Caravan, but through his lovely playing on Chris Squire's "Fish Out Of Water".

There was a story related by Squire about Jimmy; he had mentioned beating the breathalysers of the time using circular breathing techniques!

RIP.