James Brian Gordon Hastings (born 12 May 1938) is a British musician associated with the Canterbury scene who plays saxophones, flute and clarinet.

Hastings was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He has played with his brother Pye Hastings in Caravan, with Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Bryan Ferry, Trapeze, Chris Squire, among others.^[1] He played alto saxophone, clarinet and flute with Humphrey Lyttelton's eight-piece jazz band. With the other members of the Lyttelton band, he performed on the 2001 Radiohead album Amnesiac.^[2][3]

Discography

John Horler & Jimmy Hastings

• Point of Intersection (1986)

Caravan

• Caravan (1968)
• If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You (1970)
• In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)
• Waterloo Lily (1972)
• For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973)
• Caravan and the New Symphonia (1974)
• Cunning Stunts (1975)
• Blind Dog at St. Dunstans (1976)
• The Battle of Hastings (1995)

Hatfield and the North

• The Rotters' Club (1975)

National Health

• National Health (1977)
• Of Queues and Cures (1978)

Soft Machine

• Third (1970)
• Fourth (1971)

Todd Dillingham

• The Wilde Canterbury Dream (1992)

Trapeze

• You Are the Music...We're Just the Band (1972)
• The Final Swing (1974)