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Jimmy Hastings
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. at calyx-canterbury.fr the Canterbury website] He played alto saxophone, clarinet and flute with |
Canterbury Scene
The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury sound) was a musical scene centred on the town of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Associated with progressive rock, the term describes a loosely-defined, improvisational style that blended elements of jazz, rock, and psychedelia. These musicians played together in numerous bands, with ever-changing and overlapping personnel, creating some similarities in their musical output. Many prominent British avant-garde or fusion musicians began their career in Canterbury bands, including Hugh Hopper, Steve Hillage, Dave Stewart (the keyboardist), Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, and Mike Ratledge. Definition and history The Canterbury scene is largely defined by a set of musicians and bands with intertwined members. These are not tied by very strong musical similarities, but a certain whimsicality, touches of psychedelia, rather abstruse lyrics, and a use of improvisation derived from jazz are common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caravan (Caravan Album)
''Caravan'' is the debut album by the British Canterbury scene and progressive rock band Caravan. It was released by Verve Forecast in January 1969 and was the group's only album for the label. Background The album was the result of the band borrowing equipment from Soft Machine (who were touring the U.S. at the time with Jimi Hendrix and using his backline), producing "an unusually mature musical statement". The album was released in stereo and mono, in both the United States and United Kingdom, but failed to reach chart hit status. Track listing All tracks credited to Sinclair, Hastings, Coughlan & Sinclair except where noted. ;Side one ;Side two Re-release The 2002 CD re-release included two full versions of the album, in its original mono and in stereo, and an extra track "Hello Hello" (3:12) which had originally been issued as a single. Personnel ;Caravan * Pye Hastings – lead vocals (side 1: 1-2, 4), co-lead vocals (side 1: 5 & side 2: 1, 3), guitars, bass gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Are The Music
In Modern English, ''you'' is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers. History ''You'' comes from the Proto-Germanic demonstrative base *''juz''-, *''iwwiz'' from PIE *''yu''- (second person plural pronoun). Old English had singular, dual, and plural second-person pronouns. The dual form was lost by the twelfth century, and the singular form was lost by the early 1600s. The development is shown in the following table. Early Modern English distinguished between the plural '' ye'' and the singular ''thou''. As in many other European languages, English at the time had a T–V distinction, which made the plural forms more respectful and deferential; they were used to address strangers and social superiors. This distinction ultimately led to familiar ''thou'' becoming obsolete in modern English, although it persists in some English dialects. ''Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth (album)
''Fourth'' is the fourth studio album by the rock band Soft Machine, released in 1971. The album is also titled ''Four'' or ''4'' in the USA. Overview The numeral "4" is the title as shown on the cover in all countries, but a written-out title appears on the spine and label. This was the group's first all-instrumental album, although their previous album ''Third'' had almost completed the band's move in this direction toward instrumental jazz, and a complete abandonment of their original self-presentation as a psychedelic pop group, or progressive rock group. It was also the last of their albums to include drummer and founding member Robert Wyatt who afterwards left. He had already recorded a solo album, '' The End of an Ear'' (in which he described himself on the cover as an "Out of work pop singer currently on drums with Soft Machine"), and now founded a new group, Matching Mole, whose name was a pun on "Soft Machine" as pronounced in French: "Machine Molle". Like the previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third (Soft Machine Album)
''Third'' is the third studio album by the rock band Soft Machine, originally released in 1970 as a double LP, with each side of the original vinyl consisting of a single suite without individual track titles. ''Third'' marks the most major of Soft Machine's several shifts in musical genre over their career, completing their transition from psychedelic music to jazz, and is a significant milestone of the Canterbury scene. It was their first album with saxophonist Elton Dean. Lyn Dobson appears on saxophone and flute on "Facelift", recorded while he was a full member of the band (then a quintet), although he is credited as an additional performer. Jimmy Hastings (brother of Pye Hastings from Caravan) makes substantial contributions on flute and clarinet on "Slightly All the Time", free-jazz violinist Rab Spall (then a bandmate of Wyatt's in the part-time ensemble Amazing Band) is heard on the coda to "Moon in June", and Nick Evans (a member of the band during its short-live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Of Queues And Cures
''Of Queues and Cures'' (also identified as ''Of Queues & Cures'') is the second album recorded by the progressive rock and jazz fusion group National Health, one of the last representatives of the artistically prolific Canterbury scene. Reception The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and reviewer Dave Lynch praised the album's "complexity and quirkiness," writing: "''Of Queues and Cures'' is one of the last and finest examples of the instrumental Canterbury sound on record during the 1970s." John Kelman of All About Jazz stated: "there's a strength about the new line-up that makes its short-lived duration all the more unfortunate," and praised "The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 1," noting: "Episodic in construction, with more things going for its nine minutes than most entire albums have, it's brighter, more committed and more powerfully played than... anything on the group's first effort." In his book ''1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die'', Tom Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Health (album)
''National Health'' is the first album recorded by the progressive rock and jazz fusion group National Health, one of the last representatives of the artistically prolific Canterbury scene. Although it was created during the rise of punk, the album is characterized by lengthy, elaborate and mostly instrumental compositions that combine prog and jazz elements. Critical reception In a retrospective review, ''All About Jazz'' wrote that "revisiting the disc over 30 years later reveals a strength in composition, improvisation and orchestration/arrangement that makes it another high point in the careers of everyone involved." In his ''History of Progressive Rock'', Paul Stump said that ''National Health'' "retains an askew charm, dominated by a wheezy, rough-and-reedy sound at odds with the amniotic sybaritism of most Progressive production jobs at the time." He opined that despite the album having been criticized for "excessive compositional rigour", the elaborate and inventive com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings nrf, Batâle dé Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. It took place approximately northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory. The background to the battle was the death of the childless King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, which set up a succession struggle between several claimants to his throne. Harold was crowned king shortly after Edward's death, but faced invasions by William, his own brother Tostig, and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada (Harold III of Norway). Hardrada and Tostig defeated a hastily gathered army of Englishmen at the Battle of Fulford on 20 September 1066, and were in turn defeated by Harold at the Battle of Stamford Bridge five days later. The deaths of Tostig and Hardrada at Stamf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Dog At St
Blind may refer to: * The state of blindness, being unable to see * A window blind, a covering for a window Blind may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Blind'' (2007 film), a Dutch drama by Tamar van den Dop * ''Blind'' (2011 film), a South Korean crime thriller * ''Blind'' (2014 film), a Norwegian drama * ''Blind'' (2016 film), an American drama * ''Blind'' (2019 film), an American horror film * ''Blind'' (upcoming film), an upcoming Indian crime thriller, based on 2011 South Korean film of the same name Music * Blind (band), Australian Christian rock group founded in 1999 * Blind (rapper), Italian rapper Albums * ''Blind'' (Corrosion of Conformity album), 1991 * ''Blind'' (The Icicle Works album), 1988 * ''Blind'' (The Sundays album), 1992 * ''Blind!'', a 1985 album by the Sex Gang Children Songs * "Blind" (Breed 77 song), 2006 * "Blind" (Feder song), 2015 * "Blind" (Hercules and Love Affair song), 2008 * "Blind" (Hurts song), 2013 * " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cunning Stunts (Caravan Album)
''Cunning Stunts'' is the sixth studio album by the progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1975. It was their first album with the bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Mike Wedgwood. The title of the album is a spoonerism for "Stunning Cunts", which is typical of their cheeky use of language. Three previous Caravan albums with titles that are also sexual plays on words are ''If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You'' (1970), '' In the Land of Grey and Pink'' (1971) and ''For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night'' (1973). Reception AllMusic described it as "a solid, varied, and interesting album with plenty of character." Track listing ;Side one ;Side two ;Bonus tracks Personnel ;CaravanCaravan, ''Cunning Stunts'' (1975), vinyl LP cover notes * Pye Hastings – electric guitar and acoustic guitars, vocals * Dave Sinclair – piano, organ, synthesizer, keyboards, string co-arrangement on "No Backstage Pass", brass co-arrangement on "Ben Karratt Rides A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caravan And The New Symphonia
''Caravan and the New Symphonia'' is a record by Caravan recorded on 28 October 1973 at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane and originally released in 1974 on UK Decca's subsidiary Deram. Bringing the band and The New Symphonia Orchestra together for this recording was the work of Martyn Ford, conductor of the New Symphonia, and John G. Perry, who played bass with Caravan at the time. An expanded and re-ordered version was published in 2001. This version claims to have the tracks in the order as played. Track listing (original issue) ;Side one ;Side two Track listing (re-issue) Personnel ;Caravan * Pye Hastings – guitar, vocals * Geoff Richardson – electric viola * Dave Sinclair – electric piano, organ, synthesizer * John G. Perry – bass guitar, vocals * Richard Coughlan – drums * The New Symphonia Orchestra ;Backing vocals * Liza Strike * Vicki Brown * Margot Newman * Helen Chappelle * Tony Burrows * Robert Lindop * Danny Street ;The New Symphonia Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night
''For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night'' is the fifth studio album released by the Canterbury scene band Caravan. Richard Sinclair and Steve Miller left the band prior to the recording of this album. They were replaced by John G. Perry and the returning Dave Sinclair. Viola player Geoff Richardson was added to the band. Track listing All songs composed by Pye Hastings, except where noted. ;Side one ;Side two ''The following bonus tracks were included on the 2001 remastered edition of the CD''. Personnel ;Caravan * Pye Hastings – electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals * Geoff Richardson – violin * David Sinclair – Hammond organ, piano, electric piano, Davoli synthesizer, ARP synthesizer on (1 b) * John G. Perry – bass, vocals, percussion * Richard Coughlan – drums, percussion, timpani ;Additional personnel * Rupert Hine – ARP synthesizer (1a,b & 6) * Frank Ricotti – congas ( 1 b, 2, 4, 7) * Jimmy Hastings – flute (1) * Pete King – f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
