This is FRESH AIR. Jazz saxophonist, flautist and singer James Moody mostly led his own groups, but also performed with friend Dizzy Gillespie and his bands. Moody made an untold number of records ...

In a career that stretched across seven decades, Grammy Award-winning music legend James Moody performed for two presidents at the White House and twice for the king of Thailand in Bangkok, received a ...

Saxophone and flute great James Moody became an international jazz star in 1949. He continued to record and tour around the world until shortly before his death in 2010, in San Diego, from pancreatic ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Savannah Jazz will celebrate the 100th birthday of an international jazz legend who was born in Savannah with an All-Star Jazz Concert on Saturday, July 12. James Moody was born ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Savannah Jazz will celebrate James Moody’s 100 birthday with a pre-party and all-star concert. The Savannah native jazz legend, James Moody would have turned 100 years old this ...

That's what jazz brings to me. I have friends with whom I want to share this joy of artistry that started with me in 1986. That's the purpose of this project on jazz history. I started with the birth ...