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 ...

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 ...

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 ...