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James Moody (saxophonist)
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Early life
James Moody was born in Savannah, Georgia, United States, and was raised by his (single) mother, Ruby Hann Moody Watters.John Fordham, "James Moody obituary", The Guardian, December 10, 2010. He had a brother, Louis. Growing up in Newark, New Jersey,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080927062323weblink">"The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats", The Star-Ledger, September 28, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2008. Accessed September 15, 2017. "James Moody -- Moody, the remarkable San Diego, Calif.-based saxophonist, flutist and vocalist, was raised in Newark, and did a good deal of early playing there." he was attracted to the saxophone after hearing Lester Young, "Buddy" George Holmes Tate, Don Byas, and various saxophonists who played with Count Basie. When he was 16 years old, his Uncle Louis bought him his first saxophone, an alto. His first playing models were Jimmy Dorsey followed by Charlie Barnet and George Auld, but early on was a self-taught ear player learning mostly from listening to records.WEB, Moody, James, Rowe, Monk, James Moody interviewed by Monk Rowe, San Diego, California, February 13, 1998,weblink Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Hamilton College Fillius Jazz Archive, 26 March 2024,Career
Moody joined the US Army Air Corps in 1943 and played in the "negro band" at the segregated Greensboro Training Center.James Moody Biography, musicianguide.com. Retrieved April 17, 2022.Moody's Mood for Bop by Patrick Ambrose The Morning News According to Moody,Awards and honors
Two months after his death, Moody won the Grammy Award posthumously for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for his album Moody 4B.The New Jersey Performing Arts Center hosts the James Moody Jazz Festival.WEB, TD Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival, NJPAC,weblink 2012-10-08, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120913042101weblink">weblink 2012-09-13, Tammy La Gorce, "A Week of Jazz and Remembrance", The New York Times, October 5, 2012.Personal life
Moody was married three times; the first two ended in divorce. His third marriage was to the former Linda Petersen McGowan, whom he married in 1989. He had a daughter, Michelle Moody Bagdanove, and through Linda, three step-sons, Regan, Danny and Patrick McGowan.Peter Keepnews, "James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 85", The New York Times (December 10, 2010). Retrieved March 26, 2011. Moody and his wife resided in San Diego.He was an active member of the Baháʼà Faith. He investigated and took up the faith after his friend Dizzy Gillespie passed away. For a time, he held belief in the ancient astronaut theory detailed in Zecharia Sitchin's book The 12th Planet, sometimes advocating it to listeners at live events.In 2005, the Moodys established the Moody Scholarship Fund"The James Moody Scholarship at Purchase College" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928082928weblink |date=2011-09-28 }}, Purchase College-State University of New York. Retrieved March 26, 2011. at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College-State University of New York (SUNY Purchase). Moody was awarded an NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship in 1998 and often participated in educational programming and outreach, including with the International Association for Jazz Education, or IAJE.Moody was fluent in Italian.Death
On November 2, 2010, Moody's wife announced on his behalf that he had pancreatic cancer, and had chosen not to have it treated aggressively. After palliative care, Moody died in San Diego, on December 9, 2010, from complications resulting from the cancer.Discography
As leader
- 1949: James Moody's Greatest Hits! with The Swedish All Stars (Prestige [1966])
- 1951: More of James Moody's Greatest Hits with The Swedish All Stars (Prestige [1967])
- 1952: James Moody and his Modernists (Blue Note)
- 1952: James Moody with Strings (Blue Note) â Conducted by André Hodeir (originally Moody's Mood, Vogue (France))
- 1954: Moody (Prestige)
- 1954â55: James Moody's Moods (Prestige)
- 1955: Hi Fi Party (Prestige)
- 1955: Wail, Moody, Wail (Prestige)
- 1956: Flute 'n the Blues (Argo)
- 1956: Moody's Mood for Love (Argo)
- 1958: Last Train from Overbrook (Argo)
- 1959: James Moody (Argo)
- 1960: Hey! It's James Moody (Argo)
- 1960â61: Moody with Strings (Argo)
- 1961: Cookin' the Blues (Argo)
- 1962: Another Bag (Argo)
- 1963: Great Day (Argo)
- 1963: Comin' On Strong (Argo)
- 1964: Running the Gamut (Scepter)
- 1966: Moody and the Brass Figures (Milestone)
- 1968â69: The Blues and Other Colors (Milestone)
- 1969: Don't Look Away Now! (Prestige)
- 1970: Teachers (Perception)
- 1971: Heritage Hum (Perception)
- 1971: Chicago Concert (Prestige) with Gene Ammons
- 1972: Never Again! (Muse)
- 1973: Feelin' It Together (Muse)
- 1973: Sax and Flute Man (Paula)
- 1976: Timeless Aura (Vanguard)
- 1976: Sun Journey (Vanguard)
- 1977: Beyond this World (Vanguard)
- 1986: Something Special (Novus)
- 1989: Sweet and Lovely (Novus)
- 1991: Moving Forward (Novus)
- 1991: Honey (Novus)
- 1995: Moody's Party: Live at the Blue Note (Telarc)
- 1996: Young at Heart (Warner Bros.)
- 1997: Moody Plays Mancini (Warner Bros.)
- 1997: Warner Jams, Vol. 2: The Two Tenors with Mark Turner, Larry Goldings (Warner Bros.)
- 1998: At the Jazz Workshop GRP AllMusic
- 2003: Homage (Savoy)
- 2005: The World Is a Ghetto (Fuel 2000)
- 2008: Our Delight with Hank Jones (IPO)
- 2009: Moody 4A (IPO)
- 2010: Moody 4B (IPO)
As sideman
With Art Farmer- (New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy) (Scepter, 1966)
- Night Flight (Pacific Jazz, 1965) - all titles released on CD reissue of Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1937-1949 [1995])
- Big Band in Concert (GNP Crescendo, 1948)
- The New Continent (Limelight, 1962)
- Something Old, Something New (Philips, 1963)
- Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (Philips, 1964)
- Dizzy Goes Hollywood (Philips, 1964)
- The Cool World (Philips, 1964)
- Jambo Caribe (Limelight, 1964)
- I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965) - 1 track
- The Melody Lingers On (Limelight, 1966)
- Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Impulse!, 1967)
- The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (MPS, 1968)
- The Real Thing (Perception, 1969)
- Musician, Composer, Raconteur (Pablo, 1981)
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Enja, 1989)
- Dizzy's World directed by Jon Faddis (Shanachie, 1999)
- Things to Come (Telarc, 2001)
- Dizzy's Business (MCG Jazz, 2006)
- I'm Be Boppin' Too (Half Note, 2009)
- The Tower of Power! (Prestige, 1969)
- More Power! (Prestige, 1969)
- Big Bags (Riverside, 1962)
- Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (Limelight, 1965)
- Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (Verve, 1968)
- Summit Meeting (Vanguard, 1976) with Clark Terry, Bunky Green and Roland Prince
- I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965)
- Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959-65 [1965])
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (Columbia, 1972)
- New Sounds: Max Roach Quintet/Art Blakey's Band (Blue Note, 1952)
- Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve, 1965)
- Got to Get It! (Milestone, 1967)
- Soul Cycle (Prestige, 1969)
- Return Visit! (Fontana, 1962) Credited as "Jimmy Gloomy"
- Easy To Love (Groovin' High/Kindred Rhythm, 2006) Moody plays tenor sax and sings with Roberta on "Lover Man" and "Centerpiece".
- So In Love (Groovin' High/EmArcy/UMe, 2009)
References
{{Reflist}}External links
- weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100323075322weblink">Biography of Moody jamesmoody.com, official website
- Biography of Moody University of Pittsburgh-Jazz at Pitt
- Jazz Conversations with Eric Jackson: James Moody from weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20091006000423weblink">WGBH Radio Boston
- James Moody's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
- NAMM Oral History Interview with James Moody April 8, 2002
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