I had no idea.

b. 26th March 1925, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.

d. 9th December 2010, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

James Moody has died. He was 85.

James was suffering from pancreatic cancer, an illness revealed by his wife just over a week ago, who said that James did not wish to have the aggressive therapy associated with the condition.

He grew up in New Jersey, learning the saxophone (and later the flute), after hearing some of the saxophonists of that era, including Don Byas and George Holmes Tate.

In the Mid Forties he joined the Air Force, performing in the Jazz band on the base (which was segregated at the time).

He left the military after the Second World War, performing with Dizzy Gillespie for a couple of years.

At the end of the decade he had joined Blue Note Records, an association which would last for many years.

Tiring from the racism permeating his home country, James relocated from the States to Europe, living there for a three year period, and recording his first recording of his evergreen 'Moody's Mood For Love'.

He returned to the States in 1952, joining the Prestige imprint.

During the Sixties he recorded again with Dizzy Gillespie.

His later work saw him performing with the James Moody Quartet, also performing with John Faddis and working in Germany and Monte Carlo.

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