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AUSTINTOWN — James L. Moody, Sr., 89, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday morning, Dec. 23, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, following an extended illness. He was born Nov.

The 2024 TD James Moody Jazz Festival took place from November 7 to 24 at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). In the Festival brochure, it says “I’ve always said the best has yet to be heard.” ...

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats. Credit...Illustration by ...

Originally published in Jersey Jazz Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the New Jersey Jazz Society. In 1976, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon made a triumphant return to the United States after ...

The 14th annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival will return to Newark this November. Billed as New Jersey’s largest jazz fest, the 2025 event is set to run Nov. 8–23. The yearly showcase draws thousands ...

• Thursday, The Quartyard, San Diego, free, 5 p.m., with scheduled acts the Irving Flores Afro-Cuban Jazz Sextet, The Less Likely and the Binational Youth Ensemble. • Saturday, California Center for ...

Moody made untold records over 63 years of recording, and really excelled as a live performer. 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note is a recording made on his 80th birthday in 2005. This is FRESH AIR ...

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 ...