 Artist: James Moody: mp3 download Genre(s): Other Discography:  Homage Year: 2004 Tracks: 11 James Moody has been an insane asylum in jazz since the late '40s, whether on tenor, bubbly flute, casual alto, or yodelling his way through his "Moody's Mood for Love." After serving in the Air Force (1943-1946), he united Dizzy Gillespie's bop orchestra and began a lifelong friendly family relationship with the trumpeter. Moody toured Europe with Gillespie and then stayed overseas for various geezerhood, working with Miles Davis, Max Roach, and top European players. His 1949 recording of "I'm in the Mood for Love" in 1952 became a strike under the title of "Moody's Mood for Love" with hellenic vocalese lyrics written by Eddie Jefferson and a best-selling arrangement by King Pleasure. After returning to the U.S., Moody formed a septet that lasted for five geezerhood, recorded extensively for Prestige and Argo, took up the flute, and then from 1963-1968, was a fellow member of Dizzy Gillespie's fivesome. He worked in Las Vegas usher bands during a gravid deal of the seventies before returning to jazz, playing now and again with Gillespie, more oft than non working as a drawing off card and recording with Lionel Hampton's Golden Men of Jazz. Moody, globe Health Organization has alternated betwixt tenor (which he prefers) and alto throughout his vocation, has an original sound on both horns. He is in any case unitary of the best flutists in malarkey. James Moody has recorded as a leader for Blue Note, Xanadu, Vogue, Prestige, EmArcy, Mercury, Argo, DJM, Milestone, Perception, MPS, Muse, Vanguard, and Novus. |
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