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Remembering James Moody

Moody with Dizzy Gillespie.

Today (Mar. 26, 2025) we celebrate the centennial birthday of James Moody. Moody, a prolific saxophonist and flutist with a career spanning eight decades, passed on here in San Diego in late 2010. He led an extraordinary life, and would've turned 100 years old today.

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BREAKING JAZZ: The Top 10 Albums of 2024

BREAKING JAZZ: The Top 10 Albums of 2024

*Pictured above: Trumpeter Riley Mulherkar. Photo by Zenith Richards.

By Matt Silver

As we approach Thanksgiving, I feel compelled to share my abundant gratitude for all the great new music that’s come out this past year, and especially this past six months since I began hosting Breaking Jazz (Sundays, 6:30 to 8 p.m. PT). In keeping with year-end traditions, this gratitude will take the form of a “best of” list. But this particular list is exciting because it will be starting a new tradition. Behold! The inaugural Breaking Jazz Best Albums of the Year!

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Tues., May 13: Vibraphonist Chuck Redd to Pay Musical Tribute to the Terry Gibbs Dream Band

Tues., May 13: Vibraphonist Chuck Redd to Pay Musical Tribute to the Terry Gibbs Dream Band

If you’re talking about the greatest jazz big bands ever assembled, the conversation is neither fully credible nor complete without including The Terry Gibbs Dream Band. 

Killer charts by some of the greatest arrangers ever: Bill Holman, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Shorty Rogers, Lennie Neihaus, and Marty Paich. Drum-tight ensemble playing. Solos like smart bombs: devastatingly explosive and precisely controlled. And a propulsive yet economical rhythm section. Nothing superfluous. Burning hot, yet ALWAYS cool.

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Today's Birthdays

Born on this day, April 24th

  • Joe Henderson (Tenor Saxophone) was born in Lima, OH, 1937–2001.
  • Johnny Griffin (Tenor Saxophone) was born in Chicago, IL, 1928–2008.
  • Frank Strazzeri (Piano) was born in Rochester, NY in 1930.
  • Colin Walcott (Percussion-Various, Tabla, Sitar) was born in NYC, NY, 1945–1984.
  • Stafford James (Bass) was born in Evanston, IL in 1946.
  • Spanky DeBrest (Bass) was born in Philadelphia, PA, 1937–1973.
  • Aaron Bell (Bass) was born in Muskogee, OK, 1922–2003.
  • Rube Bloom (Piano) was born in NY, 1902–1976.
  • Fatty George (Clarinet) was born in Franz Pressler in Vienna, Austria, 1927–1982.
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On This Day

April 24th in Jazz History…

  • The Benny Goodman trio cut "China Boy" in Chicago in 1936.
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