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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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Born on this day, April 11th

  • Nick LaRocca (Cornet, Trumpet) was born in New Orleans, LA, 1889–1961.
  • Ralph Blaze (Guitar) was born in New Brunswick, NJ in 1922.
  • Dave Wilborn (Vocals, Guitar, Banjo) was born in Detroit, MI, 1904–1982.
  • Jakob Bro (Guitar) was born in Risskov, Denmark in 1978.
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On This Day

April 11th in Jazz History…

  • Vocalist June Pointer of the Pointer Sisters, died on this date in 2006 of cancer, in Santa Monica, California. She was 52.
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