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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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And While You're Here…

Flying High at The Center for the Arts Escondido - March 25th

On March 21st it’s a tribute to the original ladies of jazz in “Flying High: Big Band Canaries who soared” at California Center for the Arts Escondido. Jazz canaries – Ella, Billie, Dinah, and even Rosemary Clooney and Doris Day – started off in the great big bands and went on to their own even greater solo careers. Now Champian Fulton shares the stage with Count Basie vocalist Carmen Bradford and the Hot Sardines Elizabeth Bougerol to swing the memorable tunes of the jazz canaries. Tickets and information are found here.


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Today's Birthdays

Born on this day, April 1st

  • John LaPorta (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone) was born in Philadelphia, PA, 1920–2004.
  • Harry Carney (Baritone Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Clarinet) was born in Boston, MA, 1910–1974.
  • Duke Jordan (Piano) was born in New York, NY, 1922–2006.
  • Alberta Hunter (Vocals-Lead) was born in Memphis, TN, 1895–1984.
  • Don Butterfield (Tuba) was born in Centralia, WA, 1923–2006.
  • Gil Scott-Heron (Vocals, Piano) was born in Chicago, IL, 1949–2011.
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April 1st in Jazz History…

  • Baritone Saxophonist Harry Carney in Boston, Mass. in 1910. He joined Duke Ellington’s Orchestra when he was just 16 years old and didn’t leave until 45 years later (1974).
  • Tuba player Don Butterfield, who played with the Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra, Charles Mingus and Teddy Charles was born in Centralia, Washington in 1923.
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