
From the KSDS Editorial Desk
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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*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…
Joy, Spring!
Warm weather’s back, flowers are in full bloom, and for the first time, we’re taking the entire season of Jazz Live outside. Do YOU have your tickets yet?
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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.

Donate for details! your pre-owned vehicle to Jazz 88.3 because it's the best result from a kind act AND it is truly one of the most reliable revenue sources we have. Call 1-888- JAZZ-CAR (1-888-529-9227).
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Another way to join KSDS San Diego's Jazz 88.3 is with the listening stream. There's the KSDS APP. Please search 'KSDS Jazz' in your respective Google or Apple store.
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Today's Birthdays
Born on this day, April 2nd…
- Sal Nistico (Tenor Saxophone) was born in Syracuse, NY, 1940–1991.
- Larry Coryell (Guitar, Guitar-Electric) was born in Galveston, TX, 1943–2017.
- Booker Little (Trumpet) was born in Memphis, TN, 1938–1961.
- Ernie Cagnolatti (Trumpet) was born in Madisonville, LA, 1911–1983.
- Max Greger (Band Leader, Saxophone) was born in Munich, Germany, 1926–2015.
- Marty Marsala (Trumpet) was born in Chicago, IL, 1909–1975.
- Roy Palmer (Trombone) was born in New Orleans, LA, 1892–1963.
- Boomie Richman (Tenor Saxophone) was born in Brockton, MA in 1921.
- Leon Russell (Piano) was born in Lawton, OK, 1942–2016.
On This Day
April 2nd in Jazz History…
- Anita O'Day backed by the Russ Garcia orchestra recorded "Anita O'Day Sings the Winners" for Verve Records in 1958.
- Glenn Miller records "American Patrol" in 1942.
- Lionel Hampton and His Hamptonians recorded “How High the Moon” in New York in 1947.
- Drummer extrordinaire, Buddy Rich died in NYC in 1987. He was 69.
- And bandleader Benny Moten died at the age of 40 during a routine tonsillectomy operation in 1935.