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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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Born on this day, April 3rd

  • Jimmy Mc Griff (Organ) was born in Philadelphia, PA, 1936–2008.
  • Bill Finegan (Arranger) was born in Newark, NJ, 1917–2008.
  • Ken Kersey (Piano) was born in Harrow, Ontario, 1916–1983.
  • Scott LaFaro (Bass) was born in Newark, NJ, 1936–1961.
  • Bubber Miley (Trumpet) was born in Aiken, SC, 1903–1932.
  • Bill Potts (Piano, Arranger) was born in Arlington, VA, 1928–2005.
  • Billy Taylor (Bass) was born in Washington, D.C., 1906–1986.
  • Harold Vick (Tenor Saxophone) was born in Rocky Mountain, NC, 1936–1987.
  • Stan Freeman (Piano, Conductor) was born in Waterbury, CT, 1920–2001.
  • Eric Kloss (Alto Saxophone) was born in Greenville, PA in 1949.
  • Tessa Souter (Vocals-Lead) was born in London England in 1956.
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