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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 22nd

  • Charles Mingus (Bass, Piano) was born in Nogales, AZ, 1922–1979.
  • Paul Chambers (Bass) was born in Pittsburgh, PA, 1935–1969.
  • Don Menza (Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Arranger) was born in Buffalo, NY in 1936.
  • Candido Camero (Percussion-Various) was born in Havana, Cuba, 1921–2020.
  • Lou Stein (Piano) was born in Philadelphia, PA, 1922–2002.
  • Buzzy Drootin (Drums and Percussion, Drums and Percussion) was born , 1920–2000.
  • Barry Guy (Bass) was born in London, England in 1947.
  • Kid Howard (Trumpet) was born in New Orleans, LA, 1908–1966.
  • Alex Hill (Arranger, Piano) was born in Little Rock, AR, 1906–1937.
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April 22nd in Jazz History…

  • Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers with Louis Armstrong cut their first date with Brunswick Records in 1927.
  • The J.A.T.P. performed in the Embassy Theater in Los Angeles in 1946, featuring the "Blues" jam with Bird, Pres, Hawk and Buck.
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