A graduate of East Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, James Moody took up the alto saxophone at the age of sixteen, and after serving in the U.S. Air Force Band, he joined Dizzy Gillespie and was associated with him and with Milt Jackson throughout the '40's; at the end of the decade he moved to Sweden where he became known for his "Moody's ...
The reason I went to Las Vegas was because I was married and had a daughter and I wanted to grow up with my kid. I was married before and I didn't grow up with the kids. So I said 'I'm going to really be a father.' I did much better with this one because at least I stayed until my daughter was 12 years old. And that's why I worked Vegas, because I could stay in one spot.
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Blessed are those that run around in circles for they shall be called big wheels!
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I've always wanted to be around people who know more than me because that way I keep learning.
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Fact
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Had a cameo appearance in 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' as a porter who walks an imaginary dog. His only line, "Yessir. Patrick do like his morning walk".
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Son of James Moody and Ruby Moody. He was raised in Newark, New Jersey. He played with the all African American Army Air Forces band during World War II and was discharged in 1946.
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His musical career was disrupted by alcoholism twice in 1948 where he recovered in Paris, France until 1951 and again in 1958 after a fire destroyed a Philadelphia nightclub. He checked into the Overbrook psychiatric hospital in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.
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He played with Dizzy Gillespie in 1946 until 1948 and again in 1963 until 1969.
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He is survived by his second wife, Linda Peterson McGowan; three sons, Patrick Moody, Regan Moody, and Danny McGowan Moodyl and a daughter, Michelle Moody Bagdanove; a brother, Louis Watters; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
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He was awarded the Jazz Master in 1998 by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington D.C.
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Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Jazz alto saxophonist.
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Jazz saxophonist and flutist credited as one of the creators of the bebop style.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Go Back Home: Jimmy Scott
2016
Documentary "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"
Jersey Boys
2014
writer: "Moody's Mood For Love" as "Moody's Mood"
This Christmas
2007
performer: "Moody's Mood for Love" / writer: "Moody's Mood for Love"
Fat Albert
2004
writer: "Moody's Mood for Love"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Usher: Evolution 8701: Live in Concert
2002
Video
Dancer (as James 'West Sider' Moody)
Soul Food
2001
TV Series
Uncle Melvin
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Miles Davis Documentary
2016
TV Movie documentary
Himself
I Go Back Home: Jimmy Scott
2016
Documentary
Himself
Rising Above the Blues: The Story of Jimmy Scott
2012
Documentary
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
Himself
Grammy Legends
1990
TV Special
Himself
Olympic Gala
1984
TV Special documentary
The Olympic Jazz All Stars
From Jump Street: The Story of Black Music
1980
TV Series
Himself
Jivin' in Be-Bop
1946
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
2011
TV Special
Himself - In Memoriam
Known for movies
This Christmas (2007) as Soundtrack
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) as Himself
$850,000
