James Moody obituary

Jazz saxophonist best known for his 1952 pop hit Moody's Mood for LoveJazz musicians often enjoy making difficult things look easy, and the saxophonist, flautist and gleefully eccentric vocalist James Moody, who has died aged 85, was particularly good at it. In his case though, the camouflage was a skilful diversion, a smokescreen for immense talent.Moody's riotous flimflam of hilariously daft anecdotes, nonsense songs and circumlocutory tales never went stale, mirroring an originality and char...

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