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Among the reasons for choosing Moody for this recognition, Everett explains, was the musician’s innovation and influence in the jazz style of Bebop in the late 1940s, his musicianship with the flute as well as the tenor and alto saxophone, and his love for the music he creates. In addition, Moody is able to make his music accessible, while never abandoning his personal style...
...unfortunate things about jazz is that either someone is revered in the jazz community as a great artist and the music isn’t appreciated by the masses because it’s difficult to listen to… or the music is very popular, and often has less content, has less artistic integrity,” Everett says. “Somehow he’s been able to do both...
Starting in the late 1940s, Moody began playing with jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie’s band and continued for several years. His first big hit came with the 1949 song “Moody’s Mood for Love,” on which he played an improvised saxophone solo based on Jimmy McHugh’s “I’m in the Mood For Love...
Although he exhibited some of the elements of the influential Charlie Parker, the composition was all Moody’s own. In the early 1950s, jazz singer Eddie Jefferson wrote lyrics to the solo, which Moody himself oftentimes sings in live performances...
While he moved to Europe during the mid-century to escape racial prejudices against African Americans, he continued to work throughout this time, and “Moody’s Mood for Love” increased in popularity with jazz vocalist King Pleasure’s own 1954 rendition, Everett says...