I play a lot of jazz. I listen to a lot of jazz, but I hadn't thought about James Moody for a good while. I last saw him gigging with Jimmy Smith here in San Jose at a local jazz festival outside. It was one of the first things we walked upon in the morning and my poor wife had to spend the whole day by herself. I never moved all day. So Awesome the way these dudes just challenged each other in their playing and handing it back and forth. I will never forget that day. I went home and played on my gear for the rest of the night and in fact recorded a couple of neato thingos.
Anyway if you want to know all that there is tol know about James check out this extensive interview. http://www.melmartin.com/html_pages/Interviews/moody.html
It is all there.
Best to all and happy St Pats day to all
Bebop