James Moody ~ Similar Artists

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Art Taylor - 83% match to James Moody

6 April 1929, New York City, New York, USA, d. 6 February 1995, New York City, New York, USA. As a teenager Taylor played drums with Sonny Rollins, Howard McGhee and other young bop musicians in New York. In the early 50s he was also to be heard in mainstream groups, playing... Read more

Don Byas - 81% match to James Moody

Carlos Wesley Byas, 21 October 1912, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA, d. 24 August 1972, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In his teens, Byas played alto saxophone with the Midwest bands of Bennie Moten, Terrence Holder and Walter Page, but switched to tenor in the early 30s while working on... Read more

Tommy Flanagan - 79% match to James Moody

16 March 1930, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 16 November 2001, New York City, New York, USA. Flanagan began playing piano as a child, following a brief flirtation with the clarinet. His professional career began during his teenage while he was still living in his home town, then a... Read more

Bennie Green - 75% match to James Moody

16 April 1923, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 23 March 1977, San Diego, California, USA. After playing locally for a while during his teenage years, trombonist Green joined the bebop-orientated Earl "Fatha" Hines band in 1942. He continued to be associated with Hines until the early... Read more

Dizzy Reece - 75% match to James Moody

Harold Land - 75% match to James Moody

18 December 1928, Houston, Texas, USA, d. 27 July 2001, Los Angeles, California, USA. Resident in San Diego, California from early childhood, tenor saxophonist Land practised extensively with Eric Dolphy, holding informal, all-day sessions at Dolphy's home. Arising from the... Read more

Gene Ammons - 74% match to James Moody

Eugene Ammons, 14 April 1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 6 August 1974, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Ammons chose to make the tenor saxophone his instrument in preference to the piano played by his father, the famous boogie-woogie exponent Albert Ammons. Gene left school at the age... Read more

Philly Joe Jones - 63% match to James Moody

Joseph Rudolph Jones, 15 July 1923, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 30 August 1985, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Jones began his drumming career in his home town, later moving to New York where he worked with many leading bebop musicians. Despite this early exposure to... Read more

Herbie Nichols - 62% match to James Moody

3 December 1919, New York City, New York, USA, d. 12 April 1963, New York City, New York, USA. In the late 30s and early 40s Nichols played piano with numerous bands in a wide variety of styles. The bands included those of Herman Autrey, Illinois Jacquet, Lucky Thompson, Edgar... Read more

Sam Rivers - 61% match to James Moody

25 September 1930, El Reno, Oklahoma, USA. Alto, soprano and tenor saxophone, flute and piano player and composer. After extensive studies, Rivers began playing in and around Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 40s. (His first professional engagement had been with Jimmy... Read more