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James Moody has been an institution in jazz since the late ’40s, whether on tenor, flute, occasional alto, or yodelling his way through his “Moody’s Mood for Love

James Morrison Biography, Photos, Pictures

A natural musician able to play many instruments in numerous styles, James Morrison has made a strong impression every time he has played in the United States Born into a musical family, Morrison began on the cornet when he was seven and was soon also playing trombone, tuba, and euphonium

James Newton Biography, Photos, Pictures

Newton is a thoroughly contemporary artist, making elegant, sometimes eccentric, always high-minded albums that reflect a wide variety of jazz and classical influences without giving a fig about what happens to be popular at a given time

James P. Johnson Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the great jazz pianists of all time, James P Johnson was the king of stride pianists in the 1920s He began working in New York clubs as early as 1913 and was quickly recognized as the pacesetter

James Reese Europe Biography, Photos, Pictures

James Reese Europe was born in Mobile, AL, on February 22, 1880 Hoping to find opportunities not available to southern blacks, Jim Europe’s father moved the family to Washington, D

James Reynolds Biography, Photos, Pictures

Variations on the name James Reynolds crop up throughout music history with the regularity of parking meters in a downtown area In the case of the historic jazz pianist known mostly as Jimmy but sometimes a James or a Jim, his downtown neighborhood could easily be misidentified based on the name of the venue in which he held forth for several decades

James Rivers Biography, Photos, Pictures

New Orleans saxophonist plays well in a number of different idioms — gospel, traditional, New Orleans funk, and R&B, and neo-bop Only one record out, looking forward to more

James Robinson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Forming Jimmy Robinson’s All-Stars in the latter half of the ’80s, the trumpeter whose name was out front might have considered a band made up totally of players named Jimmy Robinson

Jimmy Sherman Biography, Photos, Pictures

Jazz pianist James Sherman played in various swing groups from the mid- to late ’30s, but is best known for his hand in composing the jazz standard “Lover Man” Co-written with Jimmy Davis and Roger Ramirez, “Lover Man” was first recorded by Billie Holiday, and has since been recorded by countless jazz vocalists, including Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Lena Horne, Betty Carter, Shirley Horn, and more

Photographer James Smith has plenty of people with the same name as his to get confused with in his own line of work, not to mention the music business, but nonetheless designed album covers for the Jazz Crusaders as well as solo projects for bandmembers such as tenor saxophonist Wilton Felder

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