James Moody (1925-2010) was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist, a major figure in bebop and modern jazz. He was admired for fluency, invention and a warm, quicksilver musical personality.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Miles in Paris, the 1949 Miles Davis concert material with Tadd Dameron, Kenny Clarke and others.

Moody’s playing brought rhythmic agility, melodic imagination and bebop fire, helping define the sound-world around post-war modern jazz.

His page is essential for the jazz strand. Moody adds saxophone sparkle with a bebop grin and a knife-sharp ear.