[We] departed, thankful for witnessing a musical legend expertly displaying his technical craft. But we were also touched, albeit for only ninety minutes, by the sheer exuberance of a gentleman ...

James Moody, 85, an exuberant presence in jazz for more than six decades whose improvised version of "I'm in the Mood for Love" became a surprise hit in the 1950s and launched a form of music called ...

First George Benson sings and then James Moody blows on "Moody's Mood For Love" in this performance from the Festival de Jazz de Vitoria, Spain.

Jazz saxophonist James Moody is best known for his 1949 "Moody's Mood for Love," but when he recorded the hit that eventually was elected into the Grammy Awards' Hall of Fame, he said, he was just ...