When the life and music of legendary saxophonist James Moody were celebrated with a concert in New York City earlier this year, Moody’s widow Linda felt that a similar tribute needed to take place in San Diego.

After all, it’s the city where the late jazz legend – he died in 2010 at 85 – lived the last 20 years of his life.

So Linda Moody reached out to Daniel Atkinson, the executive director of the San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival (SDTJ Jazz) to let him know that she felt a celebration of Moody, who would have been 100 years old this year, was in order.

“I absolutely, 100% agreed with her,” Atkinson told Times of San Diego.

So this weekend’s annual SDTJ Jazz event features a Moody tribute band called Moody @ 100, featuring the musicians David Sánchez, John Clayton, Gerald

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