Jazz saxophonist James Moody, an improviser best known for his song "Moody's Mood for Love,died in San Diego after a ten-month battle with pancreatic cancer. It was 85 years.

Moody died Thursday (yesterday) at the Hospice of the San Diego Institute for Palliative Care, where it was introduced earlier this week, his wife said, Linda Moody, in a post on his website. Born in Georgia and raised in New Jersey, Moody became one of the greatest artists of American jazz. Played with Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and BB King and was nominated for four Grammy Awards, the US music industry's highest honor. Moody began recording in his late twenties 1940, after serving in the army during B’ World War, and continued to compose and perform music well into his decade 2000. He played both types of saxophone as well as flute and is known for 'Moody's Mood for Love,» an improvised version of the popular song during his decade 1930, "I'm in the Mood for Love." However, Moody recorded more than 60 album. He later played music with the James Moody Quartet. The 2007, the Kennedy Center in Washington awarded Moody with its "Living Jazz Legend" award.kathimerini.gr with RES-EMP information