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

From Istanbul to Thessaloniki the exhibition "City, My nostalgia. The Romans of the City are remembered ". The memories 47 Romans, who at various times left or were forced to leave Istanbul, migrating to Athens and Thessaloniki, come to life through the exhibition "City, My nostalgia: Nostalgic refugees. The Romans of the City are remembered ", which after Constantinople and Athens is transferred to Thessaloniki. The exhibition will be hosted 11-18 December the "Evangelos Melissaris" Conference Center of the Municipality of Eleftherios-Kordelios (Monastery News 117), while its inauguration will take place next Saturday, at 6.00 in the afternoon. At the exhibition, organized by the Lausanne Exchanges Foundation and with the support of the Capital of Culture Organization ?Istanbul 2010, are presented through recorded and written material snapshots from life 47 Romans of the City, who were forced to leave their place and today live in Athens and Thessaloniki. Tragic events, such as the September ones, which stigmatized the political life of Turkey, forced most of the city's Romans to flee their homes., as reported by its organizers, is to contribute to the documentation of a historical reality, that is, of the spiritual, economic and social prosperity of a group of Roma, who left, and whom the City, in turn, The report is accompanied by a book of the same title which includes their answers 47 Constantinople to questions about their experiences in the city, the date and the reasons that forced them to leave, their studies, families and their ancestry, Based on the recorded interviews and the material gathered, a documentary entitled “City, My Nostalgia "directed by Thaksin Isbilen. This documentary clearly shows the nostalgia of the Romans they say: "The city is my homeland, I wish her everything ".www.kathimerini.gr with information from ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

Goethe loved it as "little Paris". S’ αυτή μεγαλούργησαν ο Μπαχ και ο Μέντελσον, while it was the birthplace of great personalities from the field of Letters, of Arts and Sciences, with the most famous Wagner and Leibniz. From here it started, in the fall of 1989, the "peaceful revolution" of the citizens of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), who with the basic slogan "We are the people" flooded the streets of the country, claiming more "freedom", contributing, so, στην πτώση του «καθεστώτος».Η Λειψία -περί ης ο λόγος- it has always been a great commercial center, with a rich culture and a great tradition in the sciences. Despite the damages it suffered during B’ World War, but also its degradation during the period of existing socialism, take advantage, after the fall of the Wall, its comparative advantages and evolved -20 years after the unification of Germany- in a regional "capital" of the economy, of culture and letters. It is not accidental, after all, which Leipzig - has a population of just over half a million and is located in the federal state of Leipzig- recently received two highly honorable awards from equal numbers -internationally- recognized newspapers. On the one hand, the "Financial Times", who evaluated the city's economic development strategy as "excellent" and on the other hand by the "New York Times", which ranked it among the top ten cities internationally, which is worth a visit to watch its musical and artistic events. Last week, a group of Greek journalists from Thessaloniki was in Leipzig, on the initiative of the Consulate General of Germany in Thessaloniki, and had the opportunity to visit and talk with city officials and local media representatives about the city's economic "miracle", for the past, its present and future, as well as about the relations between Leipzig and Thessaloniki, which from the 1984 they are twinned. "With the fall of the Wall and the unification of Germany, Leipzig experienced the tragic consequences of deindustrialization. Within a short time there were barely any left 12.000 industry jobs from 115.000 that existed until then. Huge factories were closed and industrial units moved and settled in other areas. In his mid-teens 1990, the city's population declined noticeably, falling into 400.000 residents, a fact attributed to the migration of many city dwellers to urban centers in western Germany. Whole areas were turned into ghosts. Unemployment soared to 23%", said the deputy mayor of Leipzig, Andreas Miller.cont: …. www.kathimerini.gr