James Moody dies at 85; jazz saxophonist and flutist

James Moody, a jazz saxophonist and flutist whose improvised solo on a recording of the song "I'm in the Mood for Love" became a jazz classic, died Thursday in San Diego, where he had lived in recent years. He was 85 and had pancreatic cancer.

By Don Heckman, Special to The Times

December 10, 2010