Awards/Recognitions
- The Kennedy Center Living Jazz Legend Award – John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts, Michael Kaiser, President, Washington, D.C.
(March 3, 2007)
- President’s Medal Award – The Juilliard School, Dr. Joseph Polisi, President, New York, New York (February 27, 2007)
- President’s Merit Award – The Recording Academy, Neil Portnow, President, Los Angeles, California
(February 6, 2007)
- Lifetime Achievement Award - International Academy of Jazz, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
(November 5, 2005)
- James Moody Day – Proclamation made from the Office of Mayor Dick Murphy, City of San Diego, California,
(April 30, 2005)
- Congressional Record Salute to James Moody – Proceedings And Debates Of The 108th Congress, Second Session, Washington, D.C. (September 8, 2004)
- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame – “Moody’s Mood For Love” Prestige, 1952, Honoring Recordings of Historical Significance
(February 2001)
- James Moody Day – Proclamation made from the Office of Mayor Floyd Adams, City of Savannah, Georgia,
(September 15, 2000)
Honorary Doctorate of Music - Berklee College
of Music, Boston, Massachusetts (July 22, 2000)
James Moody Day – Proclamation made from the Office of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, City of New York, New York
(April 3, 2000)
James Moody Day – Proclamation made from the office of Mayor Sharpe James, City of Newark, New Jersey
(March 31, 2000)
Lifetime Achievement Award – State of California Senate, Certificate of Recognition, Office of Diane E. Watson, PhD,
26th Senatorial District, Los Angeles, California (October 25, 1998)
Lifetime Achievement Award - Los Angeles Jazz Society, Los Angeles, California
(October 25, 1998)
Lifetime Achievement Award - City of Los Angeles, Commendation, Office of the Mayor, Richard Riordan, Los Angeles, California
(June 16, 1998)
NEA Jazz Master Award - 1998 Recipient from the National
Endowment For The Arts
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters - Florida Memorial
College, Miami, Fl. (December 6, 1997)
Lifetime Achievement Award - Drew University, Los Angeles,
CA (1996)
International Jazz Hall of Fame (June 14, 1996)
New Jersey Hall of Fame (June 17, 1996)
Jamaica Hall of Fame (June 15, 1996)
James Moody Day - Proclamation made from the Office of the
Mayor, Mr. Floyd Adams, City of Savannah, Georgia (July 24, 1996)
James Moody Day - Proclamation made from the Office of the
Mayor, Mr. Sharpe James, City of Newark, New Jersey (October 30, 1993)
"All That Jazz Riff Award"
Recipient of the first annual Newark Jazz Festival Award (1993)
Grammy Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal - Duo or Group - with Dizzy
Gillespie for the selection Get the Booty on James Moody's Sweet and Lovely CD (1990)
Grammy Nominee: Best Jazz Instrumental Performance on
Manhattan Transfer's Vocalese album (1985)
Down Beat magazine: December, 1969 Recommended recordings
for Christmas: James Moody's Don't Look Away Now (Prestige 7625)
Down Beat magazine Critics' Poll: Best Flutist (1967-1974)
Down Beat magazine Critics' Poll: In the top three
positions (1975-present)
Jazz Times magazine Readers' Poll: Best Flutist (1992)
Jazz Times magazine Readers' Poll: Second
place - flute (1993-present)
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