• 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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