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Jazz Saxophonist James Moody, on his close relationship with Dizzy Gillespie: “For the longest time, I used to call my wife — I used to call Linda, my honey, and tell her, ‘Honey, I called you and you weren’t home.’ You know?  She says, ‘Honey, I’ve been home all day.’ I said, ‘Well, but I called’ — and then I’d say the number.  And she’d say, ‘Honey, that’s Dizzy’s number.’ ”  

Moody died on Thursday. He was 85. On today’s Fresh Air, we’ll listen back to a 1996 interview with Moody.