Jesse “Jay” Moody, III
was born in Baltimore, Maryland. At an early age he developed an interest in music and began playing the drums at age nine. Jesse recalls, “I would bang on anything… tables, windows, whatever could make a sound!” During his public school years Jesse played in various funk and gospel groups. Once he was enrolled at Towson State University in 1981 (now Towson University) his whole musical world changed. Jesse quickly wanted to learn jazz as the school had a reputation for having one of the best jazz programs in the country. He recalls, “there were such great musicians there at the time, like trumpeter Tommy Williams , drummer Adrian Green, and bassist Paul Gill.

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