Jim Mooney (sound engineer)

James L. "Jim" Mooney (born March 30, 1934 in Kansas City (Missouri) , † May 4, 2015 ) was an American jazz trumpeter and sound engineer .

Life

Mooney came to Los Angeles with his family in 1939. After completing his military service with the US Air Force , where he was a trumpeter in a band, he worked for the Telephone Company and also played in various jazz clubs in the Los Angeles area. In 1970 he bought a recording studio in Hollywood, which was initially called Sage & Sand and was eventually renamed Sage & Sound . In the following thirty years he recorded numerous jazz musicians there such as Toshiko Akiyoshi , Chet Baker , Gary Bartz , Anthony Braxton ( Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989: For Warne Marsh ), Conte Candoli , Pete Jolly , Irene Kral , Sam Most , Art Pepper , Bud Shank and Sonny Stitt , as well as film music and theme songs for TV shows. In 1998 he retired in Temecula .

personal data
SURNAME	Mooney, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mooney, James L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz trumpeter and sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 30, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kansas City (Missouri)
DATE OF DEATH	May 4, 2015