DAVY MOONEY
Genres: Hard Bop, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Vocal Jazz, Post Bop, 21st Century Modern • United States

Molding the modern musical sophistication of New York with the soul of New Orleans is the mission of jazz artist Davy Mooney. Hope of Home is his latest CD release on Sunnyside Records, and the title reflects the hopes and anxieties associated with Mooney’s return to his hometown of New Orleans after six years, on an off, living in New York. The CD features Brian Blade, Jon Cowherd, John Ellis, and Matt Clohesy, returning cast members from 2012’s Perrier St and helpful guides through this phase in Mooney’s long journey as a jazz musician and novelist. The journey has not been without bumps in the road and detours foreseen and unforeseen. The largest of these was 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, which sent Mooney fleeing mid-city New Orleans for Washington D.C., where he participated in the 2005 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Guitar Competition (held barely two weeks after the evacuation of New Orleans!) read more...