Results for "Davy Mooney"

Davy Mooney

Since last year's hurricane Katrina, New Orleans guitarist and vocalist Davy Mooney has had a very eventful musical life. In September of 2005 he was the only resident of Louisiana to participate in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Guitar Competition, performing with Teri Lyne Carrington, Chris Potter, Bob James, and James Genus before a panel of judges that included John Pizzarelli, Bill Frisell, Russell Malone, Pat Martino, and others. Mooney advanced to the finals of the competition and placed third overall, winning a $5000 scholarship. Mooney then made his way to New York, where he has been residing among a small community of displaced New Orleans jazz musicians in the Astoria area of Queens

With my Dallas friends (EP)

By Bobby Falk

Label: B Falk music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Blues for B Falk Samuel street song Goodbye The alternate choice Journey A New day

Hope Of Home

By Davy Mooney

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Scarlatina; Ides Of April; Cold, Sober; Hope Of Home; Think So Little Of Me; I'll Be Freeing You; Stutter Step; Peregrine; Intervalis; The Clover; Like Before.

Davy Mooney: Hope Of Home

by Budd Kopman
March 2, 2017

For many, if not most musicians, much time is spent on the road performing, with one's “home town" many times just a short stop on the endless tour. It is hard enough to maintain a steady relationship, much less than that with a spouse and possibly family for the “normal" person, than someone who must travel ...

A New Earth

By Khari Allen Lee

Label: Polyamorous Music
Released: 2016

Mayimba Music To Release Laura Dreyer's Vida. Arte. Amor. - A Brazilian Journey

July 24, 2014

Laura Dreyer, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, has established herself as a vital member of the New York jazz scene. Always drawn to Brazilian music, the composer, educator and multi-instrumentalist created a “latinized" fusion incorporating elements of jazz, funk, and rock. Dreyer was a founding member and contributing arranger for the big band ...

Davy Mooney Quartet at Chris' Jazz Cafe on January 29, 2009

January 20, 2010

Guitarist Davy Mooney and his Quartet visit Chris' Jazz Cafe on January 29, 2009, in celebration of his new CD Astoriano. DAVY MOONEY QUARTET Davy Mooney - guitar John Ellis - saxophone Matt Clohesy - bass Mark Ferber - drums Friday, January 29, 2010 ...

The "Hang" That George Built: The Pioneer of New Orleans' Frenchman Street Music Scene

by Craig M. Cortello
October 26, 2009

Jazz guitarist and New Orleans native Davy Mooney relocated to New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. After one of his periodic return visits over a year later, I asked him to assess the state of the recovery of the music community. “When I go down to Frenchman Street, it's still a great 'hang.' I ...