Davy Mooney is a jazz guitarist from New Orleans who records for Sunnyside Records and is assistant professor of jazz studies and head of the jazz guitar program at the University of North Texas. He has recorded seven CDs as a leader, and many others as a sideman. His latest Sunnyside CD: Davy Mooney and the Hope of Home Band Live at National Sawdust, was recorded live in Brooklyn with Brian Blade, Jon Cowherd, John Ellis and Matt Clohesy. In 2018 he recorded Benign Strangers, a collaboration with Japanese drummer Ko Omura (also on Sunnyside), and toured Japan to promote the release in the summer of 2018. His previous Sunnyside releases are 2017’s Hope of Home, and 2012’s Perrier St, both featuring Blade, Cowherd, Ellis, and Clohesy. In promotion of these CDs, Mooney has toured the United States extensively, as well performed in Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Peru and Myanmar.