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In this video, Davy Mooney considers Tom Jobim’s “Chega de Saudade.” It’s a long-form song, really two tunes in one, and Mooney discusses versions from Joao Gilberto, Joe Henderson, and Tom Jobim himself.


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Check out Davy’s new album on Sunnyside, “Davy Mooney and the Hope of Home Band Live at National Sawdust”.

Davy Mooney’s “Into the Labyrinth: An Anatomy of Position Playing for Jazz Guitar”

Davy’s Mel Bay book “Personalizing Jazz Vocabulary

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