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Whadeva (Live at Dangerous Art Studios, New Orleans, LA, 2/13/2020)

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Happy to announce the official release today, 07/24/2020, of "Whadeva" by Damani Butler, Maude Caillat and Billie Davies. Available on BandCamp:  https://billiedavies.bandcamp.com/album/whadeva Available at Billie Davies Music:  https://billie42.wixsite.com/billiedavies View and listen on YouTube!

JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global Perspective: USA: Maude Caillat, Damani Butler, Billie Davis(US...

JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global Perspective: USA: Maude Caillat, Damani Butler, Billie Davis(US... : "Whadeva" It had not reached New Orleans yet, or so they thought. They had been prepping these recordings since late December, ear...

"Whadeva", an album with Damani Butler, Maude Caillat, Billie Davies and produced by Billie & Mike Davies, release date set for July 24, 2020.

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"Whadeva" It had not reached New Orleans yet, or so they thought. They had been prepping these recordings since late December, early January. Damani Butler contacted Billie Davies and Maude Caillat asking them whether they would be interested in doing a project with him. He also mentioned he had contacted female artists for this project. Both Billie Davies, an american drummer from California, and Maude Caillat, a sax player from Switzerland, were currently working and residing in New Orleans. Damani had rented a house in the Lower Ninth Ward, which became Dangerous Art Studios, and was busy transforming it into the whole house and whatever sounds in it, showed in it and whomever entered it, being part of a work of art he was creating. The project would be experimental, completely improvisational audio art. Intuitive, instinctive in nature Damani would be doing his electronic loops, beats and waves while Caillat and Davies played whatever they played. Billie decided to use he...

WHADEVA (Damani Butler, Maude Caillat, Billie Davies) coming soon to your ears

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WHADEVA ... coming very soon. Recorded Feb 13 2020. New Orleans. Ai Corona! A Dangerous Art Studios - Damani Butler - Cobra Basement project. Damani Butler - electronics/loops/waves/beats  Maude Caillat - woodwinds  Billie Davies - electronic drums  Mike Davies - audio  All the music you will hear under "Whadeva" was recorded during the Coronavirus outbreak with a final recording date of February 13. It had not reached New Orleans yet, or so we thought, with mardi-gras slowly but surely going into full swing.  All we knew was what we heard and read and saw, which then made me think... and we all got sick with some type of flu.  Aye - Ai - Oy vey - Oei !!!*☆Corona☆*!!! A month later we were all on lockdown and now it is time to let go, to let this music go. #dangerousartstudios #cobrabasement #billiedavies #damanibutler #maudecaillat #mikedavies #neworleans #corona #newmusic #newmusicalert

BillieDavies.com, a new face, a new interface.

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The new official website for Billie Davies has been completed. It has a new face and a new interface that is more mobile friendly ... Her bio has been updated to current and it has a nice gallery that shows photos, full length videos of performances and random photos of Billie Davies and her line-ups...  You can now also get downloads of her albums direct from the artist and you can listen to her music right there. We will soon be adding previews of new material for a new project by Damani Butler that is in the works. It has Billie Davies on electronic drums, Maude Caillat on tenor sax and Damani Butler on electronics and digital sounds and it may have other guest artists. It looks like it will be performed a first time on Feb. 13, 2020, by invite only. As we have opted for a Wix free site there are two ways to get there: http://www.billiedavies.com or  https://billie42.wixsite.com/billiedavies billie davies official site

Billie Davies Nominated "Best Drummer" By Best Of The Beat 2019 Awards

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Billie Davies has been nominated "Best Drummer" for the Best Of The Beat Awards 2019. The OffBeat Music and Cultural Arts Foundation’s Best of the Beat Nominations are in. We solicited nominations from musicians and many others in the music community. We then gave the results to our writers and editors and with input from both, determined the nominations in each category. Click here to vote! The public starts voting on December 26 at OffBeat.com and voting ends on January 15. Winners will be announced at the Best of the Beat, which will be held at the New Orleans Jazz Market on Thursday January 30. This is the second time that Billie has been nominated for her exceptional talent since she has moved to New Orleans. The 2017 Best Of The Beat awards nominated her for Best Contemporary Jazz Artist. Billie would like to express her sincere thanks for the recognition. HER MUSIC IS IT'S OWN ORIGINAL BEAST Billie Davies is an American jazz drummer and composer best known for h...

Billie Davies, Steve Masakowski, Martin Masakowski - In Between The Lines -

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