Thursday, April 2, 2015

BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble





BILLIE DAVIES Live @ ... Music At The Mint, New Orleans, LA.

... A Complete Live Performance

Ensemble:

Billie Davies, drums

Ed Strohsahl, upright bass

Alex Blaine, sax

Branden Lewis, trumpet

Evan Oberla, trombone



Sound by Mike Davies

Video by Music At The Mint.

(The video is not good, something with us maybe getting the wrong copy, we will investigate and see whether we can get a better copy that does not look as if it is a bad streaming copy, but the music was quite well recorded, thank you Danny, so we thought we should let you hear it)

BILLIE DAVIES





BILLIE DAVIES Live @ ... The Red Bastille Lounge, Metairie, LA.
... A Complete Live Performance
Ensemble:
From Left to Right:
Stoo Odom on upright bass
Billie Davies on drums
Daniel Coffeng on guitar

Sound by Mike Davies
Video by Brett Pausina.

Saturday, March 14, 2015

To Jazz or not to Jazz, there is no question. (Louis Armstrong)

BILLIE DAVIES

New Orleans, LA
Jazz / Avant Jazz / Avant Garde
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"To Jazz or not to Jazz, there is no question." (Louis Armstrong)

Billie Davies at Music At The Mint
It has been a while and a lot has happened... :) Never a dull moment with Billie Davies :)

A New Line-up for the BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble debuted for the performance at Music At The Mint on March 6th where we had a great turn out for a Friday afternoon.
The BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble at Music At The Mint

L to R: Branden Lewis on trumpet, Evan Oberla on trombone, Alex Blaine on sax, Ed Strohsahl on bass, Billie Davies on drums.
Audio and Video of this performance will be available soon.

The first 8 songs on Billie Davies' playlist at http://www.billiedavies.com/ or on ReverbNation are by the new BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble and are part of the performance set list for current performances (including the performance at Music At The Mint).
The BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble is very busy in the studio now working on the new album "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon" (Release date to be determined).

The Performance at the Blue Nile Balcony Room for the OPEN EARS music series on Tues May 19th will be introducing the new album "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon" to the general public.


BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble new line-up.


Billie Davies decided to change the line-up for the ensemble after the performance at The Louisiana Music Factory:
BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble at The Louisiana Music Factory
Click on the photo to hear and see a live video on YouTube of performing "12 Volt".
Get the "12 VOLT" CD at Louisiana Music Factory.

 The Performance at the Red Bastille Lounge gave us a nice video and a unique perspective:
BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble at the Red Bastille Lounge
The performance line-up was Billie Davies on drums, Daniel Coffeng on guitar and Stoo Odom on bass (substituting for Jonathan Solomon).
Video should very soon be available for your viewing pleasure on YouTube.

See Ya Later Gator :-D !!!

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PRESS

"Billie Davies: 12 Volt (2013) By C. MICHAEL BAILEY, Published: November 22, 2013 Billie Davies: 12 Volt Drummer Billie Davies' previous recording, All About Love (Self Produced, 2012) was novel and compelling, a trombone trio with the drummer lead. Davies assembled original and standard works, achieving both educational and artistic endpoints. The present recording, 12 Volt, retains the trio format, substituting the guitar for the trombone and pushes the trio envelope out with a moody collection of eight originals, when considered together comprise an avant-garde suite possibly conceived by Grant Green and John Coltrane. This music is most comparable to Jimmy Giuffre's 1960s trios exploring free jazz using three independent instruments probing jazz's three-dimensional space. Davies directs a very similar interrogation of spatial sound dependence and independent of time."  C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz

"BILLIE DAVIES - 12 VOLT : HIGH VOLTAGE avant-garde JAZZ by Jan Hocek December 5, 2013 She was born in Bruges, Belgium, eccentric , avant-garde jazz drummer - self-taught, relentless and explosive style of playing, jazz innovator, living in Los Angeles since 2009 only, she is this year's winner of the prestigious LA Music Awards in the category "Jazz Artist of the Year 2013" - BILLIE DAVIES! This award helped her to the greatest degree with her last (the fourth one) album "12 VOLT", which was released on their own label Cobra Basement. Original article language: Czech. For English:http://www.billiedavies.com/Press_12VOLT"  Jan Hocek, JazzPort

"She was born in Bruges, Belgium, eccentric , avant-garde jazz drummer - self-taught, relentless and explosive style of playing, jazz innovator, living in Los Angeles since 2009 only, she is this year's winner of the prestigious LA Music Awards in the category "Jazz Artist of the Year 2013" - BILLIE DAVIES! This award helped her to the greatest degree with her last (the fourth one) album "12 VOLT", which was released on their own label Cobra Basement. Billie Davies came to the United States when she was 32. Before that, from the age of 19, she was playing avant-garde jazz and free improvisation throughout Europe, especially France, Spain and the Mediterranean. She learned from recordings that included drummers such as Al Foster, Billy Higgins, Billy Cobham, Peter Erskine, Billy Hart and Jack DeJohnette. In doing so she got herself sucked into the various ethnic influences, particularly Roma music. Original language: Czech - English version:http://www.billiedavies.com/Press_12VOLT.html"  Jan Hocek, his VOICE


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Friday, December 26, 2014

Happy New Year 2015

Wishing you a very, very Happy New Year 2015
full of Love, Peace and Happiness.
''Doubt that the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun does move, But never doubt I Love You ...''
Love always,
Billie Davies
~ A Jazz Musician ~

New Orleans, LA
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble Showcase Performance in New Orleans.



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BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble has a Showcase Performance on Aug 21 at 8 pm.

BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble at Sweet  Lorraine"s Jazz Club on Thursday, Aug 21 at 8 PM.
Details:

Cutting Edge Showcase Performance at Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club
BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble
Billie Davies on drums
Shan Kenner on guitar
Grayson Hackelman on bass
Thu, August 21, 8:00pm – 8:45pm
Where: Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club, 1931 St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA, United States
         
       
12 VOLT
$9.99
Meeting Manitas (Billie Davies)
$0.99
 
Thu Aug 21 14 New Orleans, LA Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club
 
Tue Sep 02 14 New Orleans, LA Blue Nile Tickets
 
Sat Sep 20 14 New Orleans, LA Louisiana Music Factory Tickets
 
"Here's what TOM TOM Magazine had to say about BILLIE DAVIES "12 VOLT" .... "The bohemian beatnik drum stylings of Billie Davies reverb from cymbal to kick drum with the intuitive jazzy drifts of a true drumming savant. Her album, 12 Volt, is a showcase of stop and go flow that keeps the listener in some kind of a suspended reality that feels like a faucet of cold tap water jazz that's on the fritz. If your ears are still burnin' from that summer city sun and are in need of a splash of some snare drum love that's sure to sooth your ears, mind, and soul, do yourself the favor and self-medicate with this avant-garde jazz album overflowing with Billie's jive drumming spirit. Listen to this while: smoking your hand rolled cigarettes in some dusky, dimly lit lounge in the Village. Don't forget your gin and tonic, black beret, red lipstick and snapping fingers for applause." — Stephanie Reisnour"  — Stephanie Reisnour, TOM TOM Magazine
"She was born in Bruges, Belgium, eccentric , avant-garde jazz drummer - self-taught, relentless and explosive style of playing, jazz innovator, living in Los Angeles since 2009 only, she is this year's winner of the prestigious LA Music Awards in the category "Jazz Artist of the Year 2013" - BILLIE DAVIES! This award helped her to the greatest degree with her last (the fourth one) album "12 VOLT", which was released on their own label Cobra Basement. Billie Davies came to the United States when she was 32. Before that, from the age of 19, she was playing avant-garde jazz and free improvisation throughout Europe, especially France, Spain and the Mediterranean. She learned from recordings that included drummers such as Al Foster, Billy Higgins, Billy Cobham, Peter Erskine, Billy Hart and Jack DeJohnette. In doing so she got herself sucked into the various ethnic influences, particularly Roma music. Original language: Czech - English version: http://www.billiedavies.com/Press_12VOLT.html"  — Jan Hocek, his VOICE
"Billie Davies: 12 Volt (2013) By C. MICHAEL BAILEY, Published: November 22, 2013 Billie Davies: 12 Volt Drummer Billie Davies' previous recording, All About Love (Self Produced, 2012) was novel and compelling, a trombone trio with the drummer lead. Davies assembled original and standard works, achieving both educational and artistic endpoints. The present recording, 12 Volt, retains the trio format, substituting the guitar for the trombone and pushes the trio envelope out with a moody collection of eight originals, when considered together comprise an avant-garde suite possibly conceived by Grant Green and John Coltrane. This music is most comparable to Jimmy Giuffre's 1960s trios exploring free jazz using three independent instruments probing jazz's three-dimensional space. Davies directs a very similar interrogation of spatial sound dependence and independent of time."  — C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
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