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New Orleans, LA
Jazz / Avant Jazz / Avant Garde
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"To Jazz or not to Jazz, there is no question." (Louis Armstrong)
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.
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 decided to change the line-up for the ensemble after the performance 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:
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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"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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