BILLIE DAVIES Music

Corrected link to a beautiful review of #OnHollywoodBoulevard on Jazz Views​. #JazzBuzz​ #Jazz​ http://www.jazzviews.net/billie-davies---a-nu-experience--on-hollywood-boulevard.html BILLIE DAVIES - A NU EXPERIENCE -On Hollywood Boulevard  Self Release Billie Davies: electronic drums; IRIS P: vocals; Oliver Watkinson:  electric bass; Evan Oberla:  keyboards, synth, trombone. Recorded New Orleans, September 26, 2016 On the one hand this set represents a very new direction for Billie Davies, working in Nu Jazz, which bridges jazz and contemporary R&B and hip hop.   Her choice of an electronic drum kit also lends some really interesting textures to the sounds she produces.  On the other hand, the drumming is as solid, nuanced and captivating as ever.  Interestingly, the approach taken to recording was similar to that of her ‘Hand in Hand in the Hand of the Moon’ CD; the music is recorded in front of a small, live audience in a single take ...

Billie Davies, "A Nu Experience: On Hollywood Boulevard" (Independent) - OffBeat Magazine OffBeat Magazine Billie Davies, “A Nu Experience: On Hollywood Boulevard” (Independent)   By Robert Fontenot Published: February 08, 2017 Despite the best efforts of James M. Cain, Chinatown and BoJack Horseman, L.A. noir still doesn’t get the respect it deserves next to what goes on in Gotham. This is doubly true for jazz, where a combo of experimentalism, perceived lack of gravitas and the general laid-back vibe of West Coast Cool doom it to second-fiddle status, seemingly forever. All these years later, and when folks want to feel how La La Land destroys the dreams of its citizens, they dig out “Hotel California,” not Chet Baker. Shame, really. If anyone could change that perception, it’s pioneering avant-garde drummer Billie Davies, a disciple of fellow “California Hard” stylist Max Roach and someone who, true to her gypsy resume, actually lived on Hollywood Boulevard for a tim...