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SOUND II (Davies, Masakowski, Balgochian) Live at Sidebar Nola

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SOUND A meeting of minds. Set 2 Billie Davies - drums Steve Masakowski - guitar Abbey Balgochian - bass Live at Sidebar Nola in New Orleans October 5, 2019 serious sound sculpture... consider yourself early-warned....Buckle Up! Sound and video recorded by Mike Davies on Zoom Q8.

Announcing The Independent Release Of "PERSPECTIVES II" By Billie Davies Trio on BandCamp.

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“PERSPECTIVES II” Available now here: https://billiedavies.bandcamp.com/album/perspectives-ii applemusic LIVE LINK | Deezer LIVE LINK | iTunes LIVE LINK | Spotify LIVE LINK H appy to announce the new release by Billie Davies trio, “ PERSPECTIVES II ”, on BandCamp today, September 27, 2018. A n all spontaneous, instinctive, intuitive improvisation inspired by 7 perspectives, words by Billie Davies and 7 chakra musical keys, expressed by: BILLIE DAVIES trio Billie Davies - drums, Evan Oberla - piano/keys/trombone, Oliver Watkinson - bass, featuring: Ari Kohn - woodwinds, Iris P - vocals, Allie Porter - vocals, Lyrics by Billie Davies P erspectives that affect all human beings, regardless of race, nationality, culture, gender, creed, religion, politics, social status and personhood. Abstract Expressionist Improvisations Neither confused by the light Nor blinded by dogma, color or political correctness A n ever evolving improvisation, a message to rais...

Power Players: Billie Davies plays her own music - OffBeat Magazine

Power Players: Billie Davies plays her own music - OffBeat Magazine : Noé Cugny talks about Billie Davies, who has used the drums as a means to express herself freely for more than 40 years now.

BILLIE DAVIES "PERSPECTIVES II" Performance at ART KLUB Theatre on June 1

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Billie Davies announces her "PERSPECTIVES" project finale, “PERSPECTIVES II” Performance BILLIE DAVIES trio Billie Davies,  drums Evan Oberla,  piano/keys Oliver Watkinson,  bass Featuring Ari Kohn,  reeds Iris P,  vocals Allie Porter,  vocals Artivism Dance Theatre,  dance improvisation venue Art Klub Theater, 1941 Arts Street, New Orleans LA 70117 June 1, 2018 - 8 pm tickets Door:  $18 general admission $15 for artists seniors students teachers Online:  https://perspectives2.eventbrite.com/   http://artklub.org/calendar/2018/6/1/perspectives-ii-billie-davies The live performance will be recorded live for sound and video and will be produced as a digital only album (music) and streaming video/DVD (music/video) and is slated to be released in the fall of 2018. Following the improvisational exploration of “PERSPECTIVES I” ( https://youtu.be/Ub06p6NTV3A ), performed at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Music At The Mint, on Janu...

BILLIE DAVIES trio (Davies - Oberla - Watkinson) announcing their new project "PERSPECTIVES"

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BILLIE DAVIES trio (Davies - Oberla - Watkinson) announcing their new project "PERSPECTIVES" View de 2nd evolution from the Full Blood Moon concert on January 31, 2017 below... BILLIE DAVIES trio "PERSPECTIVES I" Live @ The New Orleans Jazz Museum (-: #billiedaviestrio, #bloodmoon, #fullbloodmoon, #fullmoon :-) “PERSPECTIVES I”  by Billie Davies music Billie Davies - drums, Evan Oberla - piano, Oliver Watkinson - bass. Ari Kohn - reeds (2nd and 3rd evolu tion) spoken word Allie Porter - vocals (2nd and 3rd evolution) Iris P - vocals (3rd evolution) dance Artivism Dance Group - dance improvisation (3rd evolution) “PERSPECTIVES” is an all spontaneous improvisation, with a trio of piano, bass and drums (which might change into a quartet or quintet through the 3 evolutions),  spoken word by female vocalist(s) in the 2nd and 3rd evolution and  3 dancers (female: referring to mother earth) in the 3rd evolution of the project. True improvisa...

Call out to EXPERIENCED, CREATIVE, IMPROVISATIONAL Free Improvisation Cats

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Billie Davies Trio is calling out to EXPERIENCED, CREATIVE, FREE IMPROVISATIONAL Jazz Cats in New Orleans All of Billie Davies music is improvisational... a conversation between musicians and musical instruments, a joint emotional expression inspired by a certain common feeling, thought or perspective that is being communicated to an audience, a listener, a community. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED, IMPROVISATIONAL CATS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whether you consider yourself advanced or expert... you need to love and have a yearning for interacting and growing with the same musicians continuously for an indefinite amount of time of playing, recording, gigging ... INFLUENCES All of her music is improvisational... a conversation between musicians and musical instruments, a joint emotional expression inspired by a certain common feeling, thought or perspective that is being communicated to an audience, a l...