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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...

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.

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

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SOUND A meeting of minds. Set 1 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.
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Billie Davies, Steve Masakowski, Albey Balgochian SOUND Sidebar Nola Saturday, Oct 5, 2019

Billie Davies Trio (Davies, Oberla, Watkinson) with Steve Masakowski at SideBar Nola, March 29, 2019 at 9 PM.

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Billie Davies Trio (Davies, Oberla, Watkinson) with Steve Masakowski at SideBar Nola, March 29, 2019 at 9 PM. Billie Davies Trio (Davies, Oberla, Watkinson) will be playing with Steve Masakowski at SideBar NOLA in New Orleans on Friday March 29, 2019 at 9PM. Energies coming together to create something that has never been created before and will never be created again.  A spontaneous expression, a harmony achieved that speaks for the existence of a universal energy that moves us all, no matter what perspective. Billie Davies is an American jazz drummer and composer best known for her free and avant-garde jazz compositions since the mid-1990s, and her improvisational drumming techniques. She is a very accomplished free-jazz drummer. Born in Belgium, she now lives in New Orleans, having spent much of her life living peripatetically. The music of Billie Davies Trio and her other line-ups, moves on from the Jazz and Avant-garde world beyond Jazz with it's own very unique...

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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 @ Music At The Mint - Jan 31

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BILLIE DAVIES trio will be performing the second evolution of their new project "PERSPECTIVES" at Music At The Mint at the The New Orleans Jazz Museum . introducing Allie Porter - vocals  guest/ Ari Kohn - reeds  "PERSPECTIVES", slated to be released somewhere in the first half of 2018 as a digital release, is an all spontaneous improvisation evolving from a foundational line-up of a trio: piano, bass & drums, with guest performers to adding spoken word by female vocalist(s) and finally adding 3 dancers. True improvisational music of an abstract expressionist nature. An improvisation that will evolve through repetition, rehearsal and performance and that will bring a message, from perspectives, to raise the awareness of Life and living, Love and loving in a deeply natural, subconsciously conscious perspective, so people start to listen to their heart again, to feel their soul again, without dogma, without fear, wholly responsible for every action taken, and in ...
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Billie Davies has been nominated "Best Contemporary Jazz Artist" in New Orleans by OffBeat Magazine December 2017. Billie Davies  has been nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Artist in New Orleans, Louisiana This could not have happened without Mike Davies, Evan Oberla, Oliver Watkinson and Iris P Thank you OffBeat Magazine The Best of the Beat Awards are presented by The OffBeat Music and Cultural Arts Foundation. The OMCAF was developed to create opportunities that support Louisiana artists in leading sustainable creative lives. The OMCAF merges education, advocacy, community engagement and creative collaboration to foster and uplift Louisiana music, arts and culture. Inspired by the work of OffBeat Magazine, which has a robust history contributing to the promotion, visibility and legitimacy of Louisiana’s music and cultural scene, the OMCAF are committed advocates for the preservation of Louisiana culture. We solicited nominations from musicians and...

Billie Davies - A Nu Experience at Music At The Mint, May 19

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Billie Davies - A Nu Experience at Music At The Mint, May 19 : Billie Davies - A Nu Experience at Music At The Mint, May 19. Musicians: Billie Davies, Evan Oberla, Oliver Watkinson, Iris Poree, - order tickets, find location and other info. Never miss another jazz concert in New Orleans again!

BILLIE DAVIES & The Bad Boyzzzz Live at Open Ears Music Set 2

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"In The Key Of Jazz" (Set 2). Billie Davies & The Bad Boyzzzz Tuesday May 03, 2016 @ Open Ears Music Series Blue Nile Balcony Room Frenchmen Street, New Orleans. Ari Kohn reeds, Billie Davies drums, Branden Lewis trumpet, Oliver Watkinson bass, Evan Oberla trombone. Video & Sound: Mike Davies.

BILLIE DAVIES & The Bad Boyzzzz Live at Open Ears

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"In The Key Of Jazz" (Set 1). Billie Davies & The Bad Boyzzzz Tuesday May 03, 2016 @ Open Ears Music Series Blue Nile Balcony Room Frenchmen Street, New Orleans. Ari Kohn reeds, Billie Davies drums, Branden Lewis trumpet, Oliver Watkinson bass, Evan Oberla trombone. Video & Sound: Mike Davies.

BILLIE DAVIES - '20 Years Stronger'. DownBeat | Digital Edition | May 2016

DownBeat | Digital Edition | May 2016 BILLIE DAVIES... 'Twenty Years Stronger' Mar 31, 2016 e on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Twitter From  Down Beat   magazine, the monthly "bible" of jazz, blues, and roots music. May 2016 issue.   Article written by Jennifer Odell. Billie Davies, a Belgium-born drummer whose career path has been as avant-gar- de as her music, had an existential crisis of sorts before she returned to drumming full- time in 2009. She’d been working in Northern California as an art dealer—one of many hats that have ranged from DJ to gypsy musician to information architecture IT specialist—when it occurred to her she wasn’t sure who she was anymore. Distraught, she picked up the phone and called Serge Vandercam (1924–2005), a Danish visual artist with whom she’d bonded, for advice. “I just go, ‘Who am I?’” Davies recalled, her voice cracking as if stuck halfway between the onset of laughter or tears. Vandercam’s reply was te...