BILLIE DAVIES Music

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...

BILLIE DAVIES "PERSPECTIVES II PHOTOS" BILLIE DAVIES trio : Billie Davies - drums | Evan Oberla - piano/keys/trombone | Oliver Watkinson - bass Featuring: Ari Kohn - reeds | Iris P - vocals | Allie Porter - vocals Dance by: Artivism Dance Theatre - dance improvisation featuring Elle Ciccarone Jones and Briana Alston . Venue: Art Klub - Theater , 1941 Arts Street, New Orleans LA 70117 In anticipation of the upcoming video/audio release of "Perspectives II" here are some screenshots / photos of the Live video/audio recording session ... "PERSPECTIVES II" continues an all spontaneous, instinctive, intuitive improvisation inspired by 7 perspectives, words and 7 chakra musical keys, expressed by a quartet of piano / keys, baritone sax / flute, bass and drums, vocals / spoken word by 2 female vocalists and 2 female dancers. Perspectives that affect all human beings, regardless of race, n...

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.

Watch: Live Spontaneous Improvisation From Billie Davies Trio & More : The latest live performance video from the Billie Davies trio is an all-spontaneous improvisation with a piano, reeds, bass, drums and spoken word.

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...