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 doing so can feel truly happy and fulfilled again.
A symphony to the tree of life and people. One big conversation where each artist responds to another artist’s call, where each and every action taken is in response to another, all being influenced by each other, all being one and one with mother nature.
BILLIE DAVIES trio performs at the New Orleans Jazz Museum on Wednesday, January 31 from 8pm to 9:30pm. Tickets are $10.50 and can be purchased at the door (cash) or online.
Come enjoy the yellow sunshine full moon music of the Billie Davies trio, "Perspectives", on January 31 where a super blue blood full moon is expected!
"Billie Davies is a very accomplished free-jazz drummer. Born in Belgium, she now lives in New Orleans, having spent much of her life living peripatetically. Previous reviewers have made much of the self-taught nature of her drumming. I defy any listener to distinguish her playing from someone ‘schooled’ in jazz drumming. There is a vitality and fluidity in the way that she plays the drum kit and this is what I mean by the idea that her stories explain her drumming; she speaks through the drums to the other players, asking questions of them and replying with the fusion of styles that she has built up over her travels." — Chris Baber, Jazz Views
Her 2012 release of “all about Love” solidified her position as a professional jazz musician. This recording of standards and original music, charted #1 in CMJ Jazz College Radio Charts for ‘top jazz add’ in new albums and went on to stay in the top 20 for 4 weeks. Also well received in Canada, the album ended up in the Top 10 on three different !Earshot Jazz charts.
In October, 2013 Billie released “12 VOLT” which garnered national and international attention. CJ Bond, JAZZ MUSIC, wrote, “12 VOLT” features exclusively original compositions of Billie Davies, revealing yet another formidable creative talent in Davies' impressive artistic arsenal and adds the crucial tyne of 'composer/arranger' to her sterling artistic fork, augmenting fearless innovation. Jan Hocek of His Voice in Prague wrote:”Without hesitation - HIGH VOLTAGE avant-garde JAZZ - one of the most remarkable trio albums of the year!"
In 2013 Billie Davies received the "Jazz Artist of the Year" Award by the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards.
In March of 2014 she moved to New Orleans where she has graced stages ever since and where she recorded her album "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon" in 2015.
She received more national and international attention due to a player feature, "BILLIE DAVIES '20 Years Stronger', published in Downbeat Magazine May 2016 edition.
The new album, "On Hollywood Boulevard", released 12/10/2016 became a January 2017 Editor's Pick on DownBeat.com.
December 2017 Billie was nominated "Best Contemporary Jazz Artist" by Best Of The Beat 2017 awards, OffBeat Magazine. The nominees were: Billie Davies, Charlie Halloran, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, James Singleton, Nicholas Payton, Stanton Moore.
Many Articles and reviews have been written on her music from Prague to Belgium to London to New York to San Jose.
“Drummer/composer Billie Davies’ latest stop in her musical journey is a fruitful pairing of what she brought into New Orleans with what New Orleans brought to her.” (S Victor Aaron, Something Else!)
