'Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon' - Drummer Billie Davies With Art Inspired By Music, Music Inspired By Art!

'Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon' - Drummer Billie Davies With Art Inspired By Music, Music Inspired By Art!

New CD by BILLIE DAVIES, "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon", available October 1, 2015

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HAND IN HAND IN THE HAND OF THE MOON BILLIE DAVIES An homage to Serge Vandercam (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1924 - Wavre, Belgium, March 10, 2005). A symphony inspired by paintings by Serge Vandercam and drums by Billie Davies (Brugge, Belgium, 1955). The painter influenced by the drummer and the drummer influenced by the painter over a period of three days of the full moon. A collaborative work, conceived in 1995 resulting 20 years later in a series of 8 paintings and a jazz symphony of 8 musical movements. "You would have loved where I was at, Serge, between the Rocks, the Dirt, the Coyotes, the Eagles, the Mountain Lions, the Road Runners, the Rattle Snakes. You would have loved where I am at, Serge, in the heat of New Orleans with the Banana trees, the Gators, the Water Moccasins, the Egrets, the Hawks, the Pelicans and the Swamps, the Bayous and the Music and the Sun and the Moon and the Birds. Serge, this Music has been made with You in mind... You, Me, then, Painting and Drums, and now Music inspired by these paintings ... a Symphony to You and to Thalia. A symphony to the Magic in fine Art A symphony to Nature. A symphony to the Bird with the Wish that People listen to Mother Nature People listen to the Bird." Billie Davies One has to give that justice to art, That it brings proof that nothing functions. It establishes that there is no use, Not for the universe, Not for religion. It's flagrant uselessness makes one discover that something, Of which no-one gave much thought, Suddenly becomes essential. (Francois Jaqmin. Translated from French by Billie Davies.)

THE ALBUM  ARTISTIC INTEGRITY SPIRITUALISM IN ART PASSION CREATIVE EXPRESSION INTEGRITY PRIDE ORIGINALITY DEFINITION INTUITION INSTINCT Conversation rather then Technique - The Movements - prelude. Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon - 7:26 i. Hand In Hand - 7:02 ii. In The Hand Of The Moon - 7:27 iii. Hand In The Hand In The Hand Of The Moon, Listen To The Bird - 7:59 iv. As She Tells - 7:10 v. The Shark In The Hand - 4:40 vi. Tiburon - 8:36 vii. The Bridge - 9:08 This music was recorded live in one take on an afternoon in April with all musicians in one 600 Square Feet room that was acoustically treated. A slide show was playing photos that were taken during the painting/drumming session in 1995 and other photos of Serge Vandercam and Billie Davies. For each movement the corresponding actual painting was hanging on a wall, visible to all musicians, in bright light. - The Paintings - 7 movement paintings were painted by Serge Vandercam (1924, Denmark - 2005 Belgium) in February of 1995 as a collaborative improvisational work inspired by drums played by Billie Davies during the three days of the full moon. The prelude painting was painted by Billie Davies in 1995.The Art on the CD cover was painted by Billie Davies in 1996. - The Musicians - Alex Blaine on tenor sax, Branden Lewis on trumpet, Evan Oberla on trombone Billie Davies on drums, Ed Strohsahl on upright bass - The Recording - Recorded Live in New Orleans by Mike Davies on April 24, 2015 at the 415 Blossom Street Studio. Mixing by Mike Davies. Mastering by John Vestman. Produced by Mike Davies. - Press & Booking Contact - Publicist: Scott Thompson http://www.scottthompsonpr.com - Bandleader: Billie Davies - New Orleans, LA - Tel: (+1) 310.467.2061 | Email: Billie@BillieDavies.com Website: http://www.BillieDavies.com | Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Davies

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BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble

BILLIE DAVIES Live @ ... Music At The Mint, New Orleans, LA.

... A Complete Live Performance

Ensemble:

Billie Davies, drums

Ed Strohsahl, upright bass

Alex Blaine, sax

Branden Lewis, trumpet

Evan Oberla, trombone



Sound by Mike Davies

Video by Music At The Mint.

(The video is not good, something with us maybe getting the wrong copy, we will investigate and see whether we can get a better copy that does not look as if it is a bad streaming copy, but the music was quite well recorded, thank you Danny, so we thought we should let you hear it)

BILLIE DAVIES

BILLIE DAVIES Live @ ... The Red Bastille Lounge, Metairie, LA.
... A Complete Live Performance
Ensemble:
From Left to Right:
Stoo Odom on upright bass
Billie Davies on drums
Daniel Coffeng on guitar

Sound by Mike Davies
Video by Brett Pausina.

To Jazz or not to Jazz, there is no question. (Louis Armstrong)

BILLIE DAVIES New Orleans, LA Jazz / Avant Jazz / Avant Garde PLAY SONGS » SHARE SONGS » VISIT PROFILE » "To Jazz or not to Jazz, there is no question." (Louis Armstrong) It has been a while and a lot has happened... :) Never a dull moment with Billie Davies :) A New Line-up for the BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble debuted for the performance at Music At The Mint on March 6th where we had a great turn out for a Friday afternoon. L to R: Branden Lewis on trumpet, Evan Oberla on trombone, Alex Blaine on sax, Ed Strohsahl on bass, Billie Davies on drums. Audio and Video of this performance will be available soon. The first 8 songs on Billie Davies' playlist at http://www.billiedavies.com/ or on ReverbNation are by the new BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble and are part of the performance set list for current performances (including the performance at Music At The Mint). The BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble is very busy in the studio now working on the new album "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon" (Release date to be determined). The Performance at the Blue Nile Balcony Room for the OPEN EARS music series on Tues May 19th will be introducing the new album "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon" to the general public. Billie Davies decided to change the line-up for the ensemble after the performance at The Louisiana Music Factory: Click on the photo to hear and see a live video on YouTube of performing "12 Volt". Get the "12 VOLT" CD at Louisiana Music Factory.  The Performance at the Red Bastille Lounge gave us a nice video and a unique perspective: The performance line-up was Billie Davies on drums, Daniel Coffeng on guitar and Stoo Odom on bass (substituting for Jonathan Solomon). Video should very soon be available for your viewing pleasure on YouTube. See Ya Later Gator :-D !!! MUSIC STORES  ITUNES       AMAZON MP3       CD BABY       GOOGLE PLAY      PRESS "Billie Davies: 12 Volt (2013) By C. MICHAEL BAILEY, Published: November 22, 2013 Billie Davies: 12 Volt Drummer Billie Davies' previous recording, All About Love (Self Produced, 2012) was novel and compelling, a trombone trio with the drummer lead. Davies assembled original and standard works, achieving both educational and artistic endpoints. The present recording, 12 Volt, retains the trio format, substituting the guitar for the trombone and pushes the trio envelope out with a moody collection of eight originals, when considered together comprise an avant-garde suite possibly conceived by Grant Green and John Coltrane. This music is most comparable to Jimmy Giuffre's 1960s trios exploring free jazz using three independent instruments probing jazz's three-dimensional space. Davies directs a very similar interrogation of spatial sound dependence and independent of time."  C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz "BILLIE DAVIES - 12 VOLT : HIGH VOLTAGE avant-garde JAZZ by Jan Hocek December 5, 2013 She was born in Bruges, Belgium, eccentric , avant-garde jazz drummer - self-taught, relentless and explosive style of playing, jazz innovator, living in Los Angeles since 2009 only, she is this year's winner of the prestigious LA Music Awards in the category "Jazz Artist of the Year 2013" - BILLIE DAVIES! This award helped her to the greatest degree with her last (the fourth one) album "12 VOLT", which was released on their own label Cobra Basement. Original article language: Czech. For English:http://www.billiedavies.com/Press_12VOLT"  Jan Hocek, JazzPort "She was born in Bruges, Belgium, eccentric , avant-garde jazz drummer - self-taught, relentless and explosive style of playing, jazz innovator, living in Los Angeles since 2009 only, she is this year's winner of the prestigious LA Music Awards in the category "Jazz Artist of the Year 2013" - BILLIE DAVIES! This award helped her to the greatest degree with her last (the fourth one) album "12 VOLT", which was released on their own label Cobra Basement. Billie Davies came to the United States when she was 32. Before that, from the age of 19, she was playing avant-garde jazz and free improvisation throughout Europe, especially France, Spain and the Mediterranean. She learned from recordings that included drummers such as Al Foster, Billy Higgins, Billy Cobham, Peter Erskine, Billy Hart and Jack DeJohnette. In doing so she got herself sucked into the various ethnic influences, particularly Roma music. Original language: Czech - English version:http://www.billiedavies.com/Press_12VOLT.html"  Jan Hocek, his VOICE UPCOMING SHOWS Blue Nile New Orleans, LA Tue May 19 2015 10:00 PM > SEE MORE / DETAILS LINKS  FACEBOOK       YOUTUBE       FACEBOOK       REVERBNATION       ARTIST WEBSITE

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