Thursday, December 10, 2015
Moanin' improv by Billie Davies and The Bad Boyzzz
Come and hear us at the Roaring 20's, in Terrytown (New Orleans), Louisiana, USA
Tonight, Dec 10 2015, at 8PM ... :)
Celebrating
The release of their new album "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon"
And
Billie Davies Birthday!
BILLIE DAVIES AND THE BAD BOYZZZ
Be There or Be Square ... Cha CHa Cha ~~~
Saturday, December 5, 2015
JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global Perspective: USA: A Jazz Symphony! Music Inspired By Art /"Hand...
JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global Perspective: USA: A Jazz Symphony! Music Inspired By Art /"Hand...: "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon" Billie Davies "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon" Music Inspired by Artist...
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Friday, October 30, 2015
Billie Davies, Hand in Hand in the Hand of the Moon (Album Review)
Billie Davies, Hand in Hand in the Hand of the Moon (Album Review) In OffBeat Magazine in New Orleans.
Billie Davies, Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon (Independent)
Avant-garde music really finds its beauty in the way it rids musical expression of a number of conceptual restraints, leaving the core of the artist’s emotion to be exposed bare.
This kind of intimate connection with the listener is what drummer Billie Davies offers in her release Hand in Hand in the Hand of the Moon.
The album, a symphony in eight movements dedicated to Belgian painter Serge Vandercam, was recorded in one take, with each movement inspired by a different painting by Vandercam.
The album, a symphony in eight movements dedicated to Belgian painter Serge Vandercam, was recorded in one take, with each movement inspired by a different painting by Vandercam.
Davies invites musicians to converse freely around pieces of visual art created in a session she spent with Vandercam in 1995. That type of experimentation in music allows her to draw connections between different individuals and their ideas, through different art forms, and across different timeframes.
Though the instrumentation remains within the established norms of the jazz quintet, the absence of piano challenges the horns to build a melodic and rhythmic rapport among themselves and with Davies’ lead drumming, rather than relying on set harmonies or chord structure.
The bare and vivid expression that results from this combination of ideas—on how to create music—shows a certain degree of sincerity and openness that remains present throughout this concept album.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Jazz Global Beat: Billie Davies - Her New Avant-Garde Treasure CD "H...
Jazz Global Beat: Billie Davies - Her New Avant-Garde Treasure CD "H...: A Jazz Symphony! Art Inspired By Music, Music Inspired By Art "Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon" Billie ...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
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