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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) OCTOBER 28, 2015 by:   NOÉ CUGNY LEAVE A COMMENT 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. 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, ...

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 ...

Free MP3 at All About Jazz: “v. The Shark In The Hand” by Billie Davies

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Free MP3 at All About Jazz: “v. The Shark In The Hand” by Billie Davies From The Album Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon By  Billie Davies

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

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'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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MEDIA:   Billie Davies Hand In The Hand OneSheet  |  About Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon  |  The Paintings  |  Project Photos 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 Pe...

BILLIE DAVIES Ensemble

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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

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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.