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Watch: Live Spontaneous Improvisation From Billie Davies Trio & More

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 trio (Davies - Oberla - Watkinson) announcing their new project "PERSPECTIVES"

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BILLIE DAVIES trio (Davies - Oberla - Watkinson) announcing their new project "PERSPECTIVES" View de 2nd evolution from the Full Blood Moon concert on January 31, 2017 below... BILLIE DAVIES trio "PERSPECTIVES I" Live @ The New Orleans Jazz Museum (-: #billiedaviestrio, #bloodmoon, #fullbloodmoon, #fullmoon :-) “PERSPECTIVES I”  by Billie Davies music Billie Davies - drums, Evan Oberla - piano, Oliver Watkinson - bass. Ari Kohn - reeds (2nd and 3rd evolu tion) spoken word Allie Porter - vocals (2nd and 3rd evolution) Iris P - vocals (3rd evolution) dance Artivism Dance Group - dance improvisation (3rd evolution) “PERSPECTIVES” is an all spontaneous improvisation, with a trio of piano, bass and drums (which might change into a quartet or quintet through the 3 evolutions),  spoken word by female vocalist(s) in the 2nd and 3rd evolution and  3 dancers (female: referring to mother earth) in the 3rd evolution of the project. True improvisa...

BILLIE DAVIES trio "PERSPECTIVES" Live @ The New Orleans Jazz Museum January 31, 2017.

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View de 2nd evolution from the Full Blood Moon concert on January 31, 2017 below... BILLIE DAVIES trio "PERSPECTIVES" Live @ The New Orleans Jazz Museum (-: #billiedaviestrio, #bloodmoon, #fullbloodmoon, #fullmoon :-) video info L to R: Evan Oberla - piano, Ari Kohn - reeds, Oliver Watkinson - upright bass, Allie Porter - spoken word, Billie Davies - drums. Sound & Video recording: Joe Stolarick at The New Orleans Jazz Museum, Music At The Mint. Sound Mix and Post Production: Mike Davies, Billie Davies Logistics: Mike Davies Photography: Mike Davies

BILLIE DAVIES trio @ Music At The Mint - Jan 31

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BILLIE DAVIES trio will be performing the second evolution of their new project "PERSPECTIVES" at Music At The Mint at the The New Orleans Jazz Museum . 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 ...

#Tonight (1-19-18) 8PM BILLIE DAVIES trio at The Frenchmen Hotel Rooftop Bar

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Tonight (01/19/18) 8pm - 11pm Halfway To The Blood Moon concert under the stars Hosted by Portal The Frenchmen Hotel Rooftop Bar 417 Frenchman Street New Orleans
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Billie Davies has been nominated "Best Contemporary Jazz Artist" in New Orleans by OffBeat Magazine December 2017. Billie Davies  has been nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Artist in New Orleans, Louisiana This could not have happened without Mike Davies, Evan Oberla, Oliver Watkinson and Iris P Thank you OffBeat Magazine The Best of the Beat Awards are presented by The OffBeat Music and Cultural Arts Foundation. The OMCAF was developed to create opportunities that support Louisiana artists in leading sustainable creative lives. The OMCAF merges education, advocacy, community engagement and creative collaboration to foster and uplift Louisiana music, arts and culture. Inspired by the work of OffBeat Magazine, which has a robust history contributing to the promotion, visibility and legitimacy of Louisiana’s music and cultural scene, the OMCAF are committed advocates for the preservation of Louisiana culture. We solicited nominations from musicians and...

Live At The Mint - BILLIE DAVIES - A Nu Experience.

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Listen to #music, not #style. @BillieDavies - #ANuExperience. Live @musicatthemint -  complete #performance