Results for "Billie Davies"

Devin Gray, Jakob Bro Trio and More

by Maurice Hogue
October 31, 2018

This episode of One Man's Jazz is in its usual global mode with new releases from Portugal's José Lencastre and his Nau Quartet, the Jakob Bro Trio, Medeski Martin & Wood, Devin Gray, France's Stéphane Kerecki Quartet and Bruno Tocanne, Norway's Anders Lønne Grønseth, Earthflow and the Gondwana Orchestra (with Dwight Trible) from England, and the ...

Cuong Vu, Phil Schurger, Cluttertones and More

by Maurice Hogue
October 24, 2018

Check out some great music from new releases, from the avant-garde/Middle Eastern/North African fusion of Ensemble Fanaa, to trumpeter Cuong Vu's quartet with Bill Frisell; from Chicago guitarist Phil Schurger to New Orleans drummer Billie Davies; from poet Vince Bell to pianist Ran Blake with singer Christine Correa. Plus a set from three excellent German groups ...

Art

October 4, 2018

Album: Perspectives (Live at the Art Klub in New Orleans)
By Billie Davies
Label: Cobra Basement
Released: 2018
Duration: 13:37

New Orleans Drummer Billie Davies Announces Her New Release, "Perspectives II" By Billie Davies Trio, For September 27, 2018

September 12, 2018

About Perspectives II “All of my music is improvisational... a conversation between musicians and musical instruments. A joint emotional expression inspired by a certain common feeling, thought or perspective in an instinctual, unpredictable, freely expressed improvisation exploring authentic feelings and inspirations that is being communicated to an audience, a listener, a community."—Billie Davies Perspectives II is ...

Billie Davies Announces Perspectives 2 Performance At Art Klub Theatre in New Orleans On June 1

May 1, 2018

Billie Davies Perspectives at Art Klub Theater 1941 Arts Street New Orleans, LA 70117 June 1, 2018 at 8 pm $18 general admission $15 for artists seniors students teachers Perspectives II Billie Davies announces her Perspectives project finale performance, “Perspectives II”. The performance will be recorded live for sound by ...

Billie Davies

Born: December 10, 1955

"Billie Davies once again confirms her role as a pioneer of the jazz avant-garde. Her musical research, which began in the 1990s, has always pushed the limits of tradition, transforming every performance into a unique experience, where improvisation is not just technical, but pure emotional expression." Groove Radar Report - Jazz In Family - (January 2026). 

Mentioned as one of the Iconic Female Jazz Drummers on Jazz Fuel in 2022 all of jazz drummer and composer Billie Davies' music is Free Improvisation. Billie Davies (née Goegebeur, December 10, 1955 in Bruges, Belgium), an American female jazz drummer and composer, is best known for her free improvisation, avant-garde and avant-garde jazz music since the mid-1990s, and her improvisational drumming techniques she has performed in Europe and in the United States.

Palm Trees

March 16, 2018

Album: On Hollywood Boulevard
By Billie Davies
Label: Cobra Basement
Released: 2016
Duration: 13:49

Billie Davies: On Hollywood Boulevard

by Budd Kopman
February 19, 2017

There could not be much more of a musical, emotional or just vibe difference than that between drummer Billie Davies' latest album On Hollywood Boulevard and her previous project, Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon. However, although they inhabit completely different worlds, both projects had a very long gestation and originate ...

The Girl In The Window

January 14, 2017

Album: On Hollywood Boulevard
By Billie Davies
Label: Cobra Basement
Released: 2016
Duration: 08:24

On Hollywood Boulevard

By Billie Davies

Label: Cobra Basement
Released: 2016
Track listing: On Hollywood Boulevard 1; The Girl In The Window; Jacaranda; Yellow Sunshine; Palm Trees; Hollywood Boulevard; On Hollywood Boulevard 2