Branden James Lewis

Preservation Hall’s Grammy-nominated trumpet player, Branden Lewis, is surprisingly modest. He beams with bravado on stage but, in conversation, he’ll tell you about what he cooked for dinner, what he’s been listening to lately and what his friends have accomplished far before he’ll open up about himself. It is not that he isn’t proud of having performed with Stevie Wonder, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Arcade Fire, Chance the Rapper, Jon Batiste, Reggie Watts, Dave Matthews, Corinne Bailey Rae, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and Foo Fighters. It’s just that those experiences are lagniappe to having a day job that allows him to do what he loves to do most. — Offbeat magazine (New Orleans)

Retrospectives (In The Key Of Jazz)

By Billie Davies

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Hollywood Boulevard From The Window; Do Do Kindje Doo; Sunraaah; Melancholia Abstractissimus; Improvisationality; An Improvisation; An Improvisation Too; Art.

Do Do Kindje Doo

April 21, 2025

Album: Retrospectives (In The Key Of Jazz)
By Billie Davies
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 08:27

The Musical Evolution of Billie Davies

by La-Faithia White
December 29, 2024

Drummer Billie Davies' journey began in the north of Europe in coastal Belgium where she was born and raised. Davies was involved with two bands while living in Holland, in Terneuzen, a semi coastal port town. One band scored a lot of gigs with festivals and parties versus the other, who only played a few times ...

Drummer, Composer Billie Davies Has Left New Orleans

July 22, 2022

After spending eight years in New Orleans and recording three albums as a leader, Billie Davies has made a permanent move to West Palm Beach, Florida. She decided it was time to return to her favorite environment in the world��the beaches at the Atlantic Ocean��in her preferred sub-tropical climate. In her words: “There is a time ...

Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon

By Billie Davies

Label: Cobra Basement
Released: 2015
Track listing: Prelude: Hand In Hand In The Hand Of The Moon; Hand In Hand; In The Hand Of The Moon; Hand In The Hand In The Hand Of The Moon, Listen To The Bird; As She Tells; The Shark In The Hand; Tiburon; The Bridge.