Alban Bailly, BM

     Alban Bailly’s first adventure of music making began with rock in his native France. Music lessons with Eric Le Lann and Cesarius Alvim in Rennes opened him to jazz and free improvisation in the late nineties. Together with percussionist Loup Barraud, Alban formed Ghenso Project and the two traveled to Morocco to study Arabic music in 2001. Under the instruction of Marrakchi Master Mohammed El Quadi, Alban practiced classical guitar and oud.
      While attending Music Academy in Nancy, Alban came upon a world of free improvisation. Since 2002, he has collaborated and performed with Sebastien Coste, Camille Perrin, Louis-Michel Marion, Claire Cooper, Marit Schechte, Dominique Repecaud, Chris Heenan and many others and performed at the Musique Action festival, Theatre du Saulcy, MJC Lillebonne, France, Belgium and Germany.
     With a new found interest in gypsy jazz music, Alban learned the gypsy music with gypsy local guitarists and founded the “Meri Wago” gypsy swing jazz trio.  He continued his pursuit of eastern European music by playing traditional Balkan music in Novi Sad ( Serbia ).
      Alban landed in the USA in 2005 and now calls Philadelphia his home.
He frequently performs with Jack Wright and plays actively with many musicians and dancers with the guitar or the accordion.
      Alban also formed the “Daphne” gypsy jazz quartet with musicians Matt Davis, Carlos Santiago and Joseph Whitt, which often performs in the Philadelphia area.