An international French Gypsy jazz, Latin jazz, Funk guitarist born in 1978 he lives and plays around Paris and can often be seen and heard on the world Gypsy Swing scene.
During his childhood, his father, a fan of jazz and the guitar, took Aurelien along to see the concerts at the famous “Chope des Puces”, a famous place for Gypsy jazz and French musicians. These magic musicals afternoons operated spontaneously and for Aurélien from then on it would be the guitar and nothing else.
Much more than child’s whim, it was a passion for him at an age when other Gypsy children preferred to play ball games with their friends. His family home and life swung to the melodies from old discs of: Django Reinhardt and the “Hot Club De France”.
Aurélien learned all his music by ear, the melody, harmony and then the complex Django’s solos. On his way, he forged the basis of his technical expertise and his own unique improvisations.
Each year, Aurélien goes to the Django festival in Samois-on-Seine where Django lived and is buried and where amateurs and professionals alike rendezvous to celebrate the life and music of Django where he furthers his development and playing with others from around the globe.
The music of Django is not his only source of inspiration, many of the Gypsy Swing musicians develop their own unique “Hot Club” musical style. Aurélien has also been influenced by the swing of Tchavolo Schmitt, the Andalusian ardour of Raphaël Fays, the pure virtuosity of Stochelo Rosenberg, the musical genius of Dorado Schmitt, the creativity of Angelo Debarre and the talent of Romane, all of these greats have influenced Aurélien ’s own unique style throughout his years of learning and on his musical journey.
Among the varied bands and musical set ups he has put together and worked with he has had a twelve year musical relationship with the amazing violinist Shàrl Dragan and they founded the group Tarné Spilari. For two years he worked with TiFrère guitarist of the “Ziegler quartet” and the group “Am Ketenes” with whom he appeared at the Samois-Sur-Seine Django festival and at the “Swing 41” Salbris festival where he recorded a disk with them. His meeting with Frederic Manoukian (who worked with Guy Marchand) culminated in the recording of a song “Django style” on the last album.
In springtime 2010, the American Gypsy jazz festival “Django in June” requested he attend because of his obvious passion for sharing what he knows with others, he collaborated with Denis Chang, Joscho Stephan, Gustav Lundgren, Gonzalo Bergara, Jack Soref, Biel Ballester and Michael Horowitz. Here he was invited on stage with Joscho Stephan, and Tim Kliphuis and completed a formidable line up.
In 2011, in England, at the QuecumBar (London’s world famous temple for Jazz Manouche) he met/played and recorded on the Le Q Record label with UK’s finest Gypsy Swing guitarist the internationally famous Gary Potter along with the world class French Gypsy rhythm guitarist Herve Gaguenetti and UK’s powerhouse bass player Andy Crowdy. This adhoc band setup was a master piece of musical genius – these four came together for the first time and created two thrilling nights for their audiences and each other.
In 2012 he played in another first time line up and mini tour with Gary Potter, Jonny Gee and Ritary Gaguenetti, a five star line. The coming together of four musicians playing together in concert for the first time is a testament to their incredible musicianship and professionalism. Aurélien will return to this same line up in September 2012 with another small tour. Listen to his latest CD “The Latin Jazz Manouche Concept” its fresh and upbeat and incorporates Salsa, Latin jazz, and Gypsy jazz. n 2016 , several titles from "2.0" have been remixed by Aurelien, which gives rise to an exclusively digital maxisingle call " Aurelien Bouly con Lester Alonso Latin Mixtape " .
