When they’re not touring with jazz virtuoso Raul Midón, or starring on London’s West End in the hit show “Close to You; Bacharach Reimagined”, twenty-four year old twins Daniel (Bass) and David Bailen (Drums) are playing and singing in three part harmony with their sister, Julia (Guitar) as their band BAILEN.
As children, the siblings were soloists in the Metropolitan Opera’s children’s chorus. Childhood friend Pierre Piscitelli is the only “non” Bailen, but the band says they are working on the paper work.
The Bailens have written music for Sons of Anarchy, Victoria’s Secret, Paper Magazine, Marc Jacobs, Ansel Elgort and can be heard on Raul Midón’s new album (Don’t Hesitate) alongside jazz legends, Dianne Reeves, Liz Wright and Richard Bona.
They can also be heard on Jon Batiste and Stay Human’s 2011 release, “My NY.”
The band has cultivated a presence in London, where they have performed, recorded with Grammy winning engineer Ricardo Damian (Uptown Funk), and garnered a faithful following within the London folk scene. The groups’ three-part sibling harmonies have been compared to The Fleet Foxes and The Staves, and Entertainment Weekly described them as having “harmonies to rival Simon & Garfunkel.”
