ROLAND GUERIN

Bassist, singer, songwriter, Roland Guerin, has already made a formidable contribution to the world of music. From providing unique and melodic bass lines to dazzling audiences worldwide with his slap bass technique, Guerin emerged in the forefront of the international jazz arena. His latest projects integrate American folk melodies, blues, zydeco, African rhythms, and rock with jazz soloing and orchestral arrangements to create an entirely new and singular musical experience.

 

 

               BIO

 
Guerin has played bass in bands including Alvin Batiste's And The Jazztronauts while earning a degree in marketing at Southern University, The Marcus Roberts Trio, Allen Toussaint and Dr. John as his music director.
Pianist Marcus Roberts, drummer Jason Marsalis and bassist Roland Guerin performed George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to a packed house at Symphony Center.
Guerin joined the Allen Toussaint Band in 2008, touring with him until Toussaint died in 2015. He then joined the band of Dr. John, becoming The Night Tripper's final music director. Guerin has toured as bassist with artists including Jimmy Scott, John Scofield, Frank Morgan, Vernel Fournier, Gerry Mulligan, James Singleton, Jason Marsalis, George Benson, Ellis Marsalis, John Scofield, Wynton Marsalis, Paul Gilbert and Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band.
He performed at UNESCO's first annual International Jazz Day in New Orleans at a sunrise concert in 2012, along with Herbie Hancock.
Guerin resumed touring with the Marcus Roberts Trio in 2022, playing Gershwin at The Grange in Hampshire UK, and in 2023 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans.
He debuted his genre Prog:Funk at a New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation showcase, and on radio station WWOZ-FM in 2024.
ACHIEVEMENTS

Bassist on Marcus Roberts’s Grammy Award nominated recording of George Gershwin’s classic Rhapsody in Blue (1996)

Bassist on Allen Toussaint’s record Connected (1996)

Guerin's album Groove, Swing and Harmony is nominated by Critics' Choice as one of the Top 50 Lousiana CDs of 2003 – Offbeat Magazine

Bassist on the Blind Boys of Alabama’s Grammy Award winning record Down in New Orleans (2008)

Featured bassist on the live DVD The Marsalis Family – A Jazz Celebration (2003)

Featured on HBO TV series Treme (Season 1, Episonde 10)

Featured on Darren Hoffman’s documentary movie Tradition is a Temple: The Modern Masters of New Orleans (2013)

Featured on the CBS TV series NCIS New Orleans (Season 2, Episode 9)

Produced, mixed and mastered Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson’s album Warm It Up, Warmdaddy! (Released: May 19, 2009, ℗ 2009 Nu Jazz Records)

Produced, mixed and mastered Ingrid Lucia’s album Living the Life (Released: Feb 14, 2014, ℗ 2014 Ingrid Lucia)
 
Music Director of Dr. John's band, the Nite Trippers (2017-2019)
 
Winner of the BURL Audio 2021 COVID-19 Songwriting Contest.




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