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.