Morgan Guerin Tales of the Facade LP

Synthesizing the vast scope of Morgan Guerin's 2024 album, Tales of the Facade, into a single expression presents a formidable task. His intricately crafted compositions stretch seamlessly across traditional genre boundaries — featuring everything from expansive fusion grooves to ambitious instrumental improvisation, to hip-hop verses, to experimental — yet intoxicating R&B melodies.

"I'm trying to get to music that people can dance to, the music that I like to hear, which means many influences, many moods, many genres. Wayne Shorter and John and Alice Coltrane are big influences, but so are people like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Minnie Riperton, and Kendrick Lamar. I wanted all of those sounds to be represented. It's not 'world music' in the way people use the phrase," he concludes, "but some other type of world music." What's left in the grooves obliterates concepts of genre even as it celebrates genres themselves.

Born into a family of musicians right outside New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, and learning drums and saxophone before he reached double digits, the Louisiana and later Atlanta, Georgia native has a profound musical pedigree. Now 26 years old, Guerin holds a masters degree in Jazz and has studied at both the prestigious New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and Berklee College of Music. He's performed on stages around the world, working with luminaries like Terri Lyne Carrington, Russell Gunn, Tyshawn Sorey, and Esperanza Spalding. He's contributed work to two GRAMMY award-winning albums. He's released a series of acclaimed albums of his own (The Saga Trilogy), and he's already been dubbed a "wunderkind saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist" by The New York Times.

As part of a new wave of jazz artists pushing the boundaries of the genre, Guerin is boldly making his mark.

A jazz artist to watch... he's already accomplished what some people spend a lifetime striving for.

Wunderkind saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist

A multi-instrumentalist who effortlessly blends hip hop beats, electronic flourishes, and jazz chops.

A virtuoso in the truest sense of the word.

A one-man band with boundless vision.