Cassie Kollman and Sebastián Guerrero Duo

Cassie Kollman and Sebastián Guerrero offer an innovative presentation of contemporary voice and electric bass. With a shared language of improvisation, they create a unique blend of music which presents a diverse collection of moods and themes. While the instrumentation is sparse, the sound is deep. In the years that Cassie and Sebastián have been collaborating, they have each developed a strong ear to the other’s musical voice, and as a result their work together is nuanced, intuitive, and intimately collaborative. The listening experience is both upbeat and contemplative, edgy and optimistic, groove-based and harmonically-intricate.

In addition to original compositions, Sebastián and Cassie create contemporary jazz arrangements of popular songs, which present familiar tunes in a unique way. Their goal is to distill the "essential" elements of well-known tunes, and reframe them in a way that keeps the original character of the song but also engages the listeners' curiosity, offering them a new way to consider something they may have heard many times before. In addition to bass and voice, they also use looper pedals in their performances, which allows them to create a fuller sound and many different textures. Sebastián and Cassie enjoy using their performances as opportunities for teaching artistry, and use real time demonstration of their instruments and production equipment to share how songs that are typically performed by a larger ensemble can be "broken down" and reimagined for an unlikely duo.

Sebastián and Cassie are great friends and enjoy sharing their love of creative collaboration with their audiences.

Genres: Jazz, blues, pop, R&B, experimental