Jazz Articles about Tobias Grim

About Tobias Grim

Album Review

The unusually named jazz group Dig Dog Do is a fine organ trio of highly sought-after musicians from Gothenburg, Sweden. On the simply titled Evolution, the group presents their debut recording offering expressions of classic organ trio music with strong and creative statements producing a unique sound. Led by jazz guitarist Tobias Grim, who penned five of the seven originals, the other two members of the trio include organist Simon Jonsson, who wrote the other two original tunes and drummer ...

Album Review

Derupeto Quartet: Derupeto

Read "Derupeto" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
January 8, 2021

Hailing from Linkoping, Sweden, Gothenburg-based Jazz guitarist Tobias Grim and his new eclectic quartet offer an exciting musical statement on their brash debut, Derupeto. On tap here is a highly energetic production showcasing elements of African, Brazilian, American and Swedish influences on a nine-piece album of fresh new originals from the band resulting in a contemporary and unforgettable jazz sound. The guitarist would not have been able to accomplish the magic on this new outing without the help ...

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Tobias Grim: Spring 2020

Read "Spring 2020" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
October 5, 2020

Locked down but cool, calm and collected in the midst of global strife, Swedish guitarist Tobias Grim and his equally cool, calm, and collected trio mates, bassist Magnus Bergström and drummer Adam Ross, took a couple of time suspended, life upended days in spring 2020 to jam on few new Grim tunes and some well-known standards that fit comfortably in all our songbooks. If fuzzy gyrations, blurry distortions, technical pyrotechnics, and washes of improvisation are your guitar trio ...

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Tobias Grim: Brazil Lines

Read "Brazil Lines" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
December 25, 2014

Young Swedish-born guitarist Tobias Grim announces his debut album with Brazil Lines, a light Brazilian-styled vocal project featuring singer Karolina Vucidolac, one of Sweden's finest interpreters of the genre. Originally from Linkoping, Sweden, Grim began his musical career performing Rock and Funk music, moved to London for a while, encountered the blues and was introduced to the jazz idiom through jazz fusion. Along with bassist Magnus Bergstrom and drummer Anders Kjellberg--who form the Grim trio--the band and vocalist Vucidolac, have ...