TobiasGrim

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Guitarist from Sweden, Gothenburg

Born in Linköping, Sweden with a father and a brother playing guitar Tobias Grim started playing guitar at a young age. Starting out in rock and funk bands in Hammar(Askersund) and later in Vänersborg Tobias found his way into jazz through jazzfusion. Playing local jazzfestivals and gigs with the group Play ´us . Tobias moved to London and played at Blues clubs before coming back to music studies for 7 years ending at the university in Gothenburg. Playing guitar in different groups as a side man and as a leader Tobias played with groups such as Grimgroup, Grim/Bergström Duo,World music culture club, Lamine Cissokho, and the Frank Zappa tribute band Great Googly moogly. The autumn of 2014 Tobias released his first album as a leader: Tobias Grim Brazil lines featuring : Anders Kjellberg - drums Karolina Vucidolac-vocals Magnus Bergström bas. Tobias is today playing modern jazz ,world music, fusion and Brazilian music in different settings such as Kakafoni, Derupeto and Morango. In 2020 Tobias release the trio album Spring 2020 with Adam Ross on drums and Magnus Bersgtröm on bas. In november 2020 he release the album Derupeto with Deodato Siquir, Rubem Farias and Peter Knudsen. In 2024 Tobias released the album Evolution together with DigDogDo on Hoobrecords.

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