Tomo Jacobson
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Tomo Jacobson is a Polish-born double bass player based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He focuses his efforts on free improv and other creative musics. With over two dozen albums to his credit, he is mostly known for the projects he is a leader, or co-leader to, namely MOONBOW, MOUNT MEANDER, IL SOGNO, or WOOD ORGANIZATION as well his solo double bass work, and free improv encounters with acclaimed musicians. Tomo has been very fortunate to perform with the greats like John Tchicai, Hassan Hakmoun, Mat Maneri, Adam Rudolph, Rasul Siddik, Andrew D'Angelo, Lotte Anker, P.O. Jørgens, Frank Gratkowski, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Sun Araw, Mikołaj Trzaska, Michael Blake, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Jacob Anderskov, Kresten Osgood, Hugh Steinmetz, Søren Kjaergaard, Torben Snekkested, Jesper Zeuthen, and many others. He played at numerous festivals like Copenhagen Jazz Festival (DK), Vinter Jazz (DK), Roskilde Festival (DK), Festival of Endless Gratitude (DK), Festa dell'Opera (IT), Milhões de Festa (POR), Jazz Jamboree (PL), Jazz Jantar (PL), Mózg Festival (PL), Sopot Molo Jazz Festival (PL), Audio Art Festival (PL), In Front (DE), Jazz Units (DE), or Creepy Teepee Festival (CZ). He has performed in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Estonia, Poland, Italy, Cuba, Belgium, Czech Republic, Portugal, Austria, Los Angeles and New York. Tomo is also an active music life curator and organizer in Copenhagen. Most notably he was a founder of the yearly Freedom Music Festival, which was focused on solo and duo free improvised concerts. He graduated with a master degree from the prestigious Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium in Copenhagen, and later did the Advanced Post Graduate artistic research studies there too. He has also been studying musicology at the University of Warsaw, Poland. In 2017 together with Hipermania, Tomo has also founded an independent record label and publishing house Gotta Let It Out. Tomo is also running a music and printed matter store at his apartment in Nordvest, Copenhagen, called Flat Store.