Roman Grinev (8 December 1976 – 3 November 2018) was a Russian jazz bass player, and co-founder of the Fusion Port ensemble.
In December 2006, The Fusion Port ensemble was born.
The group regularly performed in Moscow clubs, and participated in the festivals “Manor jazz”, “Empty Hills”, “Island”, etc.
There are compositions by Roman Grinyov, Natalia Skvortsova and others, as well as the original arrangements of jazz standards in the style of jazz-fusion.
Grinev died at the age of 41, under strange circumstances.
According to preliminary data, Grinev died after falling from the window of his Moscow apartment, located on the 17th floor of a multi-story building.
As Grinev's friends have said, the cause of the incident is still unknown.
Relatives of the musician believe that the cause of death was Grinev's disease.
Colleague Grineva, Victor Radzievskiy Director of VR Jazz Agency said that the guitarist had a disease similar to sleepwalking.
According to Radzievskiy, it is known that the guitarist suffered a serious head injury.
After that, he underwent a medical examination and was diagnosed with a short-term memory impairment.