Arnaud Dolmen

Arnaud Dolmen (born October 4, 1985 in Paris ) is a French jazz musician ( drums , percussion )

Live and act

Dolmen returned to Guadeloupe with his parents when he was five . There he learned the drum Ka, on which traditional Gwoka music is interpreted, and then drums under the direction of Georges Troupé. As a teenager he belonged to the Orchester Kimbòl , with whom he performed at festivals (such as Orchester de la Caraïbe ) and participated in television broadcasts. In 2003 he moved to Toulouse to continue his music studies at the Dante Agostini Drum School under the direction of Daniel Dumoulin. At the same time he is completing a course in accounting. Five years later, with a fresh diploma and first prize at the school, he began his professional career with Franck Nicolas ( Maman Gwada , Psychodelic Trio ); he also performed with Alain Jean-Marie , Jean-Christophe Maillard, Michel Alibo and Mario Canonge. Then he played at Soft .

Mediated by Sonny Troupé, he worked with Jacques Schwarz-Bart . At the same time, he led jazz projects from 2004 to 2013 such as the Trio Zetliyo (which also accompanied the singer Sia Tolno and opened in 2011 as a support act for Cesária Évora ) and the FDH TRIO (with pianist Thibaud Dufoy and bassist Elvin Bironien), which in 2012 the album Le libre du hazard? recorded with guests Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Mino Cinelu and Sonny Troupé. He played in the quintet Nono Experiment (with Jonathan Jurion, Ralph Lavital, Sylvain Joseph and Damien Nueva) for a year in the Parisian Baiser Salé . From 2014 he played with his own quartet; In 2017 he released his debut album Tonbé Lévé under his own name. He can also be heard on albums by Jean-Rémy Guédon , Grégory Privat , Sonny Troupé, Charlotte Wassy, ​​Annick Tangora and Yosuke Onuma.

Web links

• Web presence
• portrait
• Arnaud Dolmen at Discogs (English)

supporting documents

1. ↑ https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/arnauddolmen