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DOLMAN / ROSSY / JOBIN

Dolman / Rossy / Jobin is a Montreal-based experimental trio led by drummer, composer and lyricist Aaron Dolman, alongside vocalists Sarah Rossy and Eugénie Jobin. The group's unique, minimalistic instrumentation harnesses the expressive powers of percussion and the human voice as primordial conveyors of rhythm, melody, poetry and song.

Their eagerness to explore unfamiliar sounds and approaches is informed by a number of musical traditions, notably, Jazz, free improvisation, chamber music, Minimalism, the avant-garde and North American folk music. The result is a strikingly distinctive sound that feels both intimately familiar and refreshingly new.

In 2023, the group was awarded one of only two "Bourses Création Jazz" from the Montreal Arts Council. They also recently received the François-Marcaurelle Award at the 23rd edition of the OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal, and were featured in an interview with Le Devoir (French), which can be found HERE.

AARON DOLMAN

EUGÉNIE JOBIN

SARAH ROSSY

Are You Here to Help? // March 18 2022

The trio’s first album, Are You Here to Help?, is a journey into the uniquely expressive qualities of drums and the human voice—brought into sharp focus by the group’s strikingly minimalistic instrumentation. All throughout, Aaron’s compositions blur the line between notated and improvised performance, and probe the expressive power of taking, giving and leaving space in music.

FULL ALBUM on BANDCAMP

SAMPLE TRACKS // LYRICS

1

The Fiddle and the Drum 5:19

Lyrics

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2

Giving (With) 4:39

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3

Are You Here to Help? 5:33

Lyrics

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Together 1:48

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5

The Mountain Sighs a Heavy Breath 5:19

Lyrics

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Click the image to download the lyric sheet as a high-res PDF

Album Trailer

What People are saying

“All three musicians show tremendous skill and discipline. [...] The sounds are beautiful and the ideas visionary. Hearing it will enhance your world!”

— Stephen Godsall, Jazz'Halo (Belgium)

“Dolman, Rossy and Jobin [show us] the wide expressive range that such a minimalistic line-up can hold.”

— Densidad 20.25 (Mexico)

“The songs have an unpredictable, improvised energy coursing through them”

— Free Form Freakout - FFFoxy Podcast #197

Aaron Dolman