Melbourne-based violist/violinist and orchestralcomposer, Tamil Rogeon, returns to his jazz roots on hissoaring and celestial new album, Son Of Nyx comingsoon on Greg Boramans' new imprint Soul Bank Music(part of the !K7 Music Group)

From conducting the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra atthe 2500-seated Hamer Hall to writing and co-producinghis first full-length album in three years and one of thevery few viola-led jazz LPs of our time, Rogeon joinsforces with several stars of Melbourne’s thriving andacclaimed jazz scene (Allysha Joy, Sam Anning et al.),channeling the cosmic energy of Yussef Lateef, HerbieHancock and the like.

Whilst often not an instrument typically associated withjazz, violin greats from Jean-Luc Ponty, StéphaneGrappelli to Billy Bang, have gone on to become iconicfigures in the jazz canon, yet little can be said for theviola. Often considered the older sibling to the violin, theviola is larger in size and the tone is a lot deeper,something Rogeon was keen to make use of on Son OfNyx.

“I didn’t want to make a bebop record. I wanted to makea modal jazz record and there just aren’t that many onviola. I wanted to speak with a heavier voice, more akin toa tenor saxophone. The viola is darker and thicker. Itspeaks slower”.

• 1. House No Wheels
• 2. Bad Sandals
• 3. Banished
• 4. Momus
• 5. Mount Olympus
• 6. Horns No Eyes