Tamil Rogeon

Son Of Nyx Tamil Rogeon

Melbourne-based violist/violinist and orchestral

composer, Tamil Rogeon, returns to his jazz roots on his

soaring and celestial new album, Son Of Nyx coming

soon on Greg Boramans' new imprint Soul Bank Music

(part of the !K7 Music Group)

From conducting the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at

the 2500-seated Hamer Hall to writing and co-producing

his first full-length album in three years and one of the

very few viola-led jazz LPs of our time, Rogeon joins

forces with several stars of Melbourne's thriving and

acclaimed jazz scene (Allysha Joy, Sam Anning et al.),

channeling the cosmic energy of Yussef Lateef, Herbie

Hancock and the like.

Whilst often not an instrument typically associated with

jazz, violin greats from Jean-Luc Ponty, Stéphane

Grappelli to Billy Bang, have gone on to become iconic

figures in the jazz canon, yet little can be said for the

viola. Often considered the older sibling to the violin, the

viola is larger in size and the tone is a lot deeper,

something Rogeon was keen to make use of on Son Of

Nyx.

"I didn't want to make a bebop record. I wanted to make

a modal jazz record and there just aren't that many on

viola. I wanted to speak with a heavier voice, more akin to

a tenor saxophone. The viola is darker and thicker. It

speaks slower".