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Linda May Han Oh
Based in New York City, GRAMMY award-winning Linda May Han Oh is a bassist/composer who has performed and recorded with artists such as Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Terri Lyne Carrington, Steve Wilson, Geri Allen and Vijay Iyer.
Originally born in Malaysia and raised in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia, she has received many awards including a 2022 Deutscher Jazz Preis, 2nd place at the BASS2010 Competition, a semi-finalist at the BMW Bass competition and an honorary mention at the 2009 Thelonious Monk Bass Competition. She was voted the 2018-2021 Bassist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist’s Association, as well 2022 Bassist of the Year in Jazztimes. Linda also was voted 2019 Bassist of the Year in Hothouse Magazine and was the 2020 recipient APRA award for Best New Jazz Work. In 2023 she received the prestigious Herb Albert Award for music.
Linda has had five releases as a leader which have received critical acclaim, her latest – a quintet album entitled The Glass Hours on Biophilia Records. Her latest commissions include “Littoral Tales” a solo piano piece in two movements for Gloria Cheng, and “Ephemeral Echoes” written for percussion trio and piano trio as well as “Mirrors and Shadows” written for piano and bass duo.
Linda has written for large and small ensembles as well as for film, participating in the Sundance Labs at Skywalker Ranch and composing for several of sociologist/film maker Sabrina McCormick. Linda also composed and produced music for a collaborative film project with non-profit, “Hoperaisers” based in Korogocho, Kenya by film-maker Kizito Gamba and contributed music to his latest documentary “Calling the Shots” co-directed by Kore Abong about aspiring African women in the film-industry.
Linda is currently Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music in the bass department and is also part of the Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice led by Terri Lyne Carrington. Linda was featured on bass in the 2020 Pixar movie "Soul" under the musical direction of Jon Batiste (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) alongside drummer Roy Haynes and was the model for the character in the film - bassist “Miho.”
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Movie Theme
From: City Life: Music of Gregg HillBy Linda May Han Oh
See You Again My Friend
From: SpindriftBy Linda May Han Oh
CARAVAN
From: LongingBy Linda May Han Oh
Praise
From: Songs My Mom LikedBy Linda May Han Oh
Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
From: LongingBy Linda May Han Oh
Longing
From: LongingBy Linda May Han Oh
West 4th St
From: LongingBy Linda May Han Oh
The Door of No Return
From: What Place Can Be for Us? - A...By Linda May Han Oh
Haven't Meta Yet
From: Same Moon in the Same WorldBy Linda May Han Oh
Stablemates
From: Let's Get TropicalBy Linda May Han Oh
Straight Talk
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MR 2
From: Let's Get TropicalBy Linda May Han Oh
Mental Self Defense Fitness
From: Let's Get TropicalBy Linda May Han Oh
Let's Get Tropical
From: Let's Get TropicalBy Linda May Han Oh
Glacier Lake
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MR 4
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Trio 3
From: Let's Get TropicalBy Linda May Han Oh
The Gulf
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Linda May Han Oh
Location: New York City
Instrument: Bass, acoustic
Born: August 25, 1984
Management: Music Works International
Publicist: Fully Altered Media
