Linda May Han Oh

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Linda May Han Oh
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Linda Oh performing in Oslo in 2019
Background information
Birth nameLinda May Han Oh
Born (1984-08-25) 25 August 1984 (age 39)
Malaysia
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Bass
Website lindamayhanoh.com

Linda May Han Oh (born 25 August 1984) is an Australian jazz bassist and composer. She is currently Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music and is also part of the Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice.

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Biography

Born in Malaysia, [1] Oh was raised in Western Australia. [2] When she was 11, she started to play the clarinet and at the age of 13 bassoon. She went to Churchlands Senior High School. As a bass guitarist, she started in a high school band; and in 2002, she attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, where she picked up the upright bass and studied solo transcriptions of Dave Holland. Her thesis was on the classical Indian music rhythms in Holland's solos. After more scholarships she moved to New York in 2008, where she completed her master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music, among others with Jay Anderson, John Riley, Phil Markowitz, Dave Liebman and Rodney Jones as supervisors.

On upright bass with Pat Metheny (2018) Pat Metheny Unity San Javier Jazz 2018 08.jpg
On upright bass with Pat Metheny (2018)

In 2008, she released her debut album Entry with own compositions and a cover version of Red Hot Chili Peppers Oztrax, with the trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and drummer Obed Calvaire. [2] Oh also contributed to albums with the alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon (Outright, 2008), Sarah Bemanning (Løvetann Klokke, 2010), Brian Girley (Tro, 2011) and Art Hirahara (Hygget & Meditasjoner, 2014). [3] In 2012, the album Initial Here with pianist Fabian Almazan was released, [4] followed by Sun Pictures (Greenleaf), among others with Ted Poor. In addition, she has performed with Slide Hampton, T. S. Monk, Nathan Davis, George Kabler, James Morrison, Nasheet Venter, Joel Frahm, Pat Metheny, Steve Wilson and Billy Childs. She lives in the Harlem district in New York City. She is married to Cuban American pianist Fabian Almazan since 2018.

Awards and honors

Discography

As leader

As guest

With Dave Douglas

With Art Hirahara

With Jim Snidero

With others

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References

  1. https://lindamayhanoh.com/biography
  2. 1 2 "Linda May Han Oh: The Places She'll Go". NPR.org. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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  4. Turner, Mark F. (20 May 2012). "Linda May Han Oh: Initial Here". All About Jazz . Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  5. A New Approach to Rhythmic Bass Improvisation: an exploration of rhythmic devices used by Dave Holland and the rhythmic aspects of North Indian Classical Music.
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