Linda May Han Oh

Originally born in Malaysia and raised in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia, New York-based 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. She has received numerous awards including a 2022 Deutscher Jazz Preis and the 2020 APRA award for Best New Jazz Work. She was voted Bassist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association for 2018-2021 and Hothouse Magazine in 2019, as well as 2022 Bassist of the Year by JazzTimes.

Oh has written for large and small ensembles as well as for film, participating in the BMI Film Composers Workshop, Sundance Labs at Skywalker Ranch, and composing for Sabrina McCormick's short films, A Good Egg and FracKtured. She also composed and produced music for a collaborative film project based in Korogocho, Kenya, Hope Raisers by 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. She was recently featured in the Pixar movie Soul playing bass under the musical direction of Jon Batiste alongside drummer Roy Haynes. She has had five albums as a leader; her most recent release Aventurine is a double quartet album, featuring a string quartet and the vocal ensemble Invenio.

Oh is an associate professor at the Berklee College of Music and the ensemble director at the Berklee Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice.