Linda May Han Oh

Born in Malaysia and raised in Western Australia, New York City-based, 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. 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. In 2023 she received the Herb Albert Award in the Arts. Oh has had five releases as a leader including her latest—a quintet album entitled The Glass Hours on Biophilia Records. She has written for large and small ensembles, including her latest commissions: Littoral Tales, a solo piano piece in two movements for Gloria Cheng; Ephemeral Echoes written for percussion trio and piano trio; as well as Mirrors and Shadows written for piano and bass duo. She has also composed for film, participating in the Sundance Labs at Skywalker Ranch and composing for sociologist/filmmaker Sabrina McCormick. 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 featured in the Pixar movie Soul playing bass under the musical direction of Jon Batiste alongside drummer Roy Haynes and was the model for the character in the film, bassist “Miho.” Oh is Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music and is part of the Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice led by Terri Lyne Carrington.