Over to the Wangaratta Jazz Festival from 2015 for a set by The Linda May Han Oh Quartet, featuring Jon Irabagon, sax – Rudy Royston, drums and James Muller, guitar. It was all recorded on October 31, 2015 by ABCJazz in Australia.
In the odd event you aren’t familiar, here is a rundown on Linda May Han Oh from her website to get you up to speed:
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.
Born in Malaysia and raised in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia, she has received many awards including a 2022 Deutscher Jazz Preis and was voted the 2018-2021, 2023-2025 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 and received an Honorary Doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music in 2024.
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. Most recently she scored “Sorority Story” by film maker Kathryn Smith Pyle. Linda also composed music for a collaborative film project with non-profit, “Hoperaisers” based in Korogocho, Kenya 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.
Currently Linda is working on an commission entitled “Invisible Threads” for the Melbourne Jazz Festival 2025.
Linda is currently Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music. 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.”
Okay – the next voice you hear will be the announcer from ABCJazz – climb on and enjoy the ride.
