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    Bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh has performed and recorded with artists such as Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, and Terri Lyne Carrington, among others. She has won accolades from news outlets such as JazzTimes, which called her a "major bass voice"; WBGO Take Five; Nextbop.com; Something Else! Reviews; and the Wall Street Journal, which said  “her innovative range and stellar improvisations have made [her] one of the most dynamic rising stars in jazz today.”

    Born in Malaysia and raised in Perth, Western Australia, she's currently based in New York City. The recipient of multiple awards such as the 2018 and 2019 Bassist of the Year award from the Jazz Journalists Association, she has had five critically acclaimed releases as a leader. Her most recent release, Aventurine, is a double quartet album featuring a string quartet and the vocal group Invenio. She has written for large and small ensembles as well as for rulle, participating

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    Linda May Han Oh

    Australian jazz bassist and composer (born 1984)

    Linda May Han Oh

    Linda Oh performing in Oslo in 2019

    Birth nameLinda May Han Oh
    Born (1984-08-25) 25 August 1984 (age 40)
    Malaysia
    GenresJazz
    OccupationMusician
    InstrumentBass
    Websitelindamayhanoh.com

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    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.

    Biography

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    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.