Linda May Han Oh (born 25 August 1984) is an Australian jazz bassist and composer.
She has received many awards including a 2022 Deutscher Jazz Preis and was voted the 2018-2023 Bassist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist's Association, as well 2022 Bassist of the Year in Jazztimes....
Linda May Han Oh
Australian jazz bassist and composer (born )
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Birth name | Linda May Han Oh |
Born | () 25 August (age40) Malaysia |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Bass |
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Musical artist
Linda May Han Oh (born 25 August ) 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
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.
Born in Malaysia and raised in Perth, Western Australia, she's currently based in New York City.She went to Churchlands Senior High School. As a bass guitarist, she started in a high school band; and in , 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 H