LINDA MAY HAN OH
It’s an inevitable aspect of the human experience to grapple with the vulnerability of our very existence and the ultimate brevity of our time on this planet. With her breathtaking new album The Glass Hours, GRAMMY-winning bassist/composer Linda May Han Oh has crafted a striking and profoundly moving set of new music to depict her own conflicted feelings about mortality and the ways in which we spend and value it. Due out June 2 via Biophilia Records, the album showcases the further evolution of Oh’s enthralling compositional voice and her gift for exploring monumental societal issues in a personal, intimate form.
Though The Wall Street Journal has referred to Oh as “one of the most dynamic rising stars in jazz today,” it’s arguable that her star has already risen to a staggering height. One of the most in-demand bassists in the modern jazz realm, she has worked with such master artists as Pat Metheny, Vijay Iyer, Kenny Barron, Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano and the late Geri Allen. She was featured (and animated) as one of the musicians in the Pixar film Soul under the musical direction of Jon Batiste and recently earned her first Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Album as part of the ensemble for Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards Vol. 1.
Alongside these impressive achievements, Oh’s projects as a leader and composer have steadily grown in scope and ambition, with her last album, Aventurine (2019), combining a stellar jazz group with a string quartet and vocal ensemble for a collection of intricate and richly expressive music. The Glass Hours scales back to a quintet, but one made up of five uniquely gifted and innovative musicians: Oh on acoustic and electric bass and backing vocals along with vocalist Sara Serpa, tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, pianist Fabian Almazan, and drummer Obed Calvaire, rejoining Oh for the first time since her 2009 debut Entry.
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