Jazz Articles about Linda May Han Oh

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Album Review

Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana: Beneath Lifted Skies

Read "Beneath Lifted Skies" reviewed by Andrew Schinder

by Andrew Schinder
August 22, 2026

Bassist Linda May Han Oh and tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, two modern jazz powerhouses, have recorded one of 2026's most delightful jazz surprises, the duet album Beneath Lifted Skies (Biophilia Records, 2026). Oh and Aldana are two of the music's strongest contemporary players, potent in both overall skill as well as sound, and that intensity serves them well on the album. The atmosphere is robust without the forcefulness overwhelming the form. The album consists mostly of standards that span ...

In Pictures

Strange Heavens, Sublime Music: Linda May Han Oh Trio at the 2026 Newport Jazz Festival

by Dave Kaufman
August 17, 2026

This year marked the 72nd year of the Newport Jazz Festival and the first with Nate Smith as artistic director, succeeding Christian McBride, who served in that capacity for a decade. It was also my fourth year working the festival as a photographer and photo-essayist, an experience that continues to be one of the high points of my life. Like the vast majority of jazz festivals, Newport features a broad range of jazz-adjacent music as well as artists ...

Album Review

Dave Adewumi: The Flame Beneath the Silence

Read "The Flame Beneath the Silence" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
March 31, 2026

Di origini nigeriane e cresciuto nel New Hampshire prima di trasferirsi a New York, il giovane e talentuoso trombettista Dave Adewumi ha studiato e collaborato nel corso degli anni con musicisti del calibro di Ralph Alessi, Ran Blake, Frank Carlberg e svariati altri, il che gli ha consentito di arrivare a questo che è il primo album a suo nome sufficientemente scafato per affrontare la prova, dieci brani tutti a sua firma ripresi dal vivo nel luglio 2024, con le ...

Album Review

Dave Adewumi: The Flame Beneath the Silence

Read "The Flame Beneath the Silence" reviewed by Andrew Schinder

by Andrew Schinder
March 6, 2026

Dave Adewumi has established himself as the next great talent in jazz trumpet. Born in New Hampshire to Nigerian immigrants, Adewumi is wizened in voice beyond his age. Having studied at both Harvard and Julliard, Adewumi went on to collaborate with such luminaries as pianist Jason Moran and trumpeter Dave Douglas (in Douglas' acclaimed Dizzy Gillespie tribute project Dizzy Atmosphere), and he has since joined star guitarist Mary Halvorson's exciting quartet project Canis Major. The trumpeter is releasing his debut ...

Album Review

Nils Wülker: Zuversicht

Read "Zuversicht" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
February 28, 2026

Zuversicht is album number 15 from German trumpeter Nils Wülker. The album title probably needs explanation, though that proves difficult as the word combines numerous ideas that lack a direct English equivalent, making a clean translation impossible. The concept is close to experiencing hope so strongly that we trust in the future, despite all doubts. Notably, this is Wülker's first acoustic jazz quartet since he released his debut, High Spirits (Sony Classical, 2002). In the intervening years, his ...

Live Review

Linda May Han Oh al Teatro Golden di Palermo. Organizzazione Catania Jazz.

by Maurizio Zerbo
December 5, 2025

Linda May Han Oh Teatro Golden Palermo 6 novembre 2025 Il concerto palermitano del quartetto cosmopolita guidato da Linda May Han Oh non ha deluso le attese dei palati sopraffini, grazie ad un flusso musicale stratificato che eleva l'indeterminatezza ad elemento chiave. Sotto le liriche melodie delle composizioni della musicista australiana si cela un'avvincente rimodulazione armonica che tende a rivedere le tessiture con cangianti giochi di improvvisazione verticale. Compositrice e arrangiatrice di talento, Linda ...

Album Review

Linda May Han Oh: Strange Heavens

Read "Strange Heavens" reviewed by Vic Albani

by Vic Albani
November 26, 2025

Vic AlbaniStrange Heavens Linda May Han Oh***Biophila RecordsPortal; Strange Heavens; Living Proof; Acapella; The Sweetest Water; Noise Machinery; Home; Paperbirds; Folk Song; Work Song; Skin; Just Waiting. * Formazione: Linda May Han Oh (contrabbasso) / Ambrose Akinmusire (tromba) / Tyshawn Sorey (batteria)Malesiana di nascita, australiana d'adozione e newyorchese di professione, Linda May Han Oh è oggi una presenza imprescindibile nella Grande Mela e sulla scena internazionale, ...