{"id":11088,"date":"2019-05-01T16:46:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T23:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=11088"},"modified":"2019-05-01T20:29:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T03:29:19","slug":"recent-listening-linda-may-han-oh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2019\/05\/recent-listening-linda-may-han-oh\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Listening: Linda May Han Oh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Listening In Brief: Linda May Han Oh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biophiliarecords.com\/music\/?ID=2651511487541949&amp;album=Aventurine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aventurine<\/a> (Biophilia)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Linda-May-Han-Oh-Aventurine-1024x1024-e1556753962146.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Linda-May-Han-Oh-Aventurine-1024x1024-e1556753962146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>The album title, aptly, seems to suggest adventure. Indeed, the CD contains plenty of that attribute in the bassist-composer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s instrumentation, textures and rhythmic values. The name was suggested, however, by a certain shiny translucent mineral that seems to glow from within, as does much of Ms. Oh\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music in this collection. The inspirations for her compositions, her<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-15-at-9.46.54-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-15-at-9.46.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-15-at-9.46.54-PM.png 696w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-15-at-9.46.54-PM-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-15-at-9.46.54-PM-200x173.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a> choices of fellow performers and the way she writes and presents much of her work here reflect the influence not only of her recent career as a bassist in great demand in New York City, but also her continuing close connection to the Australian jazz community. Some of her Australian colleagues, including a virtuosic string quartet, are included in <em>Aventurine<\/em>. Pianist Matt Mitchell, saxophonist Greg Ward and drummer Ches Smith are New York musicians with whom the bassist frequently collaborates. In her writing for the ensemble, and notably so for the tracks with strings and voices, Ms. Oh goes deep into polytonality with dramatic results in the 1951 Charlie Parker blues \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Au Privave\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and, more subtly, in the Bill Evans piece \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Time Remembered.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Her own two-part \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rest Your Weary Head\u00e2\u20ac\u009d has writing that supports and encourages group improvisation, yet another indicator of that streak of adventurism that flavors Ms. Oh\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s approach to leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Below, a promotional teaser (well-named) from Biophilia Records gives a sense of <em>Aventurine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s,<\/em> range.<\/p>\n<div align=\"&quot;center\">\n<p>&#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0 &#8221;\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gGhxBKeTjos\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Listening In Brief: Linda May Han Oh, Aventurine (Biophilia) The album title, aptly, seems to suggest adventure. Indeed, the CD contains plenty of that attribute in the bassist-composer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s instrumentation, textures and rhythmic values. The name was suggested, however, by a certain shiny translucent mineral that seems to glow from within, as does much of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}