Themes of reflection and resilience are on show the second bassist Linda Might Han Oh begins her opener, “Halo,” a driving tune devoted to the world of reside music producers. The monitor, accentuated by Greg Ward on alto saxophone and Fabian Almazan‘s use of an results pedal on the piano, calls to thoughts the grind and hustle of taking part in and presenting gigs. Efficiency of considerate and complicated sounds is on the coronary heart of jazz, and on the coronary heart of Oh’s affect as a composer and musician. Her work with artists like Pat Metheny, Terri Lyne Carrington and Vijay Iyer, plus her tasks as a composer and bandleader (together with a chamber jazz ensemble and album, Aventurine) have culminated in Oh being an in-demand jazz bassist.
On this Tiny Desk, Oh presents a mixture of cuts from her 2023 launch, The Glass Hours, and new works. Her theme of resilience is exemplified in “The Crucial,” the place drummer Mark Whitfield Jr. and tenor saxophonist Mark Turner shine. “Rise Mountains” is a dialog between the married duo of Oh and Almazan — at instances a unified dialog, in others one the place every takes a facet. To shut her set, Oh strikes from upright bass to an electrical for “Hatchling,” impressed by her and Almazan’s 3-year-old son. This whimsical music, with Oh and Sara Serpa vocalizing, paints a portrait of a tiny human discovering life and exploring a brand new world.
SET LIST
- “Halo”
- “The Crucial”
- “Rise Mountains”
- “Hatchling”
MUSICIANS
- Linda Might Han Oh: acoustic bass, electrical bass
- Fabian Almazan: piano/resultsÂ
- Sara Serpa: vocals
- Mark Turner: tenor saxophone
- Greg Ward: alto saxophone
- Mark Whitfield Jr.: drums
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Mitra I. Arthur
- Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Audio Technical Director: Josephine Nyounai
- Host/Sequence Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Body, Maia Stern, Zayrha Rodriguez
- Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault
- Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Estefania Mitre
- Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
- Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Sequence Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
