Join GRAMMY-winning bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh for an electric performance with Guildhall’s Improvisers Ensemble. Showcasing her acclaimed compositions and boundless creativity, this set promises rich textures, bold improvisation, and captivating musical narratives.

Based in New York City, GRAMMY award-winning Linda May Han Oh is a bassist/composer who has performed and recorded with artists such as Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Terri Lyne Carrington, Steve Wilson, Geri Allen and Vijay Iyer.

Born in Malaysia and raised in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia, she has received many awards including a 2022 Deutscher Jazz Preis and was voted the 2018-2021, 2023-2025 Bassist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist’s Association, as well 2022 Bassist of the Year in Jazztimes. Linda also was voted 2019 Bassist of the Year in Hothouse Magazine and was the 2020 recipient APRA award for Best New Jazz Work. In 2023 she received the prestigious Herb Albert Award for music and received an Honorary Doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music in 2024.

“her innovative range and stellar improvisations have made [her] one of the most dynamic rising stars in jazz today.” The Wall Street Journal

"A major bass voice arrives" – JazzTimes

Headed by guitarist Joe Garland, this talented group of young musicians from London perform boisterous, groovy jazz funk and fusion in the vein of the Yellowjackets, John Scofield and Tribal Tech. Now a 9-piece mega band with a weapons-grade 4-piece horn section, the group are ready to let off some serious steam having all finished their degrees in summer 2024. Armed with at least an album’s worth of new original music (wink, wink), Joe and his colleagues are ready to do some serious shredding and will probably melt your face clean off!!

Joe Garland-Johnston - Guitar
Drums Simon Spies
Bass Murray Dare
Keys Cody moss
Keys Scottie Thompson
Trumpet Ed Hogben
Trumpet Josh Short
Sax Tom Jarvis
Trombone Matt Cooper