Born in Malaysia, raised in Australia and now living in New York City, Linda began playing piano at four, then classical bassoon in high-school. At fifteen, Linda began playing the electric bass and in 2002 she was accepted into the jazz program at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and started taking lessons on double-bass.
Linda was a James Morrison Scholarship Finalist in 2003 and in 2004 was a winner of the IAJE Sisters in Jazz collegiate competition - performing at the IAJE Conference that year.
She graduated with first-class honours from W.A.A.P.A, and received the award for the best graduation recital. Her honours thesis is titled, “A New Approach to Rhythmic Bass Improvisation: an exploration of rhythmic devices used by Dave Holland and the rhythmic aspects of North Indian Classical Music.”
While in Australia, Linda was leading her own quintet and the Western Australian Sisters in Jazz Big Band whilst conducting clinics for the Australasian sector of Sisters in Jazz.
In April 2006 Linda attended the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program, the Banff program for Creative Improvisation in May 2007 and the Steans Institute in 2008.
She was a recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer’s award 2008 and has just completed her Masters at the Manhattan School of Music studying with Jay Anderson, John Riley and Rodney Jones. She is an active bassist (on upright and electric) and composer - composing music for short films including the Student Academy Award nominated film “Wian Bu.”
