Genres Jazz Instruments Piano Website pabloheld.com | Occupation(s) Musician, composer Years active 2000s–present Genre Jazz | |
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Born 27 December 1986 (age 30) ( 1986-12-27 ) Albums The Trio Meets John Scofield, 100 Years of Songs Record labels Pirouet Records, Musiques Suisses Similar Jonas Burgwinkel, Robert Landfermann, Niels Klein, Fabian Arends, Ronny Graupe Profiles | ||
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Pablo Held (born 27 December 1986) is a German jazz pianist and composer.
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Life and career
Held was born on 27 December 1986. He is from Hagen. His father played the piano and introduced him to the music of Federico Mompou. Held was also influenced and taught by pianist John Taylor. Held won the WDR Improvisation Prize in 2011.
Parts of a concert with guitarist John Scofield in Cologne in January 2014 were released as The Trio Meets John Scofield.
Held's album Recondita Armonia was reviewed by Down Beat: "Held puts an individual spin on the typical ballad album by drawing on all classical themes."
Playing and composing style
Pianist Kit Downes observed that Held "has developed a way of performing with his trio where all 3 of them know each others parts for every tune – so anyone can cue any part of any tune by just playing a small part of it (even if it's in the middle of another tune) – so that they then seamlessly link in other material to the mix".
Discography
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
Songs
Forest of OblivionForest of Oblivion (feat Robert Landfermann - Jonas Burgwinkel) · 2013
Recondita ArmoniaRecondita Armonia (feat Robert Landfermann - Jonas Burgwinkel - Pablo Held) · 2016
Someplace Called Where100 Years of Songs · 2015