Pablo Held
Pablo Held (born 1986) grew up in a family of musicians. From early age on he was exposed to music from various backgrounds. At the age of 4 he took his first drumming lessons; at age 10 he moved on to the piano. With 18 he began studying with John Taylor and Hubert Nuss at the Conservatory in Cologne, where he graduated summa cum laude.
Pablo gained recognition with his own groups Pablo Held Trio and GLOW and his collaboration with guitar legend John Scofield. He is also very active as a sideman in various projects in the European jazz scene.
He collaborated with the likes of John Scofield, Chris Potter, Dave Liebman, Tom Harrell, Anders Jormin, Jorge Rossy, Nasheet Waits, Marcus Gilmore, WDR Bigband, NDR Bigband, Jim Beard, Nils Wogram, Johannes Enders, Tim Hagans and many more.
Concert tours took him to the USA, China, Korea, England, Ireland, Columbia, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Greece, Turkey, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Latvia, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Austria and Luxemburg.
Pablo has appeared on over 30 records. His own CDs have been and gained worldwide praise in the music media i.e. DOWNBEAT Magazine included the record „The Trio meets John Scofield“ in their „best albums of 2015“ list.
In 2014 the Pablo Held Trio was chosen by the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organization) to go on an extensive tour as „Rising Stars“ through some of the greatest concert halls in Europe, presenting their music in places like the Barbican in London, the Palais des Beaux Artes in Brussel, the L’Auditori in Barcelona and many more.
Pablo is the recipient of the Westfalen Jazz Prize (2006), the WDR Jazz Prize (2011) and the Horst [&] Gretl Will Grand of the City of Cologne (2012). Furthermore The Pablo Held Trio received the SWR Jazzprize in 2014.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Glow (feat. Menzel Mutzke, Sebastian Gille, Niels Klein, Kathrin Pechlof, Hubert Nuss, Henning Sieverts, Dietmar Fuhr, Robert Landfermann, Jonas Burgwinkel)
Jazz - Released by Pirouet Records on Feb 15, 2011
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Trio Meets John Scofield (feat. John Scofield, Robert Landfermann, Jonas Burgwinkel)
Jazz - Released by Pirouet Records on Oct 31, 2014
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Glow II (feat. Robert Landfermann, Jonas Burgwinkel, Henning Sieverts, Niels Klein)
Jazz - Released by Pirouet Records on Feb 16, 2018
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Forest of Oblivion (feat. Robert Landfermann, Jonas Burgwinkel)
Jazz - Released by Pirouet Records on Jul 29, 2008
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Split The Way Back
Relaxation - Released by Pablo Held on Jun 11, 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Elders (feat. Jason Seizer, Ronny Graupe, Domenic Landolf, Robert Landfermann, Jonas Burgwinkel)
Jazz - Released by Pirouet Records on Nov 23, 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Recondita Armonia
Jazz - Released by Pirouet Records on Aug 28, 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Music (feat. Robert Landfermann, Jonas Burgwinkel)
Jazz - Released by Pirouet Records on Jan 29, 2010
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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