• Pablo Held

  Pablo Held (b. 1986 Herdecke, Germany) grew up in a family of musicians. He studied at the Cologne Conservatory with English jazz giant John Taylor German and German pianist Hubert Nuss, graduating sum cum laude. Held has collaborated with the likes of John Scofield, Dave Liebman, Tom Harrell, Till Brönner, Johannes Enders, Jochen Rückert, and Jason Seizer. Held’s groups have toured throughout Europe, Asia, and North and South America. Critics laud Pablo Held as »a brilliant sonic chemist« (All About Jazz), and »a hero of the young German jazz scene« (Ssirus Packzad).

  Held’s trio has been the nucleus of his musical vision. The influential German newspaper DIE ZEIT stated that partners Jonas Burgwinkel and Robert Landfermann »have gained the reputation as the dream team for extreme musical communication«, and Downbeat’s assessment read, »… no matter how distinctive the frame, the trio is the picture, always sounding like its ruminative, glowing self.«

Jason Seizer

Cinema Paradiso

Jason Seizer · saxophone

Pablo Held · piano

Matthias Pichler · bass

Fabian Arends · drums

PIT3080

Jason Seizer

Vertigo

Jason Seizer · saxophone

Pablo Held · piano

Jonas Westergaard · bass

Fabian Arends · drums

PIT3107