Pablo Held Trio live at North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam 2009

Photo © by Konstantin Kern

Pablo Held - Piano

Robert Landfermann - Bass
Jonas Burgwinkel - Drums


Recorded live at North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, July 11, 2009

Tracks:
Phasen/Nearness/Music/Melody/Two Questions One Answer (Pablo Held)

ALL ABOUT JAZZ REVIEW by Dan McClenaghan about Pablo Held´s latest CD "Forest of Oblivion"(released on Pirouet): "In every review of Pablo Held's debut, Forest of Oblivion, the pianist's age will be discussed. Don't blame the writers. Held, hailing from Germany, was born in 1986. His age, at the time the CD was recorded, was 21. It's a remarkably tender age for having crafted an original musical statement; it's even more remarkable for its high quality.
On this piano trio outing, the sound is thoughtful and introspective, to go with well-placed percussive forays and injections of energetic momentum; and if he must be put in a school—as in the exuberantly percussive Bud Powell school; the quirky Thelonious Monk bebop school; the intelligent and gorgeously harmonic and inventively melodic Bill Evans school—Held could be compared most closely to one of jazz's modern giants, Brad Mehldau."
In July 2009 the PABLO HELD TRIO played in the Finals of the EBU-Jazz Competition at the NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009. The trio's drummer Jonas Burgwinkel won the BEST SOLOIST AWARD at this occasion.