Pablo Held Trio - Celebrating 10th Anniversary with new album and international tour

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TEN YEARS TOGETHER – already an impressive feat for any relationship in this day and age; for a jazz group, virtually unheard of. Yet the Pablo Held Trio has survived and flourished: in January pianist/composer Held, bassist Robert Landfermann and drummer Jonas Burgwinkel completed Lineage, their eighth PIROUET album together, and are now in the midst of a yearlong tour spanning three continents.
Critics laud Pablo Held as "a hero of the young German jazz scene" who has "already earned his place in the pantheon of modern day piano trio leaders". Justified praise for a man who at the age of 29 has a decade of astounding music behind him, with his trio the nucleus of that music. The influential German newspaper DIE ZEIT stated that partners Burgwinkel and Landfermann "have gained the reputation as the dream team for musical extreme communication.", and Downbeat says of the trio, "… no matter how distinctive the frame, the trio is the picture, always sounding like its ruminative, glowing self."

The three started playing together at the conservatory in Cologne. Held reminisces, "It was an exciting time for me, being away from home and on my own. Everything was new. From the beginning, we've hung out together. We're close friends and can talk about anything onstage and off. This kind of trust helps us with our music. When I'm writing songs I hear Robert and Jonas in my head. For me, there are no other players who could take their place."

TOUR DATES:

07/22/2016: Amsterdam (NL) · Goethe Institut
09/09/2016: Esslingen (DE) · Esslingen Jazzfestival (feat. Chris Potter)
09/11/2016: Seoul (KOR) · Gwanglim Art Center Jangcheon Hall
09/24/2016: Wesseling (DE) · Rheinforum
10/08/2016: Linz (AT) · Brucknerhaus
10/15/2016: Agathenburg (DE) · Schloß Agathenburg
10/19/2016: Montreal (CAN) · Upstairs
10/25/2016: New York (USA) · German Consulate NEW YORK
12/01/2016: Hamburg (DE) · Laeiszhalle
12/02/2016: Braunschweig (DE) · Lindenhof
12/04/2016: Zoglau (DE) · Zoglau3
12/08/2016: Rüsselsheim (DE) · Theater Rüsselsheim
12/09/2016: Singen (DE) · Jazzclub Singen
12/10/2016: Hard (AT) · Kammgarn Kulturwerkstatt
02/23/2017: Amsterdam (NL) · Bimhuis
07/07/2017: Ismaning (DE) · Kallmann Museum

PABLO HELD TRIO
Lineage
Release date: September 9th, 2016
Label: Pirouet Records
Cat.no. CD: PIT3094
EAN/UPC: 4260041180949
Distribution: USA/Canada: Naxos / Distribution in Europe (except GB): NRW Distribution / GB: Discovery Records / Japan: Gats Production / Hong Kong · China: Shun Cheong Record / Korea: C&L Music

Line-Up:
Pablo Held (piano)
Robert Landfermann (bass)
Jonas Burgwinkel (drums)

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