Pablo Held - Elders '2013

Tracks list

Elders is an album that contains an atmosphere of musical warmth. It is also
where Pablo Held emerges from the shadow of his musical background. Everything
sounds fresh, inspired, and tight. Elders presents an exciting and colorful
musical world to discover, with music that revels in its beauty and surprising
varietyËœall for the listeners enjoyment. It reveals much of the past is
hidden in the presentËœand how the present can re-energize the past.

„Pablo Held, one of my favorite contemporary jazz pianists, display a
singular blend of intellect and emotion on Elders, an impressive showcase of
these combined facets as well as a CD that contains an atmosphere of musical
warmth. The loose approach allows Held a great deal of melodic freedom as he
weaves in and out of chord foundations, unconcerned with key centers and the
like.

The repertoire includes five originals composed by Peter Held (Pablos father and
himself a talented pianist) plus amazing reconstructions of Wayne Shorters title
track The Elders (from Weather Reports controversial Mr. Gone), Joni Mitchells
Marcie (from her Song To A Seagull album, whose title track was brillianty
jazzified by Don Sebesky & Paul Desmond in the 70s, for Dons Giant Box
masterpiece), Frederic Mompous Secreto (from Impresiones Intimas No. 8) and
Manuel de Fallas Nana, a lullaby from the song cycle Siete Canciones Populares
Españolas.

Pablo Helds expressive capabilities are dramatized by his increasing easy with
rhythms and sound-space placement. The contributions of all his musical partners
on this trip are essential to the final brilliant results, and the presence of
Ronny Graupes acoustic guitar adds an extra color to the scores.

This is chamber-jazz in free space, sometimes with quasi-abstract pulsations,
full of rhythmic sophistication, while the horns paint over the chords with
striking inflections. Elders presents a colorful musical world to discover, with
music that revels in its beauty and surprising varietyËœall for the listeners
enjoyment. It reveals much of the past hidden in the present, and how the
present can re-energize the past.“ (Arnoldo Desouteiro, Jazz Station)

Pablo Held, piano
Robert Landfermann, bass
Jonas Burgwinkel, drums
Jason Seizer, tenor saxophone
Domenic Landolf, alto flute
Ronny Graupe, acoustic guitar

Tracklist:
01. Pablo Held - Morning Hour (3:56)
02. Pablo Held - Hunters (4:55)
03. Pablo Held - Poem Number Five (4:49)
04. Pablo Held - Work Song (4:07)
05. Pablo Held - Secreto (5:49)
06. Pablo Held - Nana (9:26)
07. Pablo Held - The Elders (6:00)
08. Pablo Held - Pastorale (2:03)
09. Pablo Held - Marcie (4:54)

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