Pablo Held Investigates

Pablo Held

Booking Overview

An interview show focused on jazz performance, improvisation, composition, and musicians’ creative processes, typically featuring external jazz instrumentalists and composers. Suitable pitches include professional jazz artists, composers, educators, and collaborators with distinctive approaches, notable recordings, tours, or work with established musicians; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 122

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 13.9k subscribers

Instagram: 30.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

pabloheld@web.de

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Host

Pablo Held - German jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for leading the Pablo Held Trio and collaborating with international jazz musicians.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Professional jazz instrumentalists, composers, bandleaders, and educators with established performance or recording careers and a distinctive perspective on technique, improvisation, composition, or musical collaboration.

Required Achievements:

Released albums or other recorded projects, Performed or toured professionally, Collaborated with established jazz musicians, Developed a distinctive instrumental, compositional, or improvisational approach

Recent Guest Discussions

Emilio Modeste - Wayne Shorter’s Music, Lessons From Wallace Roney, Composition, Improvisation, Touring, And Collaborations With Established Musicians.

Rasmus Sørensen - Jazz Piano Dynamics, Odd Meters, Comping, Transcription, Composition, Lessons From Phil Markowitz, And An Upcoming Album Project.

Kris Davis - Composition, Recent Albums, Practice Methods, Improvisation, Piano Technique, Touring, And Challenging Conventional Musical Structures.

Walter Smith III - Articulation, Composition, Jazz Standards, Album Planning, Lessons From Jazz Legends, And Work With The Bill Stewart Trio And Terence Blanchard.

Ian McGimpsey - Pedal Steel Guitar Technique, Tuning Systems, Improvisation, Harmony, Arranging, Composition, And Documenting The Creative Process.

Recent Topics

Music, Jazz, Jazz Piano, Improvisation, Composition

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Pablo Held Investigates

Emilio Modeste

September 07, 2026

Shortly before embarking on a tour together, saxophonist Emilio Modeste joins Pablo Held to discuss his profound connection to the music of Wayne Shorter, what he learned from Wallace Roney, and the meaning of going ‘all the way’. They also talk about following Chick Corea around, Emilio’s composition ‘Elliptical’, Star Wars, and working with Cindy Blackman and Stanley Clarke. Catch the Pablo Held Trio & Emilio Modeste on tour:SEPT 10 // Osnabrück // Jazz49SEPT ...

Rasmus Sørensen

August 07, 2026

Pianist and composer Rasmus Sørensen joins Pablo Held to discuss dynamics, odd meters, their shared piano duties on a Sasha Berliner tour, and lessons learned from studying with Phil Markowitz. Other topics include harmonic progressions in Herbie Hancock’s “Textures”, comping ideas, transcription, what Rasmus loves about composing and his upcoming album project “You Live And You Learn”.

Kris Davis 2

July 08, 2026

Pianist & composer Kris Davis returns to the podcast to discuss the compositional process behind music from her latest albums “The Solastalgia Suite“ and “Run The Gauntlet“, practice methods, their favorite composers, and finding fresh ways to improvise. Other topics include working with Dave Holland, piano technique, preparing for a tour, and challenging musical constructs.

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