Chris Weisman 2

To celebrate the 7th anniversary of the podcast, Pablo sits down with singer/songwriter Chris Weisman for an epic and nerdy conversation. This episode marks Chris’s 3rd appearance on the podcast. They dive deep into his current process and the recording and compositional processes for his recent albums. They also discuss their shared love for the music of Wayne Shorter, the Beatles, Alice Coltrane, and the song ‘Rainbow Connection’, among other topics. Furthermore, Chris and Pablo look back at seven years of ‘Pablo Held Investigates’ and relive memorable moments from selected episodes.

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Unity (audio commentary)

Pablo Held shares memories from the recording session of his latest album “Unity”, which features longstanding Pablo Held Trio mates Robert Landfermann & Jonas Burgwinkel,  guitarist Nelson Veras and Pablo on piano, mellotron, celesta & synths. ‘Unity’ is Held’s 19th album as a leader and the 7th on his own label ‘Hopalit Records’.

Check out the album here:
https://pabloheld.bandcamp.com/album/unity

Albert Sanz

Pianist and composer Albert Sanz sits down with Pablo Held for an in-depth piano hang. They talk about Albert’s compositional process, the art of comping for singers, memories from working with Billy Hart, Lee Konitz and Perico Sambeat, the importance of leaving space, Albert’s new Jobim album with Sara Dowling, their shared heroes Gil Evans & Federico Mompou and much more.