Pablo Held plays "In A Silent Way" (Yamaha DX7 & Yamaha PSR-F52)

A tribute to my eternal hero Wayne Shorter on his birthday: „In a Silent Way“ played on my son‘s keyboards. Today also marks the day where „Zero Gravity“, the documentary on Wayne‘s life by Dorsay Alavi , is released! Can’t wait to finally check it out, as we all have been waiting for this for a long time.
Maybe some of you remember this: my interview with Wayne (which turned out to be the first episode of #pabloheldinvestigates ) happened because I donated to the crowdfunding campaign of the documentary and I got a Skype interview with Wayne himself as my perk. This happened 10 years ago. I still remember how it felt when I got to talk to him and I’m so thankful for this opportunity that the director Dorsay Alavi and Wayne gave me.
You can still read the interview on my website: pabloheld.com/investigates
Wayne passed away a couple of months ago, but I keep forgetting that it actually happened!! To me he’s as alive as ever. I listen to him all the time and and he's often on my mind.
His music and spirit keep on giving.
Thank you Wayne ❤️

[@CommandorX]

Magnificent!

[@mattratcliffe9106]

Man! wasn’t sure what to expect on this as mostly heard you play on acoustic instruments, but that was really beautiful , very Zawinul, very meditative and expressive , beautiful playing!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

thank you!

[@Barry101er]

From John Patitucci’s tribute, on his website:
Wayne’s definition of Jazz - “Jazz means - I Dare You!” I also remember him saying “Some musicians crash the party they were already invited to”. Before we would play concerts Wayne would sometimes recount the idea he and Miles Davis would express “Let’s play like we don’t know how to play”. He never lost the childlike wonder of discovery in Life and Music.