MÜSICIÂN

Pablo’s musical career started at age 6 when he discovered the djembe drum, by 8 he was already playing a drum set, and at 12 John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” album ignited his love affair with Jazz music. Eager to play great and play live, Pablo studied privately and attended top music programs including The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, The New York Jazz Academy, The New School for Jazz Studies, and The California Jazz Conservatory at Berkeley. He performed extensively both in jazz bands and rock bands (including Good to Go, Jet Lag, and The Gradients in NYC and Das Waser in San Francisco) and was at the center of the Brooklyn DIY scene. Pablo performed jazz standards at countless venues, including Carnegie Hall Main Stage, California Jazz Conservatory, and in Veneto, Italy with a jazz workshop in partnership with The New School. Music was an essential part of his daily life and he received spiritual sustenance from the Jazz greats, particularly John Coltrane, Max Roach, and Art Blakey. He loved experiencing live jazz and caught many shows at Smalls, Blue Note, and Village Vanguard in NYC, and at SF Jazz when he moved out west. A highlight of Pablo’s immersion in the jazz world was his day hanging out and playing music with Wynton Marsalis — jamming, dining, talking shop. No matter who he was with, Pablo was always Pablo and musicians both famous and not-so-famous loved him for that.

To learn more about some of the music that Pablo loved, check out this playlist created with some of his favorite bands and musicians.