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Steve Holt is a two-time JUNO Award-nominated musician and one of Canada’s most respected jazz pianists. This year The Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet received a 2026 JUNO Award nomination for Jazz Album of the Year for IMPACT — marking a major milestone for the acclaimed Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader.
In 1981 Steve received McGill University’s first-ever Bachelor of Music majoring in Jazz performance and studied piano in NYC with world-renowned pianist Kenny Barron
Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet Nominated For 2026 Juno Award – Jazz Album Of The Year
The Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet has received a 2026 JUNO Award nomination for Jazz Album of the Year for their latest release, Impact—marking a major milestone for the acclaimed Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader Steve Holt. The nomination recognizes Impact as one of Canada’s most compelling jazz recordings of the year. The album showcases Holt’s ...
Kerilie McDowall Favorite Jazz Albums of 2025
by Kerilie McDowall
It's a long list of inspiring artists this year on the Canadian Best Of 2025 roster. Jazz spirit is in the air. An 11th release from the kaleidoscopic-robed, comedic powerhouse ensemble, saxophone groove favorites the Shuffle Demons, enhanced the year with their beyond-fab 2025 writing. Funky sax lines interspersed with laughs, fun, and hipster-king attitude make ...
Impact
By Steve Holt
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Impact; Second Voyage; The Cup Bearers; Lalita's Waltz; The Unveiling; The Lion's Eyes;
The Inner Player; Tender Tears; O Canada.
Steve Holt - Jazz Christmas
By Steve Holt
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
O Tannenbaum
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Auld Lang Syne
Steve Holt: Impact
by Jack Kenny
To create a new album after a twenty-year gap is intriguing. In his long career Steve Holt has worked with Archie Shepp, Larry Coryell Eddie Henderson, Pat LaBarbera, James Moody and Michel Urbaniak. He studied with Kenny Barron, an experience that affected his keyboard style. Surrounding himself with some major Canadian musicians, he has ...
Impact
Album: Impact
By Steve Holt
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:18
Gerald Clayton, l'Oumigmag, Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Triology & more
by Marek J. Śmietański
Our 109th episode features new releases from North American artists. That's a rather traditional set with many inspirations from the '50s and '60s. It's nice to hear how young musicians treat tradition with respect, while also introducing a lot of fresh, creative ideas. Most of the material comes from the US, with a few Canadian albums ...
Past, Present, And, Future Sounds
by Bob Osborne
The most fascinating and enduring aspect of jazz, and other improvised music, is its' capacity to surprise the listener. This week a diverse collection of pieces that deliver different and ground breaking new sounds. At the centre Ingrid Laubrock's unique new album which is meets this specification and more. And to close a classic album from ...
Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness, Fini Bearman, Gerald Clayton, Shamek Farra
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, new releases from the improvisational ensemble Pitch, Rhythm and Consciousness; saxophonists David Murray and Kamasi Washington; singer-songwriter Fini Bearman; pianist Gerald Clayton; guitarist Roman Pilon; and from the first batch of resurrected releases from Strata-East, First Impressions by saxophonist Shamek Farrah. Playlist Joe Henderson ...
