Jim Holman Trio at The Grill At 1951

Jim Holman is a pianist/composer/educator rooted in Chicago who has performed with Eric Alexander, Paul Wertico, Ira Sullivan, Ari Brown, Claudio Roditi, Jimmy Chamberlin (drummer for the smashing Pumpkins), Frank Catalano, Roger Humphries, Cecil Bridgewater, Yotam Silberstein, Donald Harrison, John Moulder, Abe Laboriel, Dennis Carroll, Clark Sommers, Richie Cole and Dana Hall and many more.

Holman's musical training started at home as the son of jazz pianist Scott Earl Holman and studying directly under Dave Flippo and Dennis Luxion. He earned his BA in Music from the University of Pittsburgh under the tutelage of Frank Cunnimondo, and MM in Jazz Performance from DePaul University studying with Ron Perrillo. Upon his graduation from Pitt he jumped right into earning his living teaching and gigging at Chicago clubs such as the Green Mill, Andy's Jazz Club, and the Jazz Showcase....

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Jim Holman is a pianist/composer/educator rooted in Chicago who has performed with Eric Alexander, Paul Wertico, Ira Sullivan, Ari Brown, Claudio Roditi, Jimmy Chamberlin (drummer for the smashing Pumpkins), Frank Catalano, Roger Humphries, Cecil Bridgewater, Yotam Silberstein, Donald Harrison, John Moulder, Abe Laboriel, Dennis Carroll, Clark Sommers, Richie Cole and Dana Hall and many more.

Holman's musical training started at home as the son of jazz pianist Scott Earl Holman and studying directly under Dave Flippo and Dennis Luxion. He earned his BA in Music from the University of Pittsburgh under the tutelage of Frank Cunnimondo, and MM in Jazz Performance from DePaul University studying with Ron Perrillo. Upon his graduation from Pitt he jumped right into earning his living teaching and gigging at Chicago clubs such as the Green Mill, Andy's Jazz Club, and the Jazz Showcase.

It was during this fruitful period that Holman first started playing with multi-instrumentalist icon, Ira Sullivan, who would travel from Miami to Chicago every year during the late summer for his residency at the Jazz Showcase. Holman made an effort to book gigs every year around this time to play and record with Sullivan. This continued every year until Ira’s passing in 2020.

Through conversations and experience sharing the bandstand with Sullivan, Holman grew quickly, and started to cultivate his own voice as an artist.

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