Jeffrey Thoralf Heisholt (born July 28, 1975) is a Canadian keyboardist, vocalist, composer, broadcaster, and producer. In 1996, he formed Burt Neilson Band, with whom he co-wrote and released four records. The band toured Canada twenty times, played more than 1000 shows and became a staple of the Canadian jamband community. Since 2004, he has played across the country with soul-rocker Peter Elkas and contributed to Elkas's second album, the Charlie Sexton produced Wall of Fire. In early 2008, Heisholt joined Canadian rock band The Trews and has been a part of their live and studio configuration since then.
In 2012, Jeff joined Toronto trio Little Foot Long Foot, writing and producing their 2013 single "Bridge Concerns". In 2013, Jeff also joined the touring lineup of Canadian roots-rock veterans, Skydiggers. Jeff played keys and recorded with Hamilton's Terra Lightfoot from 2015 to 2017.
Heisholt formed Current Fantasy in early 2019, a solo, largely improvised modular and hardware synthesizer electronic project. He also hosted a radio show of the same name from 2020-2022, airing weekly on multiple university radio stations across Canada.
Jeff's mother, Donna Heisholt, is a well known Thunder Bay-based visual artist.
Discography
Julian
- 1994: Julian ep
- 1998: Pinstripe Pop
Burt Neilson Band
- 1998: Burt Neilson Band
- 2000: Orange Shag Carpet
- 2001: Five Alive
- 2004: By the Door
Carrie Catherine
Steven Elmo Murphy
- 2004: Friends and I
- 2006: Open For Business
- 2012: Demon Nights
- 2024: Fore
Peter Elkas
Sean MacDonald & The Astronauts
- 2008: Pink Noise â (track â Please take me off your list)
Trevor Howard
- 2007: The Healing Sessions
The Ragged Bankers
The Trews
- 2009: The Trews Acoustic â Friends and Total Strangers CD
- 2009: The Trews Acoustic â Friends and Total Strangers DVD
- 2010: Highway of Heroes (single)
- 2011: Hope & Ruin
- 2012: Thank You and I'm Sorry
- 2014: The Trews
- 2016: Time Capsule
- 2020: 1921 (Single)
- 2021: Wanderer
- 2025: The Bloody Light
Mark Crissinger
- 2009: Fear No Journey
- 2011: Raw Umber
- 2013: Terra Nova
- 2015: Blues Expression
- 2016: Night Light
w/ John-Angus MacDonald
- 2010: Song For Africa â Rwanda: Rises Up â Yearning
Garth Hudson w/ The Trews
- 2010: Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band! â Move to Japan
Dearly Beloved
- 2012: Hawk vs Pigeon â (World Series of Fedoras & Lizard Fight)
Karyn Ellis
Skydiggers
- 2013: No.1 Northern
- 2017: Warmth of the Sun
- 2020: Lovin You Ain't Easy (Single)
Poor Young Things
- 2013: The Heart. The Head. The End.
Molly Thomason
Meredith Shaw
Jerry Leger
The Meds
The Honeyrunners
The Kerouacs
The Once
Little Foot Long Foot
Tim Chaisson
Rufus Wainright
- 2015: Je reviendrai àMontréal - Single
- 2015: Forever and a Year - from the HOLDING THE MAN Soundtrack
Terra Lightfoot
- 2017: Live in Concert
- 2017: New Mistakes
Eli and The Straw Man
Whitehorse
- 2018: A Whitehorse Winter Classic
The Proud Sons
- 2018: The Proud Sons
- 2019: Raising Hell (single)
Sarah Jane Scouten
Current Fantasy
- 2020: Currently Fantastic Vol.1
- 2020: Beforetimes/Aftertimes (single)
- 2021: Rio (single)
- 2022: REMIX - In My Arms - SK Wellington
- 2023: REMIX - Italy (Versions) - SK Wellington
Joan Smith & The Jane Does
- 2020: Where Did You Sleep Last Night (In The Pines) (Single)
Jeen
- 2020: Jeen
- 2021: Dog Bite
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar
- 2020: The Reckless One
- 2026: A Beautiful Buzz (Live)
Phillip Sayce
Clamp
- 2024: On The Corner At The Centre Of The World - From the movie VESELKA
Bywater Call
- 2025: Hold Me Down (Single)
- 2026: Only (Single)
As producer
Poor Young Things
- 2011: Get Thorny 3 â Easy
Little Foot Long Foot
- 2013: Bridge Concerns â Single
Mark Crissinger
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