Jeff Johnston Trio | |
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Origin | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
Genres | Jazz |
Years active | 1980s-present |
Members | Jeff Johnston Mike Billard Jim Vivian |
Website | www |
The Jeff Johnston Trio is a Canadian jazz band from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[1] The trio, consisting of pianist Jeff Johnston, bassist Jim Vivian and drummer Michael Billard, has been nominated for a 2002 Juno Award and a 2000 East Coast Music Award.[2]
The Jeff Johnston Trio played its first show in 1983; that year the trio participated in the first Newfoundland Sound Symposium.[3]
The band's album Nuage, recorded in 2001, was nominated for a Juno Award as "Best Contemporary Jazz Instrumental".[4][5]
In 2013 the group released its fifth recording, Returning, featuring jazz in the style of 1970s and 1980s European pianists.
Johnston has relocated to Montreal, where he has brought together a new group, still called the Jeff Johnston Trio, with bassist Fraser Hollins, and drummer Rich Irwin.[6]