Jeff Johnston Trio

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Jeff Johnston Trio
Origin Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Genres Jazz
Years active1980s-present
MembersJeff Johnston
Mike Billard
Jim Vivian
Website www.jeffjohnstonmusic.com

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]

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History

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]

Personnel

Discography

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References

  1. "Popular Music". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  2. "Island artists collect 12 ECMA nominations". CBC News. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  3. "Sound Symposium". Canadian Encyclopedia, 02/07/2006
  4. "Local groups notch two Juno nominations". CBC News. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  5. "Jeff Johnston returns to his trio's musical roots and then moves forward with his new album". OttawaJazzScene.ca, by Alayne McGregor 24 April 2013
  6. "Jeff Johnston Trio enraptures the audience (review)". by Alayne McGregor OttawaJazzScene.ca, 10 May 2013
  7. "Jeff Johnston Trio". Canadian Jazz Archive. Canadian Jazz Archive Online. Archived from the original on November 8, 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)