Jump to content

Jeff Johnston Trio

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeff Johnston Trio
OriginNewfoundland and Labrador, Canada
GenresJazz
Years active1980s-present
MembersJeff Johnston
Fraser Hollins
Rich Irwin
Past membersMike Billard
Jim Vivian
Websitewww.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]

History

[edit]

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]

Drummer Mike Billard died on September 1, 2024, at the age of 60.[7]

Personnel

[edit]
  • Jeff Johnston (leader)
  • Mike Billard
  • Jim Vivian[8]

Discography

[edit]
  • Nuage (2002) (Jeff Johnston, Jim Vivian, Michael Billard, Featuring David Liebman & John Abercrombie)
  • Returning (2013) (Jeff Johnston, Jim Vivian, Michael Billard)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Popular Music". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Island artists collect 12 ECMA nominations". CBC News. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Sound Symposium" Archived 2017-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Encyclopedia, 02/07/2006
  4. ^ "Local groups notch two Juno nominations". CBC News. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. 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. ^ "Michael Gerard Billard". Cauls. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  8. ^ "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)
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Johnston_Trio&oldid=1247829392"