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.
[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.