The Toronto Jazz Scene

A city of clubs, sessions, and serious chops—Toronto has long been the beating heart of Canadian jazz. This collection pays tribute to the players, composers, and innovators who shaped its sound: from smoky post-war lounges to modern downtown lofts, from straight-ahead swingers to boundary-pushing experimentalists. Featuring legends, sidemen, and new voices alike, The Toronto Jazz Scene captures the energy, elegance, and evolution of one of North America’s most vital jazz communities.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
John Arpin	Troubadour Rag (1919)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:16
Jimmy Namaro	Street of Dreams	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:21
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
Lucio Agostini	Prairie Boy	Action With Agostini	03:29
Eugene Amaro	Girl From Ipanema	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:24
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Love You, Yes I Do	Bluesprint	03:40
Hagood Hardy	(Love theme from) Missouri breaks	Maybe Tomorrow	02:51
Tommy Ambrose	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:48
Lenny Breau	King of the Road	Guitar Sounds From	02:29
Doug Randle	Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:20
The Brian Browne Trio	Blue Hair	The Toronto Scene	03:02
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Espana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:56
Peter Appleyard	Night Journey	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:09
Johnny Cowell	Silver Thread & Golden Needles	The Tender Loving Care	02:39
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Nellie Medley (Wait 'Til the Sun Shines Nellie - Wore a Tulip - Old Grey Bonnet - I Want a Gal) (arr. Read)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:15
John Arpin	Cannonball Blues	Concert In Ragtime	02:16
Paul Zaza	Beautiful People	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Mellotone	Take 10	06:49
Jerry Toth	To Wait for Love	The Music Of	02:14
Jimmy Namaro	Sonny’s Daze	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:33
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Cast Your Fate	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:02
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Find a Sad Song	Back Home Again	03:00
Guido Basso	Two Bass Hit	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	08:02
Rick Wilkins	Why Think About Tomorrow	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:43
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	03:10
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Jimmy Namaro	I Cover The Waterfront	At the Westbury	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Goes Like It Goes	It Goes Like It Goes	03:40
Guido Basso	You Are My Sunshine	It's Happening	01:53
Ben McPeek	If Only We Could See	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:32
Hagood Hardy	Samba de Orfeu	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:19
Denny Vaughan	Judy	Girls I Knew	02:24
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	Shadow Song	Wish I Was A Plane	03:14
Peter Appleyard	If	ST	03:29
Lenny Breau	Don't Think Twice (It's All Right)	ST	06:36
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Doug Riley	Freedom	Freedom	04:34
Guido Basso	All the Sad Young Men	One More for the Road	04:36
Paul Zaza	Maid of the Mist	Images	02:58
Knights of the Round Flugel	Toot-Suite (Grosney)	Bye Bye Love	03:02
Moe Koffman	Overture To Summer (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:03
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Too Late Now	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:59
Moe Koffman	Hambourg Bound	Cool and Hot Sax	04:05
John Arpin	Alaskan Rag (1959)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:33
Bill Badgley	All	At the Ports of Call	01:58
Peter Appleyard	Flamingo	The Vibraphone Of	02:36
Phil Nimmons Group	Jasper	Take 10	03:49
Johnny Cowell	Satchmo (Louis Armstrong)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:44
Terry Watada	Rose of St. Urbain	Night's Disgrace	04:33
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
Moe Koffman	Tangerine (Bossa Nova)	Tales of Koffman	03:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Gold (The Challenge)	Transformations - Invocations	10:24
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	My Love	Montage	02:26
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:06
Pat Riccio	Sympatico (Mascheroni-Engvick) Babs Babineau: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:10
Guido Basso	Bye Bye Blues	One More for the Road	03:12
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Night's Disgrace	03:58
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Moon River	Toronto Instrumental	02:13
Peter Appleyard	Where is the Love	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:17
Moe Koffman	Paniano	Goes Electric	02:50
Johnny Cowell	You Made Me Love You (Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Eugene Amaro	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Compilation	Fifes and Feathers	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:54
Paul Zaza	Mellow Moments	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:11
Peter Appleyard	The Last Blues Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Lenny Breau	My Funny Valentine	Guitar Sounds From	04:54
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	One Cylinder	Bluesprint	04:47
Terry Watada	The Hawk Cries a Bitter Blue	Night's Disgrace	05:53
Moe Koffman	Exodus	Tales of Koffman	04:29
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Chips & Gravy (Nimmons)	Now!	04:40
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Bacharach-David)	Now!	05:50
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:03
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Go To Rio	It Goes Like It Goes	03:24
Compilation	Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues	Strictly Nimmons	02:59
Henry Cuesta	We're at Home	Clarinet With Strings	02:10
Eugene Amaro	Strangers In The Night	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Lucio Agostini	Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:16
Lenny Breau	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Phil Nimmons Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27
Hagood Hardy	Feelin' Good	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:14
Rick Wilkins	Weekend in New England	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:38
Peter Appleyard	Why Don't You Do Right	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:35
Ben McPeek	Shopping Spree	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:06
John Arpin	King Porter Stomp	Concert In Ragtime	02:42
Terry Watada	Crying the Blues Away	Yellow Fever	04:46
Moe Koffman	The Calm (Adagio)	The Four Seasons	01:59
Jimmy Namaro	With Mallets Towards Some	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:56
Pat Riccio	Stranger on the Shore (Bilk-Mellin)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:23
Jimmy Dale	Sun Goes By	Toronto Instrumental	03:21

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

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Hagood Hardy - Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

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Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love

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Terry Watada - Night's Disgrace

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Terry Watada - Yellow Fever

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibraphone Of

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Peter Appleyard - Peter Appleyard Presents

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Peter Appleyard - Toronto Instrumental

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Peter Appleyard - The Lincolnshire Poacher

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibe Sound Of

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Peter Appleyard - Per-cus-sive Jazz

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Peter Appleyard - ST

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Peter Appleyard - The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

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Dr. Music - Doug Riley Transcription

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Doug Riley - Freedom

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

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Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

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Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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