The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
Johnny Cowell Sangre De Toro Bravo The Virtuoso Trumpet
Ed Bickert Things Are Getting Better Bye Bye Baby
Ben McPeek Fascinating Rhythm His Voices and His Orchestra
Jimmy Dale Night Song Soft and Groovy
Phil Nimmons Group A Spoonful of Sugar Mary Popppins Swings
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Sounds of Philadelphia Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Peter Appleyard Witchcraft Per-cus-sive Jazz
Peter Appleyard Spanish Pearls The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Nosey Strictly Nimmons
Hagood Hardy Love is in the Air Reflections
Jimmy Namaro Sam For Short At the Westbury
Johnny Cowell The Golden Jet (Bobb Hull) His Girl
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Pete Schofield and the Canadians And I Love Her The Old Meets the New
Moe Koffman Cloud Nine The Shepherd Swings Again
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Wally Koster My Funny Valentine The Songs of Wally Koster
Moe Koffman Coaster Cool and Hot Sax
2B3 Michael Fonfara, Lance Anderson - Magic Carpet Ride The Toronto Sessions
Jimmy Namaro When I Grow Too Old to Dream With Mallets A 4 Thought
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Sneaky Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Ben McPeek Downtown His Voices and His Orchestra
Jimmy Namaro Soft Hands Driftwood
Johnny Cowell Carmichael & Parrish (arranged by Johnny Cowell) - Stardust The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Peter Appleyard Pavanne pour une infante défunte Peter Appleyard Presents
Peter Appleyard If ST
Bill Butler June in January The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
The Laurie Bower Singers Kiss Me in the Rain It Goes Like It Goes
The Laurie Bower Singers Boney Fingers Back Home Again
Hagood Hardy Winter Time The Christmas Album
The Mutual Understanding San Jose In Wonderland
Doug Randle Colored Plastics Songs for the New Industrial State
Moe Koffman Exodus Tales of Koffman
The Laurie Bower Singers Sweet Ginger Bread Man Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Compilation Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up Motorcars In Concert 1970
Jackie Richardson Green Lies and Man Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
John Arpin The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Direct to Disc
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Goodbye Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Lenny Breau Long Way To Go Minor's Aloud
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Far Away Places Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Lenny Breau No Greater Love The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith View from Paddy's Head Sailin' Home
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One Long Song Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Jerry Toth Eye Level The Classic Jerry Toth
Rick Wilkins Ballad for Carolyn My Heart Belongs to Me
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Up, Up & Away The Now Sound
Doug Randle Put On Your Sunday Clothes Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
The Laurie Bower Singers Hold On to a Little Bit of Love Morning Has Broken
Paul Hoffert 6 Bar Theme The Jazz Roots of
Peter Appleyard Mack The Knife Per-cus-sive Jazz
Jerry Toth Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady The Classic Jerry Toth
Peter Appleyard Alone Again, Naturally The Lincolnshire Poacher
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Jennine Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Johnny Cowell W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Ben McPeek Both Sides Now Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Guido Basso Estate A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Peter Appleyard There Will Never Be Another You Per-cus-sive Jazz
Hagood Hardy The Trouble with Hello is Goodbye The Homecoming
Lucio Agostini Carey (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Rick Wilkins Summer Song For the Sake of Music
Rick Wilkins Without Your Love Discovery
Denny Vaughan The French Song A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Rick Wilkins Let Me be the One My Heart Belongs to Me
Johnny Cowell Lonely Girl Our Winter Love
Guido Basso Dale be There And All That Latin Jazz!
Tommy Ambrose Please Send Me Someone to Love Young Tommy Ambrose
Johnny Cowell Flight of the Bumblebee (Wynton Marsalis) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Moe Koffman Flute Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Delta Dawn Do Something Nice Today!
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Introducin' My Man It’s a Sign of the Times
Hagood Hardy Christmas Song The Christmas Album
Tommy Ambrose You're Driving Me Crazy Young Tommy Ambrose
Fred Stone Troika The Music of Fred Stone
Jimmy Namaro Afro-Rock We Gotta Get It All Together
Bill Badgley Moonlight Sonata Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Guido Basso Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Lost in the Stars
Johnny Cowell Napoli The Virtuoso Trumpet
Jimmy Namaro Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha Driftwood
Johnny Cowell Caesar's Palace Hot Brass
Johnny Cowell To Love Somebody The Tender Loving Care
Phil Nimmons Group Blue Lou Nimmons 'N' Nine
Paul Zaza Mellow Moments Coasting (with Isaacs)
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek) Monkey Music Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music
Hagood Hardy I Won't Last a Day without You The Homecoming
Denny Vaughan Je Reviens Chez-Nous Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Jackie Richardson Thank You Lord Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Fred Stone Tamara The Music of Fred Stone
Jimmy Namaro Anna Maria Waltz featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Paul Zaza Blue Porcelain Faces and Places
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil) Now!
Rick Wilkins Just The Way You Are For the Sake of Music
The Brian Browne Trio Georgia on My Mind The Toronto Scene
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass All in the Family Toronto Instrumental
The Laurie Bower Singers Is Someone Listening? Morning Has Broken
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Sweet Leilani ST
Bill Badgley June At the Ports of Call

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

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