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
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Young New Mexican Pupeteer	Morning Has Broken	03:12
Peter Appleyard	Feelings	ST	03:29
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp	Strictly Nimmons	06:15
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Jimmy Dale	Night Song	Soft and Groovy	03:40
Ed Bickert	I'll Follow the Sun	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:07
Jerry Toth	Say Goodbye To Your Cash	The Twelve Sides Of	02:47
Jimmy Dale	Guanabara	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Henry Cuesta	Am I in Love?	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Do Something Nice Today!	03:14
The Brian Browne Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
Ed Bickert	Bye Bye Baby	Bye Bye Baby	03:41
Ben McPeek	Thinking of You	Thinking of You	02:15
Tony Quarrington	One Bright Morning	One Bright Morning	06:32
Johnny Cowell	Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:38
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Pink Panther	The Old Meets the New	03:24
Guido Basso	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Christmas Today	03:13
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wish I Was A Plane	Wish I Was A Plane	02:50
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sanford & Son	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:38
Hagood Hardy	If I Had Nothing But a Dream	Reflections	02:51
Moe Koffman	Hambourg Bound	Cool and Hot Sax	04:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Silver Bird	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Compilation	Talk to the Animals (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:23
Lucio Agostini	A Banda	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:48
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:15
Johnny Cowell	Every Single Day	The Tender Loving Care	02:32
Ed Bickert	Pensativa	Bye Bye Baby	04:46
Joyce Sullivan	As Long as He Needs Me	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Shadow Song	Wish I Was A Plane	03:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Find a Sad Song	Back Home Again	03:00
Moe Koffman	Twist That Thing	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:05
Terry Watada	3439 North Sheffield	Night's Disgrace	06:08
The Mutual Understanding	Out of This World	In Wonderland	02:33
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vera Cruz	ST	02:51
Paul Zaza	Fine and Dandy	Faces and Places	02:31
Terry Watada	The Hawk (Reprise)	Night's Disgrace	02:08
2B3	Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest	The Toronto Sessions	03:50
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Peaches and Brandy	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:01
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Pagan Love Song	ST	02:55
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Minor Mode	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:47
Henry Cuesta	Me And You And A Dog Named Boo	Plays Favourites	01:48
Lucio Agostini	Taboo	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:15
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Watermelon Man	The Now Sound	03:03
The Brian Browne Trio	After Midnight	Toronto Instrumental	01:37
Bill Butler	Intermezzo	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:44
Pat Riccio	Then I'll Be Tired of You (Schwarz-Harburg) Doug Crosley: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:01
Rick Wilkins	I Could Have Been a Sailor	Discovery	02:59
Denny Vaughan	Je Reviens Chez-Nous	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:27
Rick Wilkins	Quiescence	For the Sake of Music	02:59
Jimmy Dale	Triste	Soft and Groovy	03:05
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Paul Zaza	Malaguena	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:51
Moe Koffman	Sunshine Superman	Moe's Curried Soul	04:51
Bill Badgley	If You Leave Me Now	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:09
Paul Zaza	Sunday Morning	Images	02:40
Lenny Breau	Freight Train	Guitar Sounds From	03:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Jimmy Namaro	We Three	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Doug Randle	Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:10
Rick Wilkins	Emotion	For the Sake of Music	03:28
Bill Badgley	Theme from the Sand Pebbles	At the Ports of Call	02:18
John Arpin	Efficiency Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:54
Jimmy Dale	Touch Her Soft Lips	Profiles	02:48
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Guantanamera	Montage	03:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're Driving Me Crazy	Feelin'	02:57
Henry Cuesta	Fate	Clarinet With Strings	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Takes Time	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:39
Compilation	Season of the Yonge	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:07
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Compilation	Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:00
Paul Zaza	Mellow Moments	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:11
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
Eugene Amaro	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
Pat Riccio	In To Miami (Barry)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:15
Lucio Agostini	World of Music	Action With Agostini	02:59
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
Ed Bickert	When Sonny Gets Blue	ST	05:57
Wally Koster	Alone Together	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:01
Bill Butler	I'm Always Chasing Rainbows	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:54
Jimmy Namaro	Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:38
Guido Basso	Two for the Road (H. Mancini)	One More for the Road	06:53
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Norman Amadio Trio	You Do Something To Me	ST	01:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Importance of the Rose	Feelin'	02:07
Peter Appleyard	Yesterday & Tomorrow	Toronto Instrumental	02:32
Johnny Cowell	The Swagger O' The Kilt	His Girl	02:12
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
Jimmy Namaro	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
Doug Crosley	Sing a Happy Song (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	04:01
Jackie Richardson	I Like Your Company - Old Friends	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:32
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
Rick Wilkins	Swinging On a Star	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:57
Guido Basso	The Good Life	One More for the Road	03:52
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:15

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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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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