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
Lenny Breau	Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	02:17
Jimmy Dale	Could it be Magic	Profiles	02:45
Denny Vaughan	Cheerful Little Earful	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	I've Found a New Baby	Feelin'	02:06
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Tommy Ambrose	This Song Is Ended	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:18
Compilation	Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River	Jazz Toronto	03:45
Moe Koffman	Swingin' Explorer	Goes Electric	02:43
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Ben McPeek	Only God Knows	Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease	02:39
Doug Crosley	Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:44
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Goodbye	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	08:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:15
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Moe Koffman	Dr. Swahili	Goes Electric	02:42
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Are What I Am	Wish I Was A Plane	02:23
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	12th Street Rag (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow	CBC Comp 409	03:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	Southern Nights	Looks Like We Made It	02:57
Jackie Richardson	If I Could Only Sleep	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:49
Hagood Hardy	Love Song	Reflections	02:54
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Kiss Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:20
Johnny Cowell	Pickin' Plums	Hot Brass	02:10
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	At the Ports of Call	03:00
Eugene Amaro	I Didn't Know What Time It Was	Warm	02:38
The Mutual Understanding	Out of This World	In Wonderland	02:33
Johnny Cowell	Sweet and Sour Chop Chop	Hot Brass	02:00
Wally Koster	My One and Only Love	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:16
The Laurie Bower Singers	Happy Dreamer	Wish I Was A Plane	03:36
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Jimmy Namaro	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:31
Lucio Agostini	Reel	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:07
Denny Vaughan	Theme from "The Killer of Kildonan"	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:53
Pat Riccio	Matchmaker (Bock-Harnick) Doug Crosley: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:25
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:11
The Laurie Bower Singers	Up On Cripple Creek	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:14
Johnny Cowell	Sangre De Toro Bravo	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:28
John Arpin	The Way We Were	Direct to Disc	03:08
Phil Nimmons Group	Stay Awake	Mary Popppins Swings	03:01
Compilation	Norma Locke - I Need You So	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:07
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
Tommy Ambrose	You're Driving Me Crazy	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:54
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Nameless Hour	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	09:21
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Sailin' Home	Sailin' Home	04:15
Jackie Richardson	Here's to Life	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:57
Hagood Hardy	The Looking Glass	As Time Goes By	03:19
Jimmy Dale	Wave	Soft and Groovy	02:43
Jimmy Namaro	I Wanna Know	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:37
Johnny Cowell	Road of Love	Our Winter Love	02:22
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:24
Johnny Cowell	W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:38
Johnny Cowell	Moonshine	Hot Brass	02:03
Jerry Toth	Who Are You Now? .. Nicholas Fiore flute solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:19
The Brian Browne Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
Jimmy Dale	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	Toronto Instrumental	02:34
Eugene Amaro	Twilight Time	Twilight Time	02:45
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wolverine Blues	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:42
The Mutual Understanding	Summer of '42	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:38
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening (re-issue)	01:54
Moe Koffman	Overture To Spring (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	03:49
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 1 - A Woman's View	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:26
Hagood Hardy	The Children's Song	As Time Goes By	02:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sweet Ginger Bread Man	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:52
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks	Strictly Nimmons	03:38
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	How The Singers Sing	Morning Has Broken	03:06
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Bronze (The Contest)	Transformations - Invocations	08:32
Paul Zaza	Granada Fantasia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	05:34
Jimmy Dale	The Look Of Love	Soft and Groovy	03:21
Johnny Cowell	Rejoice	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:05
Kathryn Moses	Midmorning	ST	04:12
Compilation	Ted Komar - My Beloved	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	What Now My Love	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:38
Henry Cuesta	We're at Home	Clarinet With Strings	02:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sunshine On My Shoulders	Back Home Again	02:58
Moe Koffman	Walk Away Renee	Turned on	02:27
Rick Wilkins	Amarillo	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:21
Johnny Cowell	Carnival of Venice (Herbert L. Clarke)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:56
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:47
Moe Koffman	Now is the Time	Goes Electric	02:55
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Oh Didn't He Ramble	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:36
Guido Basso	East of the Sun	One More for the Road	07:21
Lenny Breau	Killer Joe	Minor's Aloud	06:12
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Peter Appleyard	A Face Like Yours	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:58
Jimmy Namaro	This Could be the Start of Something Big	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:40
Guido Basso	Ill Wind	One More for the Road	05:15
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Jerry Toth	Moment of Love	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:01
Ed Bickert	You're Right As Rain	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:54
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening	02:32
Doug Randle	Cote d´Azur	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:33
The Mutual Understanding	Everybody Loves My Baby	In Wonderland	01:55
Lucio Agostini	La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Jerry Toth	I Am In Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:24

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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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"

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

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Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

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