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
Paul Hoffert	The Song is You	The Jazz Roots of	06:40
Denny Vaughan	Put a Little Love in Your Heart	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	01:54
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Sound of Silver	ST	03:20
Jerry Toth	Portrait of Caroline	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:34
Compilation	Season of the Yonge	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:07
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Eugene Amaro	My Love	Twilight Time	02:56
Tony Quarrington	One Bright Morning	One Bright Morning	06:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Brand New Key	Morning Has Broken	02:32
Compilation	Hogtown Hoe-Down	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:05
Lenny Breau	Back In Indiana (Hanley & MacDonald)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:01
Ed Bickert	Where Are You	ST	04:40
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Kicks (Closing Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:19
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:19
Ben McPeek	Something Better to Do	Thinking of You	03:18
Teddy Roderman	The Green Grass Starts To Grow	Makin' It With You	02:14
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Waltz Medley (Bicycle Built for Two - Sidewalks of New York - Take Me Out to the Ball Game) (arr. Read)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	01:33
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It Takes Time (Shirley Eikhard)	It's Impossible	02:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	Crooked Mile	Wish I Was A Plane	02:43
Hagood Hardy	When a Child	The Christmas Album	04:38
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Once I Loved (Gilbert/Jobim/DeMoraes)	ST	02:52
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Gold (The Challenge)	Transformations - Invocations	10:24
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Invitation	And I Love Her	02:25
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues	Strictly Nimmons	02:59
Paul Zaza	Sunday Morning	Images	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Give Up On Us Baby	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Kiss Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:20
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Pink Panther	The Old Meets the New	03:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Come To Mother	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:54
Johnny Cowell	Theme from Zorba (Herb Alpert)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:36
Robert Tennison Troupe	Cause You Are Here	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	She's Always A Woman	You	03:37
Lucio Agostini	The Partisan (Marley - Zaret)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:38
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Follow My Secret Heart	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:18
Kathryn Moses	I Met a Special Man	ST	02:06
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:50
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	The Getaway	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:27
Paul Zaza	Superstar	Faces and Places	02:11
Wally Koster	Alone Together	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:01
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Theme for Susan	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We	The Rose And The Rain	03:23
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Taste of Honey	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:59
Terry Watada	The Hawk (Reprise)	Night's Disgrace	02:08
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
Eugene Amaro	Another Time	Warm	03:21
Jerry Toth	One (from a Chorus Line)	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:42
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Struttin' Your Stuff	Sailin' Home	03:45
Moe Koffman	When the Saints Go Marching In	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:11
Peter Appleyard	Hells Bells	The Vibraphone Of	01:46
Bill Butler	A Portrait of a Piano	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We?	Feelin'	01:59
Eugene Amaro	To Spend My Love	Twilight Time	02:30
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
Johnny Cowell	You Made Me Love You (Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Wally Koster	My One and Only Love	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:16
Teddy Roderman	Mississippi	Stay Awhile	02:09
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow	CBC Comp 409	03:25
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
Moe Koffman	Trains and Boats and Planes	Goes Electric	02:48
John Arpin	Daniel	Direct to Disc	03:42
Jimmy Dale	Alone Again, Naturally	Toronto Instrumental	02:55
Moe Koffman	Now is the Time	Goes Electric	02:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
Dr. Music	Shoot	Doug Riley Transcription	06:55
Ed Bickert	Street of Dreams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:22
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Sailin' Home	Sailin' Home	04:15
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Doug Riley	Peace Dance	Freedom	06:24
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening	02:48
Hagood Hardy	The Homecoming	The Homecoming	02:34
Bill Butler	Autummn Nocturne	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rainy Day People	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:12
Denny Vaughan	Yesterday When I Was Young	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:51
Lucio Agostini	Hoedown	Action With Agostini	02:28
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where Are You	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:09
Jerry Toth	Peaceful	The Twelve Sides Of	02:55
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Medley #1: Rose of Washington Square; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Sweet Georgia Brown (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
John Arpin	The Way We Were	Direct to Disc	03:08
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Candida	It's Impossible	03:08
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Early Morning Rain	Feelin'	02:53
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Phil Nimmons Group	Chim chim cheree	Mary Popppins Swings	03:55
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro)	ST	03:20
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	+ Horn = Dixie	02:44
Hagood Hardy	Beauty	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:18
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Cast Your Fate to the Wind	Montage	03:15
Eugene Amaro	Girl From Ipanema	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:24
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:21
Eugene Amaro	More Than You Know	Twilight Time	02:02
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Rick Wilkins	My Heart Belongs to Me	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:16
Knights of the Round Flugel	Toot-Suite (Grosney)	Bye Bye Love	03:02
Ben McPeek	Thinking of You	Thinking of You	02:15
Joyce Sullivan	You'll Never Know	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:47
Guido Basso	Too Late Now	Love Talk	03:19

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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