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
Ben McPeek	Share the Land	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:09
Jimmy Namaro	Cha Cha Chimes	Driftwood	02:14
The Brian Browne Trio	After Midnight	Toronto Instrumental	01:37
Moe Koffman	If I Were a Carpenter	Turned on	02:32
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Room at the Back	Strictly Nimmons	05:21
John Arpin	Toronto Blues (1965)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:40
Herb Marshall	Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)	Toronto Vocalist	01:53
Lenny Breau	My Funny Valentine	Guitar Sounds From	04:54
Eugene Amaro	Why Did I Choose You	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:27
Doug Riley	Child Eyes	Freedom	05:21
Wally Koster	Nice Work if You Can Get It	The Songs of Wally Koster	01:52
Ed Bickert	Where Are You	ST	04:40
Lucio Agostini	Pedro Pussycat	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:06
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke	Jazz Toronto	04:00
Ben McPeek	Happy Talk	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:13
The Mutual Understanding	Rain Rain Go Away	In Wonderland	02:21
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Aurora Borealis	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	10:16
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Far Away Places	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:56
Lenny Breau	Please Release Me (Horton & Peck)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:30
Hagood Hardy	It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else	Tell Me My Name	03:10
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Compilation	Autumn Leaves (arranged by Orville Hoover)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	03:18
Ben McPeek	Laughing	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:25
Lucio Agostini	Gold Leaf	Action With Agostini	02:00
Paul Zaza	Song of the Stars	Images	02:47
Guido Basso	Cuminha Cruzado	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:45
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sku-Ba-Doo	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:19
Phil Nimmons Group	Band Call	Take 10	04:54
Wally Koster	Wagon Wheels	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:40
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:25
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Rick Wilkins	Together	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:59
Doug Randle	Why Did I Choose You? (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:11
The Laurie Bower Singers	Una Paloma	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:23
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	04:02
The Mutual Understanding	Wonderland	In Wonderland	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Guitar Man	Wish I Was A Plane	03:19
Norman Amadio Trio	You Do Something To Me	ST	01:39
Moe Koffman	General Delivery	Cool and Hot Sax	03:20
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Ray	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Paul Hoffert	Grotto Walk	The Jazz Roots of	02:48
Eugene Amaro	Afterglow	Warm	03:38
Lucio Agostini	Tutti Flutti	Action With Agostini	02:42
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Medley #2: My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Five Foot Two - Runnin' Wild (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Breezin' Along With the Breeze	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	01:50
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Swing Sisters	I Believe In Miracles	Davenport Blues	02:29
Moe Koffman	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Goes Electric	02:43
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Paul Zaza	Dancing Lights	Faces and Places	02:16
Rick Wilkins	Without Your Love	Discovery	03:18
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
Peter Appleyard	Liza	The Vibe Sound Of	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Happy Dreamer	Wish I Was A Plane	03:36
Johnny Cowell	Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:38
Jackie Richardson	If I Could	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:28
Doug Riley	Roads Travelled & Days Gone By	Freedom	04:54
Denny Vaughan	Then I'll Be Happy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:42
Moe Koffman	Flute Salad	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:38
Ben McPeek	Leave Tenderly	Thinking of You	02:34
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Guido Basso	Fascinating Rhythm	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	03:43
Guido Basso	Sweet Georgia Fame	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	05:23
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Looks Like We Made It	Looks Like We Made It	03:39
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Lenny Breau	On A Bach Bouree	Minor's Aloud	06:29
Jimmy Namaro	This Could be the Start of Something Big	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:40
Ed Bickert	Have You Met Miss Jones	Out of the Past	05:34
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Jimmy Namaro	With Mallets Towards Some	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:56
Peter Appleyard	The Blue Room	The Vibe Sound Of	02:35
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning	Montage	02:57
Russ Little	Little Prince	Snapshot	05:35
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	If I Could	ST	02:40
Hagood Hardy	Words	Maybe Tomorrow	03:04
Ron Collier Tentet	I Feel Pretty	ST	02:30
Lenny Breau	Freight Train	Guitar Sounds From	03:31
Rick Wilkins	Tetra Tetra	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	06:00
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Petite Waltz	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
Ben McPeek	If You Could Read My Mind	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Takes Time	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:39
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:32
Henry Cuesta	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	It's Delovely	And I Love Her	02:19
Hagood Hardy	Wintertime	The Homecoming	02:20
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wang Wang Blues	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:42
Terry Watada	The Hawk Cries a Bitter Blue	Night's Disgrace	05:53
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl	The Toronto Sessions	05:09
Russ Little	Django	On the Shoulders of Giants	05:21
Ben McPeek	Someday Soon	The Original Sounds of	01:53
Ed Bickert	Where Is the One	Out of the Past	05:26

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Johnny Burt Society - In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along

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Johnny Burt Society - ….Come Summer

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Trombone - Teddy Roderman

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - ST

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Halifax Instrumental

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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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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