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
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canada	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	02:23
Denny Vaughan	Wake Up	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:08
Jerry Toth	Little Boy Blue	The Twelve Sides Of	02:33
Jimmy Namaro	Bossa Nova Para Que Jaime	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:33
Ivy Steel	Easy Living	Reincarnation	05:03
Kathryn Moses	Prince Charming's Brother	ST	04:01
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Johnny Cowell	Carmichael & Parrish (arranged by Johnny Cowell) - Stardust	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:49
Denny Vaughan	Abergavenny	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:24
Rick Wilkins	I Could Have Been a Sailor	Discovery	02:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	Daybreak	Looks Like We Made It	02:45
Peter Appleyard	Open the Gates of Love	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:00
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Rockin' Good Way	Bluesprint	04:32
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	+ Horn = Dixie	02:44
Lenny Breau	Cold, Cold Heart	Guitar Sounds From	04:44
Ed Bickert	Have You Met Miss Jones	Out of the Past	05:34
John Arpin	You are the Sunshine of My Life	Direct to Disc	02:58
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Jimmy Namaro	We Gotta Get it All Together	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:50
Jimmy Namaro	Driftwood	Driftwood	02:12
Guido Basso	S'Wonderful	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:10
Moe Koffman	Tangerine (Bossa Nova)	Tales of Koffman	03:19
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58
Teddy Roderman	Sunshine, Lollipops and Roses	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:31
Rick Wilkins	Should I Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:35
Boogus	Roller Queen	CBC Comp 403 comp	03:11
Jimmy Namaro	Yesterdays	At the Westbury	03:28
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Night's Disgrace	03:58
Hagood Hardy	A Boy Named Charlie Brown	Maybe Tomorrow	03:14
Ed Bickert	Pensativa	Bye Bye Baby	04:46
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Black and Blue	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:45
John Arpin	Go My Way	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:49
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Cried for You	Bluesprint	05:41
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 4th movement	Transformations - Invocations	04:55
Yorkville Avenue Band	Quite Contrary	"Moving Day"	03:17
Moe Koffman	Nature's Banquet (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	07:45
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	At the Ports of Call	02:16
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Way You Look Tonight	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:23
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Sounds of Philadelphia	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:14
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Doug Randle	Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:10
Wally Koster	Wagon Wheels	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:40
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
Compilation	Hogtown Hoe-Down	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:05
John Arpin	Wild Cherries Rag (1908)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:13
The Laurie Bower Singers	Guitar Man	Wish I Was A Plane	03:19
Norman Amadio Trio	Alleluia D.T.'s.	ST	01:57
Guido Basso	Lush Life	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:26
Terry Watada	Cheyenne and the Weasel	Night's Disgrace	03:16
Johnny Cowell	The Swagger O' The Kilt	His Girl	02:12
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	02:43
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	Driftwood	03:05
Lenny Breau	Anytime (Herbert Lawson)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:47
Moe Koffman	Trains and Boats and Planes	Goes Electric	02:48
Jimmy Namaro	Love For Sale	At the Westbury	04:02
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Wally Koster	My Funny Valentine	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:10
Henry Cuesta	Brand New Morning	Clarinet With Strings	02:17
Ron Collier Tentet	Come Sunday	ST	03:02
Jimmy Namaro	Dansero	At the Westbury	02:48
Johnny Cowell	Angel of the Morning	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life	03:19
Terry Watada	Closing Time	Night's Disgrace	06:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	Shadow Song	Wish I Was A Plane	03:14
The Mutual Understanding	Out of This World	In Wonderland	02:33
Johnny Cowell	It's Gotta be Love	It's Gotta Be Love	02:37
Eugene Amaro	To Spend My Love	Twilight Time	02:30
Peter Appleyard	'S Wonderful	The Vibe Sound Of	02:18
2B3	Bill Payne, Rob Gusevs - Hip Hug-her	The Toronto Sessions	04:57
Rick Wilkins	We Will Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:48
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Ivy Steel	Travelling Light	Reincarnation	03:59
Jimmy Namaro	Late Late Blues	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:30
Rick Wilkins	Let Me be the One	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:31
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Love You, Yes I Do	Bluesprint	03:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Blue Velvet	The Old Meets the New	02:49
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleepy Lagoon	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:58
Johnny Cowell	Sweet and Sour Chop Chop	Hot Brass	02:00
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadows	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:12
Terry Watada	Rose of St. Urbain	Night's Disgrace	04:33
Lenny Breau	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:25
Jimmy Namaro	Laura	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:52
Rick Wilkins	Junk	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:58
Norman Amadio Trio	Mein Shtetele Belz	ST	02:13
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
The Mutual Understanding	You Fascinate Me	In Wonderland	03:12
Peter Appleyard	The Linconshire Poacher	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Shadow Of Your Smile	The Now Sound	02:51
Moe Koffman	Snowflakes (Largo)	The Four Seasons	02:02
Fred Stone	Maera	The Music of Fred Stone	04:21
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Moe Koffman	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Goes Electric	02:43
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues	Strictly Nimmons	02:59
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Song	The Christmas Album	02:36
Robert Tennison Troupe	Cause You Are Here	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:38
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:34
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Back On the Bus	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	03:46
Guido Basso	My Ideal	One More for the Road	02:00

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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