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
Lucio Agostini	Watch What Happens	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:29
2B3	Rob Gusevs, Denis Keldie - Hush	The Toronto Sessions	06:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Takes Time	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:39
Russ Little	More Than You Know	Snapshot	04:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Crooked Mile	Wish I Was A Plane	02:43
Jimmy Namaro	September Song	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:54
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Compilation	Bernie Senensky - New Life Blues	Jazz Toronto	06:28
Rick Wilkins	A Wish Away	For the Sake of Music	03:17
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Way You Look Tonight	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:23
Peter Appleyard	Tenderly	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:01
Compilation	Jim Pirie - We'll Walk Together	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:02
Doug Crosley	Frances (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	01:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	You	You	03:15
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
Hagood Hardy	My Elusive Dreams	The Homecoming	02:45
Carol McCartney	A Night in Tunisia	A Night in Tunisia	05:31
Hagood Hardy	Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home	Tell Me My Name	03:49
Ben McPeek	Everything's Alright	Peace Train	02:46
Jimmy Namaro	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:08
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
Tony Quarrington	One Bright Morning	One Bright Morning	06:32
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz	His Girl	02:10
Ivy Steel	Boudoirs	Reincarnation	02:50
The Laurie Bower Singers	Magnificent Sanctuary Band	Morning Has Broken	03:10
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Voices of Spring	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:09
Peter Appleyard	Tico Tico	ST	02:25
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Rhumba	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:14
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Love for Sale	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:12
Rick Wilkins	Emotion	For the Sake of Music	03:28
Jimmy Namaro	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
Moe Koffman	Pretzel Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:29
Rick Wilkins	Why Think About Tomorrow	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:43
Moe Koffman	Dr. Swahili	Goes Electric	02:42
Peter Appleyard	Fascinating Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:45
Colina Phillips	River Jordan	Toronto Vocalist	03:05
Moe Koffman	Backbone Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:21
Johnny Cowell	Goodbye My Love	The Tender Loving Care	02:04
Jimmy Dale	I Should Care	Soft and Groovy	03:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Never Done It Like That	You	03:09
Ivy Steel	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
Moe Koffman	L'il Bitty Pretty One	Moe's Curried Soul	03:56
Bill Badgley	Lady	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Peter Appleyard	Sleep	The Vibraphone Of	01:56
Lucio Agostini	Linstead Market	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Jimmy Namaro	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
Jerry Toth	Who Are You Now? .. Nicholas Fiore flute solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:19
Lucio Agostini	Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:20
Joyce Sullivan	Speak Low	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:17
Lenny Breau	Don't Think Twice (It's All Right)	ST	06:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Johnny Cowell	For What it's Worth	It's Gotta Be Love	02:35
Hagood Hardy	When a Child	The Christmas Album	04:38
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:03
Ed Bickert	I'm Just a Lucky So and So	Out of the Past	05:28
Jimmy Namaro	We Gotta Get it All Together	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:50
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Got a Name	Back Home Again	02:51
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Johnny Cowell	Antigua	It's Gotta Be Love	02:08
Johnny Cowell	Stay With Me	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Denny Vaughan	Theme from "The Killer of Kildonan"	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	Pussywillow Cat-tails	Morning Has Broken	02:53
Ed Bickert	Street of Dreams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:22
Ben McPeek	For Lovin Me	The Original Sounds of	01:52
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
Ed Bickert	Barbados	Bye Bye Baby	04:11
Eugene Amaro	Am I Blue	Twilight Time	02:23
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke	Jazz Toronto	04:00
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Bronze (The Contest)	Transformations - Invocations	08:32
Lucio Agostini	Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:16
Johnny Cowell	Don't Look Back	It's Gotta Be Love	02:04
Jimmy Namaro	Too Marvellous For Words	At the Westbury	02:05
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
Jimmy Namaro	Lonely One	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:46
The Mutual Understanding	Sunshine Man	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:05
Ben McPeek	Downtown	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:00
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Tropical	ST	02:02
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Bianca	Sailin' Home	04:37
Ben McPeek	He's So Fine	Peace Train	02:50
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	If I Could	ST	02:40
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Guido Basso	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Christmas Today	03:13
Moe Koffman	Windy	Turned on	02:35
Russ Little	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square	Snapshot	07:59
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Sanderlings	Love One Another (Trevor Jones)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:08
Moe Koffman	Monks Monastery	Tales of Koffman	02:55
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Perfect Day	Sailin' Home	02:25
Ed Bickert	'Tis Autumn	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:44
Carol McCartney	No More Blues	A Night in Tunisia	05:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take Me Home Country Roads	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:40
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
Moe Koffman	Jeannine	Tales of Koffman	05:27

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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

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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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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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