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
Jerry Toth	Heather My Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:58
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Got a Name	Back Home Again	02:51
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Candida	It's Impossible	03:08
Knights of the Round Flugel	Walkin' On New Grass (Ray Pennington)	Bye Bye Love	02:11
Hagood Hardy	Don't Give up on Us	Tell Me My Name	02:52
Rick Wilkins	Summer Song	For the Sake of Music	03:34
Ben McPeek	Thinking of You	Thinking of You	02:15
Lenny Breau	Neptune	ST	07:37
Moe Koffman	Shimmy Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:07
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks	Strictly Nimmons	03:38
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Girl	Our Winter Love	01:46
Ben McPeek	Track 17	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:07
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues	Strictly Nimmons	02:59
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:59
Knights of the Round Flugel	Bye Bye Love (B. Bryant)	Bye Bye Love	02:13
Moe Koffman	Harvest Festival (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	05:40
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Copenhagen	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:03
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sundown	Back Home Again	03:13
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Denny Vaughan	Put a Little Love in Your Heart	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	01:54
John Arpin	King Porter Stomp	Concert In Ragtime	02:42
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Jimmy Dale	Triste	Soft and Groovy	03:05
Moe Koffman	Funky Monkey	Turned on	02:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Shuffle Boogie, Swamp, Groove Blue	Toronto Instrumental	02:35
Guido Basso	Two for the Road (H. Mancini)	One More for the Road	06:53
Rick Wilkins	Blues for Helene	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	07:00
Guido Basso	All the Sad Young Men	One More for the Road	04:36
Peter Appleyard	Moon Glow	The Vibe Sound Of	02:59
Ben McPeek	Big Red	The Original Sounds of	02:42
Rick Wilkins	Discovery	Discovery	03:39
Tommy Ambrose	Have a Heart	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:16
Doug Crosley	Something (George Harrison)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	At the Ports of Call	02:51
Jackie Richardson	Me?	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love to the People	Looks Like We Made It	02:58
Hagood Hardy	You Needed Me	Reflections	04:00
Jimmy Namaro	I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin'	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:51
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Lucio Agostini	Centennial Caravan	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:06
John Arpin	Kansas City Stomps	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:34
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Ray	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Bill Butler	Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:22
Jimmy Namaro	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:21
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Jimmy Namaro	One of a Kind Mambo	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:29
Peter Appleyard	What I Did For Love	ST	02:57
Paul Zaza	Mellow Moments	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:11
Peter Appleyard	Night Journey	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:09
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Paul Zaza	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
Johnny Cowell	Darling Mama	His Girl	02:22
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Face the Music and Dance	And I Love Her	02:25
Hagood Hardy	Feliz Navidad	The Christmas Album	02:58
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon (alternate version)	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:38
Colina Phillips	River Jordan	Toronto Vocalist	03:05
Joyce Sullivan	You'll Never Know	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:47
Guido Basso	Blue Monk	One More for the Road	05:09
Ed Bickert	It Might as Well Be Spring	ST	05:50
2B3	Denis Keldie, Rob Gusevs - One Love - People Get Ready	The Toronto Sessions	06:38
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Johnny Cowell	Carnival of Venice (Herbert L. Clarke)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:56
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues for Someone Else	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:51
Hagood Hardy	Juarez '62	Reflections	03:13
Ben McPeek	Charade	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:14
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Waltz	The Christmas Album	02:58
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:45
John Arpin	Centennial Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Boney Fingers	Back Home Again	02:26
Jimmy Namaro	We Could Make Such Beautiful Music	Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music	02:55
Ron Collier Tentet	Walking Out	ST	02:28
Hogtown Trumpets	Ludwig's Bugle	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:14
Guido Basso	Lush Life	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:26
Guido Basso	East of the Sun	One More for the Road	07:21
Doug Randle	You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:48
Phil Nimmons Group	Open Country	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
Jimmy Namaro	Cool Fool	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:40
Yorkville Avenue Band	Quite Contrary	"Moving Day"	03:17
Rick Wilkins	Lowdown	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:41
Johnny Cowell	To Love Somebody	The Tender Loving Care	02:37
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:50
Lenny Breau	I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:37
Ed Bickert	When Sonny Gets Blue	ST	05:57
Johnny Cowell	El Condor Pasa	The Tender Loving Care	02:08
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
Guido Basso	Sleigh Ride	Christmas Today	02:20
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Henry Cuesta	Rose Garden	Plays Favourites	02:12
Johnny Cowell	Quiet Girl	The Tender Loving Care	02:19
Teddy Roderman	A Gliss to Build a Gleam On	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:55
Johnny Cowell	Napoli	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:45
Rick Wilkins	Even Now	For the Sake of Music	02:33
Peter Appleyard	The Last Blues Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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