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
Compilation	Eve Smith - I Care	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:13
Jerry Toth	Last Tango In Paris	The Twelve Sides Of	02:38
Jimmy Dale	Music To Watch Girls By	Soft and Groovy	03:09
Yorkville Avenue Band	Moving Day	"Moving Day"	03:10
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mike Fright	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:01
Jimmy Namaro	I Wanna Know	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:37
Hogtown Trumpets	Aztec	CBC Comp 434 comp	02:47
Joyce Sullivan	Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:21
Dr. Music	Time for Goodbye	Doug Riley Transcription	05:01
Jackie Richardson	I Alone	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:27
John Arpin	Leola	Concert In Ragtime	03:16
Ivy Steel	Travelling Light	Reincarnation	03:59
Lucio Agostini	Que Sera Sera	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:01
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:27
Jerry Toth	"Odd Couple" Theme	The Music Of	02:46
Peter Appleyard	Liza	The Vibe Sound Of	02:15
John Arpin	King Porter Stomp	Concert In Ragtime	02:42
Ivy Steel	Easy Living	Reincarnation	05:03
Jimmy Namaro	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot)	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:54
Moe Koffman	Twist That Thing	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:05
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Room at the Back	Strictly Nimmons	05:21
Moe Koffman	Walk Away Renee	Turned on	02:27
Yorkville Avenue Band	The Big Noise From Vinnetka	"Moving Day"	02:49
Jerry Toth	The Last Rhapsody	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:43
The Laurie Bower Singers	What is Christmas	Danielle b/w What is Christmas	01:39
Johnny Cowell	Napoli	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:45
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Voices of Spring	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:09
Guido Basso	All the Sad Young Men	One More for the Road	04:36
Lenny Breau	Claude (Free Song)	ST	11:01
Johnny Cowell	Sweet and Sour Chop Chop	Hot Brass	02:00
Moe Koffman	Le Reveil (Largo)	The Four Seasons	04:43
Moe Koffman	Jeannine	Tales of Koffman	05:27
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Medley: It's Too Late-I Feel the Grass Grow Beneath My Feet	Montage	04:28
Guido Basso	Martelli	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:35
Boogus	Gemini Rag	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:37
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Fanny	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:32
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
Hagood Hardy	Gary - A Remembrance	As Time Goes By	02:52
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Johnny Cowell	Every Single Day	The Tender Loving Care	02:32
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	The Getaway	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:27
Carol McCartney	I Concentrate On You	A Night in Tunisia	05:14
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Ben McPeek	Early Autumn	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:47
Jimmy Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Phil Nimmons Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Moe Koffman	Overture To Summer (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	Feelin'	Feelin'	02:33
Doug Randle	Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:20
Jackie Richardson	I'm In Love	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:04
Hagood Hardy	After You've Gone	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:27
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Aurora Borealis	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	10:16
Eugene Amaro	Sans Souci	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:36
Lucio Agostini	Tico-Tico	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:35
Ben McPeek	Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves	Peace Train	02:47
Doug Riley	Hymn to Freedom	Freedom	04:50
Ben McPeek	Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:31
Eugene Amaro	My Love	Twilight Time	02:56
Ben McPeek	Goodbye	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:25
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Dance of the Only Son	Sailin' Home	05:52
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell	CBC Comp 409	02:30
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
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
Jimmy Dale	You’d Better Love Me	Soft and Groovy	02:34
Hagood Hardy	Harlequin (A Time for Love)	Reflections	03:13
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Compilation	This Train	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:13
Ben McPeek	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
Hagood Hardy	When We Were Young	As Time Goes By	03:04
Hagood Hardy	As Time Goes By	As Time Goes By	03:14
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	South of Pago Pago	ST	03:13
Doug Randle	You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:18
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Caribbean Moonlight	ST	03:09
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Bauble Bangles And Beads	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:33
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	One Cylinder	Bluesprint	04:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadian Sunset	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	Hey Look	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:22
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
Rick Wilkins	You Can Have Me Anytime	Discovery	03:28
John Arpin	Jenny's Tune	Direct to Disc	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Ready To Take A Chance	You	03:19
Guido Basso	East of the Sun	One More for the Road	07:21
Hagood Hardy	When Joanne Loved Me	Maybe Tomorrow	03:49
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Goes Electric	02:51
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke	Jazz Toronto	04:00
Doug Crosley	You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rainy Day People	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	How The Singers Sing	Morning Has Broken	03:06
Hagood Hardy	Winter Time	The Christmas Album	02:19
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Lenny Breau	Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	02:17
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	At the Ports of Call	02:34

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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