The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
Paul Zaza For Julia Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Henry Cuesta Help Me Make It Through The Night Plays Favourites
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Not Soon Enough Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Moe Koffman Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Goes Electric
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Peter Appleyard Strike Up the Band The Vibe Sound Of
Jerry Toth Last Tango In Paris The Twelve Sides Of
John Arpin Beautiful Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Jerry Toth But For Love The Music Of
Hagood Hardy A Boy Named Charlie Brown Maybe Tomorrow
Moe Koffman Lord Have Mercy Goes Electric
Guido Basso Martelli And All That Latin Jazz!
Jimmy Namaro Stranger in Paradise Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Bill Butler Violets for Your Furs The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Compilation Ken Steele - Gently 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Doug Randle A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Lenny Breau Indian Reflections For Ravi The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Yorkville Avenue Band Watcha' Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Round "Moving Day"
Jimmy Namaro Baia featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Peter Appleyard Just In Time The Vibe Sound Of
Jimmy Dale Wave Soft and Groovy
Doug Crosley Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Moe Koffman Alone Together The Shepherd Swings Again
The Laurie Bower Singers Rainy Day People Got a Feelin' for Love
Peter Appleyard Streets of London ST
Hagood Hardy & the Montage The Garden Path Montage
Paul Zaza Peace River Images
Moe Koffman When the Saints Go Marching In Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Moe Koffman Darktown Strutters Ball Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Jerry Toth Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Doug Crosley Pisces Child (Dolores Claman) With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Do Something Nice Today!
Brian Browne Trio Misty Roses Toronto Instrumental
Peter Appleyard Rock's Push Toronto Instrumental
Phil Nimmons Group Squeeze Play Take 10
Bill Butler I'll Remember April The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Ed Bickert Sunday Kind of Love I Like To Recognize the Tune
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 2nd movement Transformations - Invocations
Johnny Cowell Butterscotch The Virtuoso Trumpet
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Tommy Ambrose That's the Way it Was Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was
Paul Hoffert The Song is You The Jazz Roots of
Paul Zaza Wonderman Faces and Places
Tommy Ambrose Just for a Thrill Young Tommy Ambrose
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Summer Love Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' South Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Peter Appleyard The Man That Got Away Per-cus-sive Jazz
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Canadiana 67 It’s a Sign of the Times
The Laurie Bower Singers Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard Morning Has Broken
Guido Basso Anniversary Song It's Happening
Lucio Agostini Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Jerry Toth Portrait of Caroline The Classic Jerry Toth
The Laurie Bower Singers The Way I Want Got a Feelin' for Love
Ben McPeek Someday Soon The Original Sounds of
Paul Zaza The Magic Island Images
Hogtown Trumpets Bustling CBC Comp 434 comp
Colina Phillips Universal Prisoner Toronto Vocalist
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Black and Blue Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Eugene Amaro Strangers In The Night The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Jackie Richardson Child Eyes Part 2 Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Johnny Cowell Stawberry Jam His Girl
Henry Cuesta Royal Garden Blues Plays Favourites
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Lucio Agostini Guadalajara Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Wally Koster Wagon Wheels The Songs of Wally Koster
Johnny Cowell Je reviens (I'm Coming Back) Hot Brass
Compilation Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Eugene Amaro Last Time I Felt Like This Warm
Paul Zaza Swallow Flight Images
Peter Appleyard Ben The Lincolnshire Poacher
Jerry Toth It's a Great Life Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)
Jimmy Namaro Babylon At the Westbury
Ben McPeek Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars His Voices and His Orchestra
Compilation Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Russian Rag (Cobb) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Ivy Steel Travelling Light Reincarnation
Bill Badgley How Insensitive Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Carol McCartney I Concentrate On You A Night in Tunisia
Jimmy Namaro Climax We Gotta Get It All Together
The Laurie Bower Singers Up On Cripple Creek Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Peter Appleyard Mambo Inn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Lucio Agostini Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn) Toronto Composer / Arranger
The Laurie Bower Singers How The Singers Sing Morning Has Broken
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues for Someone Else Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Compilation Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up Motorcars In Concert 1970
Fred Stone Troika The Music of Fred Stone
Teddy Roderman Dance Of A Hip Gypsy Makin' It With You
Hagood Hardy The Children's Song As Time Goes By
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Bass-ically Yours Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Moe Koffman Battering Ram Goes Electric
Phil Nimmons Group Kicks (Outro) Nimmons 'N' Nine
Lucio Agostini World of Music Action With Agostini
Peter Appleyard A Face Like Yours Peter Appleyard Presents
Paul Zaza Hollywood Hills Faces and Places

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

Thinking of You

Driftwood

Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

At the Westbury

With Mallets A 4 Thought

Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Namaro, Jimmy

Jimmy Namaro-We Gotta Keep it Together LABEL 02

Jimmy Namaro-We Gotta Keep it Together LABEL 01

Jimmy Namaro-We Gotta Keep it Together BACK

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