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
John Arpin	Tickled to Death	Concert In Ragtime	01:57
The Laurie Bower Singers	Nine to Five	It Goes Like It Goes	02:34
Guido Basso	Ramblin'	It's Happening	02:16
Johnny Cowell	Flight of the Bumblebee (Wynton Marsalis)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	Southern Nights	Looks Like We Made It	02:57
Norman Amadio Trio	Hallelujah	ST	02:03
Paul Zaza	Autumn Reflections	Images	02:56
Moe Koffman	Do You Know the Way to San Jose	Turned on	02:32
Guido Basso	Anniversary Song	It's Happening	02:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Paul Zaza	The Magic Island	Images	02:51
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Post Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:46
Henry Cuesta	Glamorous Night	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Ben McPeek	Only God Knows	Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease	02:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Pussywillow Cat-tails	Morning Has Broken	02:53
Lucio Agostini	Reel	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:07
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadow	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:12
Guido Basso	Sleigh Ride	Christmas Today	02:20
Bill Badgley	If You Leave Me Now	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:09
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Bill Badgley	Lady	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:00
Lucio Agostini	Night In Spain	Action With Agostini	04:00
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
Moe Koffman	In the Mood	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:09
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Teddy Roderman	Up-Up and Away	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're The One That I Want	You	02:44
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Oh Didn't He Ramble	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:36
Rick Wilkins	Somewhere Along the Way	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:57
Lenny Breau	Don't Think Twice (It's All Right)	ST	06:36
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Love to Play (Opening Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	00:54
Jackie Richardson	Finer Wine	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
Jimmy Namaro	Sand and Sandals	Driftwood	03:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Daybreak	Looks Like We Made It	02:45
Ed Bickert	Where Are You	ST	04:40
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Unchained Melody (Tommy Common, vocals)	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:51
Lenny Breau	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Moe Koffman	Curried Sole	Moe's Curried Soul	03:17
Moe Koffman	House of Green Lights	Tales of Koffman	03:00
Compilation	Jerry Toth - But for Love	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:29
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One 'O' Nine	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:53
Rick Wilkins	Junk	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:58
Guido Basso	The Good Life	One More for the Road	03:52
Hagood Hardy	Leaside Bridge	As Time Goes By	04:56
Rick Wilkins	My Heart Belongs to Me	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:16
Peter Appleyard	Pavanne pour une infante défunte	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:29
Ed Bickert	You're Right As Rain	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:54
Ron Collier Tentet	I Believe In You	ST	02:59
Johnny Cowell	Keep Yourself Together	Hot Brass	02:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:29
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Joyce Sullivan	Grandfather's Clock	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:33
Teddy Roderman	Measure The Valleys	Makin' It With You	02:41
The Laurie Bower Singers	Bye Bye Love	Laurie Bower	02:57
Johnny Cowell	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	The Tender Loving Care	02:12
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Carol McCartney	A Night in Tunisia	A Night in Tunisia	05:31
Lucio Agostini	Guadalajara	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:37
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Hagood Hardy	Winter Time	The Christmas Album	02:19
Paul Zaza	Summertime Drive	Faces and Places	02:19
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Sound of Silver	ST	03:20
Denny Vaughan	Lucky Day (This Is My Lucky Day)	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:52
Terry Watada	Only for You	Night's Disgrace	03:45
Doug Randle	A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:09
Bill Butler	Theme from "The Pathetique"	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:00
Johnny Cowell	Still Feeling Blue	It's Gotta Be Love	02:42
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado)	ST	02:26
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Moonlight Serenade	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:13
2B3	Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat	The Toronto Sessions	06:39
Ed Bickert	Nobody Else But Me	Bye Bye Baby	04:58
Lucio Agostini	Help Yourself	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:22
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - This Can't Be Love	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:24
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	ST	03:18
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	At the Ports of Call	02:34
Bill Badgley	Lady	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	You	You	03:15
Lucio Agostini	Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:14
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Silent Night, Lonely Night	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	03:02
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
Moe Koffman	Twist That Thing	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:05
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Ed Bickert	It Might As Well Be Spring	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:30
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Ray	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Colina Phillips	Universal Prisoner	Toronto Vocalist	02:33
Peter Appleyard	Strike Up the Band	The Vibe Sound Of	02:35
Fred Stone	For Igor	The Music of Fred Stone	07:46
Ben McPeek	Happy Talk	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:13
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
Peter Appleyard	Tico Tico	ST	02:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	One More Love Story	When You Say Goodbye	03:14
Teddy Roderman	Make It With You	Makin' It With You	02:25
Doug Randle	Batteries Not Included	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:47
Compilation	Ted Komar - Kalinka	CBC Comp 409	01:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Feelin'	02:27
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Song	The Christmas Album	02:36

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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