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
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadow	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:12
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
Jackie Richardson	Finer Wine	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:07
Tommy Ambrose	You're Driving Me Crazy	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:54
Russ Little	Along Came Betty	On the Shoulders of Giants	05:25
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24
Guido Basso	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Christmas Today	02:39
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:30
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
Phil Nimmons Group	Jasper	Take 10	03:49
Bill Badgley	Amanda	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:05
Bill Butler	Canadian Sunset	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:05
Jimmy Namaro	Nothing in This World (Compares With You)	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:37
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Not Soon Enough	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:32
Johnny Cowell	Silver Thread & Golden Needles	The Tender Loving Care	02:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:37
Denny Vaughan	Then I'll Be Happy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:42
Peter Appleyard	Streets of London	ST	03:31
Moe Koffman	Jeannine	Tales of Koffman	05:27
Paul Zaza	Fiesta Flamenco	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Moe Koffman	Sure It Is	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:37
Peter Appleyard	Sleep	The Vibraphone Of	01:56
Peter Appleyard	If	ST	03:29
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Moon River	Toronto Instrumental	02:13
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	At the Ports of Call	03:00
Eugene Amaro	Send In The Clowns	Warm	03:17
John Arpin	Love and Maple Syrup	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:37
Russ Little	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square	Snapshot	07:59
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Hey Jude (Lennon-McCartney)	Now!	05:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	Mississippi	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Compilation	Dave Young & Oscar Peterson - OP&D	Jazz Toronto	05:45
Hagood Hardy	(Theme from) Second Wind	Maybe Tomorrow	02:58
Tony Quarrington	Eclipse	One Bright Morning	06:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Stop And Smell The Roses	Back Home Again	02:54
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Medley #2: My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Five Foot Two - Runnin' Wild (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canada (A Centennial Song)	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:15
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
Paul Zaza	Flutey Fuge	Faces and Places	02:19
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	King of the Road	The Old Meets the New	03:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Got A Feelin'	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard	Morning Has Broken	02:36
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	At the Ports of Call	01:48
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Norman Amadio Trio	Blues For Yna Yna	ST	02:31
Lenny Breau	Mister Night	ST	04:45
Compilation	Woodland City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:47
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	It's Delovely	And I Love Her	02:19
Carol McCartney	A Night in Tunisia	A Night in Tunisia	05:31
Teddy Roderman	Dance Of A Hip Gypsy	Makin' It With You	02:31
Peter Appleyard	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
Rick Wilkins	Weekend in New England	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:38
Peter Appleyard	Open the Gates of Love	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:00
Ivy Steel	Don’t Explain	Reincarnation	04:26
Paul Hoffert	Phoenix	The Jazz Roots of	04:40
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Eugene Amaro	I Found My Love Last Summer	Warm	03:38
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Ray	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Rick Wilkins	Together	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:59
Ben McPeek	Undun	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	You	You	03:15
Jimmy Dale	You’d Better Love Me	Soft and Groovy	02:34
Jerry Toth	Say Goodbye To Your Cash	The Twelve Sides Of	02:47
Peter Appleyard	Lazy Silhouettes	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:54
Guido Basso	Noelle	Love Talk	02:56
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Ed Bickert	Things Are Getting Better	Bye Bye Baby	04:34
Robert Tennison Troupe	Just Like a Fool	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:39
Hagood Hardy	My Elusive Dreams	The Homecoming	02:45
Jerry Toth	Tara's Theme .. Erich Traugott trumpet solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:21
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Love Talk	03:20
Jimmy Dale	The Look Of Love	Soft and Groovy	03:21
Guido Basso	Sweet Gingerbread Man	Love Talk	03:07
Dr. Music	I Can See You	Doug Riley Transcription	05:34
Lucio Agostini	Heart of Gold (Neil Young)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:47
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme #2	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	02:33
Lucio Agostini	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:36
Moe Koffman	The Baron	Cool and Hot Sax	03:58
Moe Koffman	Overture To Spring (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	03:49
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Tropical	ST	02:02
Eugene Amaro	All In Love Is Fair	Twilight Time	03:26
2B3	Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat	The Toronto Sessions	06:39
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
John Arpin	Wild Cherries Rag (1908)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:13
Denny Vaughan	Stranger on the Shore	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:34
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	My Love	Montage	02:26
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Summer Wind	And I Love Her	02:50
Hagood Hardy	Winter Time	The Christmas Album	02:19
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening	01:54
Johnny Cowell	Valley of the Six Hundred	It's Gotta Be Love	02:06

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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

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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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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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