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
Henry Cuesta	Lonely Girl	Clarinet With Strings	02:29
Moe Koffman	Le Reveil (Largo)	The Four Seasons	04:43
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks (Outro)	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:33
Compilation	Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:00
Ben McPeek	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	Thinking of You	03:20
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Bronze (The Contest)	Transformations - Invocations	08:32
Ivy Steel	What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Reincarnation	03:28
Moe Koffman	Sleep (Adagio)	The Four Seasons	02:00
Jerry Toth	Make Me Rainbows	The Music Of	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Rick Wilkins	Tomorrow	For the Sake of Music	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We?	Feelin'	01:59
Rick Wilkins	With a Little Luck	Discovery	03:01
Bill Badgley	Lady	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:00
2B3	Doug Riley, Michael Fonfara - Steel Onions	The Toronto Sessions	05:39
Yorkville Avenue Band	Moving Day	"Moving Day"	03:10
Jerry Toth	It's a Great Life	The Music Of	02:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	I've Found a New Baby	Feelin'	02:06
Tommy Ambrose	A Cottage for Sale	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life?	Do Something Nice Today!	03:14
Jimmy Dale	Guanabara	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Terry Watada	Closing Time	Night's Disgrace	06:14
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby	Strictly Nimmons	03:50
Moe Koffman	Twist the Hully Gully	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Phil Nimmons Group	Who Walks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:16
Peter Appleyard	Moon Glow	The Vibe Sound Of	02:59
Lenny Breau	Please Release Me (Horton & Peck)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:30
Henry Cuesta	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
Guido Basso	Do You Hear What I Hear?	Christmas Today	02:53
Terry Watada	Crying the Blues Away	Yellow Fever	04:46
Ed Bickert	Street of Dreams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Look What They've Done to My Song	It's Impossible	02:34
Hogtown Trumpets	Aztec	CBC Comp 434 comp	02:47
Henry Cuesta	Rose Garden	Plays Favourites	02:12
Peter Appleyard	Passion Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:59
Peter Appleyard	Rock's Push	Toronto Instrumental	02:16
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening	02:21
Teddy Roderman	Hard as I Try (Gene LacLellan)	Stay Awhile	02:11
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:47
Sanderlings	Love One Another (Trevor Jones)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:08
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Hagood Hardy	Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly)	The Christmas Album	02:05
Eugene Amaro	To Spend My Love	Twilight Time	02:30
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Invitation	And I Love Her	02:25
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:22
Guido Basso	'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)	Lost in the Stars	03:45
Paul Zaza	Sailing High	Images	02:51
Guido Basso	Don't Know Why (Jesse Harris)	Lost in the Stars	05:05
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Jimmy Namaro	Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha	Driftwood	02:54
Lucio Agostini	Watch What Happens	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:29
Tommy Ambrose	Margie	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:04
Sanderlings	Roller Coaster Ride (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Up On Cripple Creek	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard	Morning Has Broken	02:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
Hagood Hardy	When a Child	The Christmas Album	04:38
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Silent Night, Lonely Night	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	03:02
Guido Basso	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Today	02:42
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
Jimmy Namaro	Morrocco	At the Westbury	03:23
Guido Basso	I Can Dream Can't I	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:27
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 4th movement	Transformations - Invocations	04:55
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:11
Henry Cuesta	Forever April	Clarinet With Strings	02:11
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Unchained Melody (Tommy Common, vocals)	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:51
Denny Vaughan	Have You Ever Been Lonely?	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:49
Doug Crosley	You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:30
Guido Basso	Polka Dots & Moonbeams	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	04:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Johnny Cowell	I've Gotta Feeling	Hot Brass	01:49
Denny Vaughan	Mary in the Morning	Girls I Knew	02:55
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Phil Nimmons Group	Stay Awake	Mary Popppins Swings	03:01
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Hagood Hardy	Beauty	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:18
Bill Butler	I'll Remember April	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	03:08
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Eugene Amaro	Love Theme (Gone With The Wind)	Warm	03:04
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wang Wang Blues	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sing Me a Rainbow	Feelin'	02:18
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:34
Doug Riley	Dinosaurus	Freedom	04:44
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
Eugene Amaro	Girl From Ipanema	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:24
Hagood Hardy	And When I See You Smile, My Day Begins	Maybe Tomorrow	03:07
Paul Zaza	Maid of the Mist	Images	02:58
Tommy Ambrose	That's the Way it Was	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	02:46
Yorkville Avenue Band	St. Louis Blues	"Moving Day"	03:13
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:22
Hagood Hardy	Promenade	Reflections	03:09

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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