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	Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:53
Norman Amadio Trio	Blues For Yna Yna	ST	02:31
John Arpin	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Johnny Cowell	Gymnopedie #3	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:39
Doug Randle	Song for the Middle Aged	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:06
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 3 Grave	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:53
Paul Hoffert	The Song is You	The Jazz Roots of	06:40
Moe Koffman	Twist That Thing	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:05
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
Jimmy Namaro	We Gotta Get it All Together	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:50
Jerry Toth	Moment of Love	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Young New Mexican Pupeteer	Morning Has Broken	03:12
Guido Basso	The Continental (Con Conrad)	Lost in the Stars	06:00
Ivy Steel	Travelling Light	Reincarnation	03:59
Teddy Roderman	Niagara	Makin' It With You	02:10
Compilation	Ted Komar - Papirossew	CBC Comp 409	02:23
Bill Badgley	Nadia's Theme	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:00
Rick Wilkins	Jazz Gavotte	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:26
John Arpin	King Porter Stomp	Concert In Ragtime	02:42
Denny Vaughan	The Goldiger's Song (With Plenty of Money and You)	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:41
Terry Watada	Little Geisha	Night's Disgrace	03:08
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Teddy Roderman	Sunny	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:11
Johnny Cowell	I Have the Pleasure	Hot Brass	02:09
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Hey Jude (Lennon-McCartney)	Now!	05:04
Tommy Ambrose	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:48
Dr. Music	Bright Lights	Doug Riley Transcription	03:11
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Medley #1: Rose of Washington Square; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Sweet Georgia Brown (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Jerry Toth	Gymnopedie	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:50
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Ben McPeek	If Only We Could See	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:32
John Arpin	Kansas City Stomps	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:34
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	ST	03:18
Tommy Ambrose	Have a Heart	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:16
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
Guido Basso	S'Wonderful	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:10
Johnny Cowell	The Swagger O' The Kilt	His Girl	02:12
Denny Vaughan	Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:10
Compilation	Ken Steele - Gently	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:31
Wally Koster	The More I See You	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:20
Hagood Hardy	The Children's Song	As Time Goes By	02:21
Ed Bickert	I'll Follow the Sun	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	Hey Look	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wedding Cake	Feelin'	02:21
Hagood Hardy	A Time for Us	As Time Goes By	03:44
Jimmy Namaro	This is My Song	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:05
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David)	Now!	03:14
Doug Riley	Hymn to Freedom	Freedom	04:50
Paul Zaza	Song of the Stars	Images	02:47
Teddy Roderman	The Happening	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:21
Jimmy Dale	Cidade Vazia	Soft and Groovy	02:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Cry Out Loud	It Goes Like It Goes	03:14
Ron Collier Tentet	I Believe In You	ST	02:59
Don Gillis	Lady Death	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:58
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Guantanamera	Montage	03:09
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yes It's Toronto	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:58
Johnny Cowell	Caesar's Palace	Hot Brass	03:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rainy Day People	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:12
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sku-Ba-Doo	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:19
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Carol McCartney	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	A Night in Tunisia	04:46
Lenny Breau	That's All	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:53
Guido Basso	Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Lost in the Stars	05:25
Paul Zaza	High Spirits	Faces and Places	02:30
Doug Crosley	Good Morning (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz	His Girl	02:10
Pat Riccio	In To Miami (Barry)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:15
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mirage	ST	03:56
Doug Randle	Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	02:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Happy Dreamer	Wish I Was A Plane	03:36
Guido Basso	Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	05:48
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rock With You	When You Say Goodbye	03:18
Bill Butler	Canadian Sunset	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:05
Jimmy Dale	Triste	Soft and Groovy	03:05
Jerry Toth	Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:38
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon	And I Love Her	02:32
Hagood Hardy	Winter Time	The Christmas Album	02:19
Terry Watada	Only for You	Night's Disgrace	03:45
Denny Vaughan	Hayseedelic	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:12
Denny Vaughan	Miss Wistful	Girls I Knew	02:38
Doug Randle	Alley Cat	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:58
Henry Cuesta	Glamorous Night	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Lucio Agostini	Pedro Pussycat	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:06
The Mutual Understanding	Little Girl Blue	In Wonderland	03:29
Johnny Cowell	Still Feeling Blue	It's Gotta Be Love	02:42
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:32
Ed Bickert	Street of Dreams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:22
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Goodbye	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	08:02
Terry Watada	Maverick Chinaman	Night's Disgrace	10:36
2B3	Bill Payne, Rob Gusevs - Hip Hug-her	The Toronto Sessions	04:57
Lenny Breau	A Taste of Honey	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:30
Compilation	Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:16

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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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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