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
The Laurie Bower Singers Happy Dreamer Wish I Was A Plane
Bill Badgley Theme from the Sand Pebbles At the Ports of Call
Lucio Agostini Tutti Flutti Action With Agostini
Hagood Hardy No Good On My Own As Time Goes By
Phil Nimmons Group As a Rully Take 10
Moe Koffman Twistin' and Bumpin' Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Champagne and Quail Halifax Instrumental
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Jimmy Namaro Babylon At the Westbury
Jackie Richardson You've Got to Give Me Room Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Yorkville Avenue Band Alexander's Ragtime Band "Moving Day"
Ben McPeek Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves Peace Train
Ivy Steel Boudoirs Reincarnation
Bill Butler Intermezzo Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Teddy Roderman Dance Of A Hip Gypsy Makin' It With You
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Copenhagen Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Paul Zaza Flutey Fuge Faces and Places
Compilation Eve Smith - I Care 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Ballin' the Jack + Horn = Dixie
Denny Vaughan Judy Girls I Knew
Hagood Hardy Oh Holy Night The Christmas Album
Ivy Steel Willow Weep for Me Reincarnation
The Laurie Bower Singers Guitar Man Wish I Was A Plane
Rick Wilkins If You Remember Me Discovery
Carol McCartney No More Blues A Night in Tunisia
Kathryn Moses Midmorning ST
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Waltz Medley (Bicycle Built for Two - Sidewalks of New York - Take Me Out to the Ball Game) (arr. Read) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Peter Appleyard Telephone Song The Lincolnshire Poacher
Moe Koffman Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Goes Electric
Johnny Cowell I Have the Pleasure Hot Brass
Jimmy Namaro Pubba and The Puddy Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Ben McPeek Blue Cha Cha His Voices and His Orchestra
Bill Badgley Moon Love At the Ports of Call
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Eugene Amaro What's Goin' On Twilight Time
Guido Basso For Awhile Love Talk
Guido Basso Canada It's Happening
Lenny Breau Freight Train Guitar Sounds From
Bill Badgley Gonna Fly Now - Theme From Rocky Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Far Away Places Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Ed Bickert You're Right As Rain I Like To Recognize the Tune
Denny Vaughan Traces Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Hagood Hardy Something in Your Smile Stop 33 Sutton Place
Johnny Cowell Oops His Girl
Ben McPeek Never My Love Peace Train
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra September in the Rain Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Eugene Amaro I Found My Love Last Summer Warm
Lucio Agostini Taboo Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Guido Basso Martelli And All That Latin Jazz!
Ben McPeek Happy Talk His Voices and His Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Key Largo Laurie Bower
Denny Vaughan Happy Days Are Here Again Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
The Laurie Bower Singers Minute To Minute When You Say Goodbye
Johnny Cowell Close to You The Tender Loving Care
Hogtown Trumpets Back Bacon Blues CBC Comp 434 comp
Henry Cuesta Glamorous Night Clarinet With Strings
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jimmy Namaro Laura With Mallets A 4 Thought
The Laurie Bower Singers Woman Got a Feelin' for Love
Tommy Ambrose While We're Young Young Tommy Ambrose
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Jackie Richardson I Like Your Company - Old Friends Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Hagood Hardy Rain, Rain Stop 33 Sutton Place
Jackie Richardson Please Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Moe Koffman In the Mood Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Lucio Agostini World of Music Action With Agostini
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Aurora Borealis Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Jimmy Namaro Nothing in This World (Compares With You) With Mallets A 4 Thought
Fred Stone For Igor The Music of Fred Stone
Jimmy Namaro With Mallets Towards Some With Mallets A 4 Thought
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Castle Rock Bluesprint
Joyce Sullivan Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
The Laurie Bower Singers You're The One That I Want You
Jimmy Dale Till the End of Time Profiles
Doug Randle Song for the Middle Aged Songs for the New Industrial State
Jimmy Namaro Carnival Brasiliero Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Compilation Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper Motorcars In Concert 1970
Jimmy Dale Baby I'm A-Want You Toronto Instrumental
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Summer Love Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 2nd movement Transformations - Invocations
Rick Wilkins Jazz Gavotte From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets His Girl
Johnny Cowell The Golden Jet (Bobb Hull) His Girl
Teddy Roderman Animal Crackers in My Soup Makin' It With You
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Compilation Indian Summer City Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Peter Appleyard Angel Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Silent Night, Lonely Night Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Jerry Toth Eye Level The Classic Jerry Toth
Jerry Toth But For Love The Music Of
Lucio Agostini Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Pat Riccio Sympatico (Mascheroni-Engvick) Babs Babineau: vocals From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Ben McPeek Someday Soon The Original Sounds of
Eugene Amaro Twilight Time Twilight Time
Jackie Richardson Papa Can You Hear Me - Piece of the Sky Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Johnny Cowell Darling Mama His Girl
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Down by the Old Mill Stream The Old Meets the New
Hagood Hardy Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Lay it On Me Take Me Home Country Roads

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

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

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