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
Doug Randle	You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:18
Jimmy Namaro	Driftwood	Driftwood	02:12
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:11
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Tony Quarrington	Roundabout	One Bright Morning	08:34
Denny Vaughan	Abergavenny	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:24
Teddy Roderman	Mississippi	Stay Awhile	02:09
Johnny Cowell	Anatomy of a Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:18
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
Terry Watada	Only for You	Night's Disgrace	03:45
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:34
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl	The Toronto Sessions	05:09
Johnny Cowell	Hora Stacatto (Doc Severinson and Raphael Mendez)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:23
Wally Koster	April in Paris	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Evergreen	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz	His Girl	02:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	50 Ways	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:31
Denny Vaughan	Wake Up	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:08
Eugene Amaro	Twilight Time	Twilight Time	02:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	One More Love Story	When You Say Goodbye	03:14
Yorkville Avenue Band	Tonight	"Moving Day"	03:07
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
Jimmy Namaro	Call Me	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:38
Rick Wilkins	With a Little Luck	Discovery	03:01
2B3	Denis Keldie, Michael Fonfara - Gimme Some Lovin'	The Toronto Sessions	05:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	She's Always A Woman	You	03:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Goes Like It Goes	It Goes Like It Goes	03:40
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Doug Randle	Get Happy	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:03
Lenny Breau	Tuning Time	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	01:49
Moe Koffman	Trains and Boats and Planes	Goes Electric	02:48
John Arpin	Wild Cherries Rag (1908)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:13
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Bill Badgley	After The Lovin'	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:06
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
Peter Appleyard	Softly as in a Morning Sunrise	The Vibraphone Of	02:37
Tommy Ambrose	That's the Way it Was	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	02:46
Paul Zaza	Swallow Flight	Images	03:45
Eugene Amaro	I Found My Love Last Summer	Warm	03:38
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:03
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:15
Denny Vaughan	Then I'll Be Happy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:42
Paul Zaza	Sevillianas	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:13
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - What Now My Love	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:26
Moe Koffman	Pretzel Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
Compilation	Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T.	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Norman Amadio Trio	Lullaby of the Leaves	ST	03:00
Lucio Agostini	Prairie Boy	Action With Agostini	03:29
Jimmy Dale	Bye Bye	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Bill Badgley	Theme from the Sand Pebbles	At the Ports of Call	02:18
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love Will Turn You Around	Laurie Bower	03:48
2B3	Rob Gusevs, Denis Keldie - Hush	The Toronto Sessions	06:12
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Sound of Silver	ST	03:20
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Baby Elephant Walk	The Old Meets the New	04:32
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Jimmy Namaro	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
Rick Wilkins	Amarillo	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:21
Rick Wilkins	Don't Ask Me Why	Discovery	03:04
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Breezin' Along With the Breeze	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	01:50
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Jerry Toth	Gymnopedie	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:50
Norman Amadio Trio	The Very Thought of You	ST	03:07
Jerry Toth	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Adios Muchachos	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:59
Peter Appleyard	What I Did For Love	ST	02:57
Moe Koffman	Do You Know the Way to San Jose	Turned on	02:32
Johnny Cowell	Stay With Me	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Hagood Hardy	Will You Still be Mine?	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:13
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell	CBC Comp 409	02:30
Phil Nimmons Group	Who Walks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:16
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
Bill Badgley	June	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:26
Kathryn Moses	Ready or Not	ST	03:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just a Little Song	Back Home Again	02:29
Guido Basso	Liberated Brother	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	09:25
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	Montage	03:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:25
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:06
Johnny Cowell	Butterscotch	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:23
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mike Fright	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:01
Paul Zaza	Welcome Home	Faces and Places	02:22
Lucio Agostini	Voyageur Canoe Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:32
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Fanny	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:32
Compilation	Brian Dickinson - Alone Together	Jazz Toronto	04:52
Hagood Hardy	Nightwalker	Tell Me My Name	03:31
Ed Bickert	You're Right As Rain	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:54
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:45
Ben McPeek	Downtown	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:00
Peter Appleyard	Hells Bells	The Vibraphone Of	01:46
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Exactly Like Jerry Smith	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	08:22
Moe Koffman	Sure It Is	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:37
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Lenny Breau	Mister Night	ST	04:45
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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