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
Bill Badgley Sam Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Moe Koffman Sunshower (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Paul Zaza Spring Song Faces and Places
Compilation Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life Motorcars In Concert 1970
Lucio Agostini Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Terry Watada If I Sing the Blues Night's Disgrace
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 5th movement Transformations - Invocations
Moe Koffman Pretzel Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Doug Riley Jazz Etude Freedom
Paul Zaza Blue Porcelain Faces and Places
Fred Stone Maera The Music of Fred Stone
Robert Tennison Troupe Cause You Are Here Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here
Henry Cuesta Brand New Morning Clarinet With Strings
The Laurie Bower Singers Wish I Was A Plane Wish I Was A Plane
Doug Randle Isn't it a Pity Songs for the New Industrial State
Moe Koffman Bermuda Schwartz The Shepherd Swings Again
John Arpin You Are What I Am Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Perfect Day Sailin' Home
Rick Wilkins You Can Have Me Anytime Discovery
Guido Basso S'Wonderful And All That Latin Jazz!
Moe Koffman Twist That Thing Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Bill Badgley All Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Phil Nimmons Group On the Autobahn Take 10
Jerry Toth Last Tango In Paris The Twelve Sides Of
The Laurie Bower Singers Sunshine On My Shoulders Back Home Again
Jimmy Namaro Similau With Mallets A 4 Thought
Peter Appleyard Witchcraft Per-cus-sive Jazz
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Joyce Sullivan Love (Can Be a Moment's Sadness) The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Phil Nimmons Group In a Minor Mode Nimmons 'N' Nine
Rick Wilkins Junk My Heart Belongs to Me
Hagood Hardy And When I See You Smile, My Day Begins Maybe Tomorrow
Pat Riccio Watermelon Man (Hancock) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra I Enjoy Being a Girl And I Love Her
Terry Watada Maverick Chinaman Night's Disgrace
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When Ragtime Alex Plays the Humoresque (vocal by Trump Davidson) (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Johnny Cowell Anatomy of a Girl It's Gotta Be Love
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Old Fashioned Way Toronto Instrumental
Jimmy Namaro So Danco Samba We Gotta Get It All Together
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? Do Something Nice Today!
Lucio Agostini Caramba (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Henry Cuesta At a Georgia Camp Meeting Clarinet With Strings
Bill Badgley Wednesday's Child Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Ben McPeek Mame The Original Sounds of
Lenny Breau Scrapple From The Apple Minor's Aloud
Lucio Agostini Mulberry Bush Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Eugene Amaro Afterglow Warm
Compilation This Could be the Start of Something Big (arranged by Bruce Cassidy) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
John Arpin Alaskan Rag (1959) Other Side Of Ragtime
Denny Vaughan An Affair to Remember Girls I Knew
Rick Wilkins (Our) Love is Here to Stay From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Doug Wilson Quartet Canada Canada b/w Canadian Theme
Hagood Hardy Nightwalker Tell Me My Name
The Laurie Bower Singers Lotta Love When You Say Goodbye
Jackie Richardson My Baby Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jerry Toth It's a Great Life Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)
Compilation Eve Smith - I Care 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Fred Stone For Igor The Music of Fred Stone
Phil Nimmons Group Fascinating Rhythm Nimmons 'N' Nine
Bill Badgley Sand and Sea At the Ports of Call
Paul Zaza Portrait of a Rose Faces and Places
Jackie Richardson Me? Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Yorkville Avenue Band Alexander's Ragtime Band "Moving Day"
Lenny Breau On A Bach Bouree Minor's Aloud
The Laurie Bower Singers Minute To Minute When You Say Goodbye
Don Thompson 'D.T.' I Love You, Yes I Do Bluesprint
Johnny Cowell To Love Somebody The Tender Loving Care
Peter Appleyard We'll Never Know The Vibraphone Of
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Lush Life Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jimmy Dale Stranger in Paradise Profiles
John Arpin Sleepy Hollow Rag Concert In Ragtime
Guido Basso Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Christmas Today
Hagood Hardy & the Montage If Montage
Denny Vaughan Let a Smile be Your Umbrella Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Peter Appleyard Angel Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Peter Appleyard Who Needs It ST
Peter Appleyard China Boy (To Sleep) The Vibraphone Of
Jimmy Namaro Over the Rainbow Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Colina Phillips Trying Times Toronto Vocalist
Moe Koffman Hambourg Bound Cool and Hot Sax
Guido Basso Take the 'A' Train And All That Latin Jazz!
Denny Vaughan Cheerful Little Earful Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Lenny Breau Back In Indiana (Hanley & MacDonald) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Cape St Marys CBC Comp 409
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Hey Jude (Lennon-McCartney) Now!
Ben McPeek Undun Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Moe Koffman Walk Away Renee Turned on
The Laurie Bower Singers When You Say Goodbye When You Say Goodbye
John Arpin Great Scott Rag Concert In Ragtime
Ben McPeek Peace Train Peace Train
The Brian Browne Trio Browne Sugar The Toronto Scene
2B3 Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest The Toronto Sessions
Guido Basso Never Let Me Go A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Jimmy Namaro One of a Kind Mambo With Mallets A 4 Thought

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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

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Terry Watada - Night's Disgrace

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Terry Watada - Yellow Fever

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - ST

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Dr. Music - Doug Riley Transcription

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Doug Riley - Freedom

Toronto, Ontario → Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, 🇨🇦

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

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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

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

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

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

It's Gotta Be Love

Johnny Cowell / It's Gotta Be Love LABELS

Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love MINT BACK

Night's Disgrace

Yellow Fever

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 02

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 01

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace INLAY

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace BACK

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever LABELS

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever BACK

The Vibraphone Of

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of LABELS

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of BACK

Peter Appleyard Presents

Toronto Instrumental

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Vibe Sound Of

Per-cus-sive Jazz

ST

The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Doug Riley Transcription

Doug Riley

Freedom

Doug Riley Transcription BACK

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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