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
Jackie Richardson	I Like Your Company - Old Friends	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:32
Lucio Agostini	Canadians at Work	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:45
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Jimmy Dale	Norwegian Wood	Soft and Groovy	03:17
Denny Vaughan	The Girl Next Door	Girls I Knew	02:49
Teddy Roderman	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Makin' It With You	02:04
Ron Collier Tentet	Charade	ST	02:33
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Look Of Love	The Now Sound	02:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Eugene Amaro	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Bass-ically Yours	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:19
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Once I Loved (Gilbert/Jobim/DeMoraes)	ST	02:52
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Told You So	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:28
Claman Richard Morris & Jerry Toth	St. Lawrence Centre Song	St. Lawrence Centre Song	03:41
Jackie Richardson	The Lies of Handsome Men	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:58
Guido Basso	I Can Dream Can't I	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:27
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Jimmy Namaro	On a Little Street in Singapore	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:47
Eugene Amaro	Didn’t We	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:54
Moe Koffman	Growing Up	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Lenny Breau	Hard Day's Night	Guitar Sounds From	04:12
Guido Basso	Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:21
Terry Watada	Romance fn the Road	Night's Disgrace	03:24
Ron Collier Tentet	Walking Out	ST	02:28
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Terry Watada	3439 North Sheffield	Night's Disgrace	06:08
Henry Cuesta	Am I in Love?	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Denny Vaughan	Ramona	Girls I Knew	02:04
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
Doug Crosley	Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:44
The Brian Browne Trio	Georgia on My Mind	The Toronto Scene	05:38
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Johnny Cowell	I've Gotta Feeling	Hot Brass	01:49
Paul Zaza	Canon in D	Images	02:25
Guido Basso	Cuminha Cruzado	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:45
Dr. Music	Pastorale	Doug Riley Transcription	07:38
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Paul Zaza	Dancing Lights	Faces and Places	02:16
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Unchained Melody (Tommy Common, vocals)	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Too Much Is On The Line	When You Say Goodbye	03:49
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Denny Vaughan	Ain't We Got Fun	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:57
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Jerry Toth	Little Boy Blue	The Twelve Sides Of	02:33
Jimmy Namaro	Soft Hands	Driftwood	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Song Sung Blue	Morning Has Broken	03:11
Johnny Cowell	Darling Mama	His Girl	02:22
Carol McCartney	East of the Sun	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Rick Wilkins	Just The Way You Are	For the Sake of Music	04:05
Johnny Cowell	Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:15
Guido Basso	Blue Monk	One More for the Road	05:09
Denny Vaughan	Miss Wistful	Girls I Knew	02:38
Lucio Agostini	Centipediantics	Action With Agostini	02:53
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Minor Mode	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:47
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
Ben McPeek	Mame	The Original Sounds of	03:04
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:15
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bali Ha'I	ST	03:42
Moe Koffman	Francesca	Cool and Hot Sax	04:09
Compilation	Ken Steele - Gently	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:31
Joyce Sullivan	I Could Write a Book	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:54
Peter Appleyard	Soulful Strut	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:53
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Do Something Nice Today!	02:26
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:06
Jimmy Namaro	Bossa Nova Para Que Jaime	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:33
Lucio Agostini	Taxi	Action With Agostini	02:12
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - The Dreamer	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:50
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:51
Compilation	Carpet Man (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:30
Moe Koffman	Cantelope Island	Moe's Curried Soul	06:56
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Eugene Amaro	People	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:43
Guido Basso	You're Nearer	One More for the Road	06:03
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Destino	And I Love Her	02:40
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:32
Johnny Cowell	Stardust	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:44
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	The Vibraphone Of	02:31
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	04:02
Lenny Breau	That's All	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:53
Denny Vaughan	Stranger on the Shore	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:34
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Jimmy Namaro	Sonny’s Daze	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:33
Lucio Agostini	Golden Earrings	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:51
Guido Basso	Liberated Brother	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	09:25
Jerry Toth	Peaceful	The Twelve Sides Of	02:55
Ivy Steel	Travelling Light	Reincarnation	03:59
Moe Koffman	Mrs. Robinson	Turned on	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Kiss Me in the Rain	It Goes Like It Goes	04:01
Terry Watada	City of Lights	Night's Disgrace	03:59
Doug Riley	Hymn to Freedom	Freedom	04:50
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - What Now My Love	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:26
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Johnny Cowell	Shag	Our Winter Love	01:57

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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