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
Ben McPeek Suzanne Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Carol McCartney A Night in Tunisia A Night in Tunisia
Yorkville Avenue Band Moving Day "Moving Day"
Jimmy Dale Guanabara Soft and Groovy
Jerry Toth Picasso Summer The Twelve Sides Of
The Laurie Bower Singers Brand New Key Morning Has Broken
Denny Vaughan My Cherie Amour Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Lenny Breau My Funny Valentine Guitar Sounds From
Compilation Rhonda Silver - I Saw It Happen 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Jerry Toth Moment of Love The Classic Jerry Toth
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra I Love You And I Love Her
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Coasting (with Isaacs)
Ed Bickert Ed Bickert - Windows The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)
Phil Nimmons Group In a Mellotone Take 10
Ron Collier Tentet Just About Now ST
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Gold (The Challenge) Transformations - Invocations
Hagood Hardy & the Montage The Garden Path Montage
Hagood Hardy Let Me Love Again As Time Goes By
Moe Koffman Swingin' Explorer Goes Electric
Eugene Amaro Midnight Blue Twilight Time
Teddy Roderman Dance Of A Hip Gypsy Makin' It With You
Compilation Brian Hughes - The Bridge Jazz Toronto
Compilation Billy Van - Kiss The Wind 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Ben McPeek Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars His Voices and His Orchestra
Compilation This Train Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Guido Basso Cry Love Talk
Lenny Breau Emily Mo' Breau
Tommy Ambrose A Cottage for Sale Young Tommy Ambrose
Hagood Hardy Leaside Bridge As Time Goes By
Ed Bickert It Might As Well Be Spring I Like To Recognize the Tune
Moe Koffman Mrs. Robinson Turned on
Compilation Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
The Laurie Bower Singers Rainy Day People Got a Feelin' for Love
Jackie Richardson Finer Wine Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Wally Koster September Song The Songs of Wally Koster
Moe Koffman Country Song Moe's Curried Soul
Ben McPeek Charade His Voices and His Orchestra
Yorkville Avenue Band Do it Again "Moving Day"
Rick Wilkins Why Think About Tomorrow From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Guido Basso Early Morning Rain Love Talk
Bill Badgley How Insensitive At the Ports of Call
Jackie Richardson I Like Your Company - Old Friends Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra A Garden in the Rain Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Ivy Steel God Bless the Child Reincarnation
The Laurie Bower Singers American Music Laurie Bower
Brian Browne Trio Baubles Bangles and Beads The Toronto Scene
Moe Koffman Windy Turned on
Moe Koffman Curried Sole Moe's Curried Soul
The Laurie Bower Singers Sundown Back Home Again
Lenny Breau Please Release Me (Horton & Peck) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Ed Bickert They All Laughed I Like To Recognize the Tune
Hagood Hardy Never-Never Land Stop 33 Sutton Place
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Music To Watch Girls By The Now Sound
Lucio Agostini A Banda Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Jerry Toth "Odd Couple" Theme The Music Of
The Laurie Bower Singers Kiss Me in the Rain It Goes Like It Goes
Compilation Billy Van - Single Moments 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Henry Cuesta Proud Mary Plays Favourites
Jimmy Namaro Good Morning Annie Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Lenny Breau Mercy, Mercy, Mercy The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Wichita Lineman The Now Sound
Ben McPeek American Woman Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Moe Koffman Walk Away Renee Turned on
Jerry Toth The Singer The Twelve Sides Of
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Hey Jude (Lennon-McCartney) Now!
Lucio Agostini Brazil Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Moe Koffman Dr. Swahili Goes Electric
Jackie Richardson Here's to Life Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Look Of Love The Now Sound
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jimmy Dale The Look Of Love Soft and Groovy
2B3 Doug Riley, Bill Payne - Drown in My Own Tears The Toronto Sessions
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Bianca Sailin' Home
Ed Bickert Polkadots & Moonbeams I Like To Recognize the Tune
Peter Appleyard Dragnet Per-cus-sive Jazz
Paul Zaza Mellow Moments Coasting (with Isaacs)
Lenny Breau Secret Love Minor's Aloud
Jackie Richardson Papa Can You Hear Me - Piece of the Sky Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Guido Basso Tequila It's Happening
Moe Koffman Twistin' and Bumpin' Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Moe Koffman Hey There Cool and Hot Sax
Doug Randle Isn't it a Pity Songs for the New Industrial State
Fred Stone Theme from Lawrence of Arabia The Music of Fred Stone
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Rag Medley (Rogers) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
The Laurie Bower Singers Nine to Five It Goes Like It Goes
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets His Girl
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Fidgety Feet + Horn = Dixie
Denny Vaughan The French Song A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Hagood Hardy Christmas Song The Christmas Album
Denny Vaughan Theme from "The Killer of Kildonan" A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Lucio Agostini Centipediantics Action With Agostini
Rick Wilkins You Can Have Me Anytime Discovery
Jimmy Namaro Jimmy Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Hagood Hardy If I Had Nothing But a Dream Reflections
John Arpin Great Scott Rag Concert In Ragtime
Doug Randle Colored Plastics Songs for the New Industrial State
Jerry Toth Theme From "Search" The Twelve Sides Of

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

Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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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