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
Johnny Cowell Roller Coaster The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Compilation Episode 7-Oh! Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' My Best Girl + Horn = Dixie
Rick Wilkins Holiday Discovery
The Laurie Bower Singers Minute To Minute When You Say Goodbye
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Winchester Cathedral It’s a Sign of the Times
Johnny Cowell Sangre De Toro Bravo The Virtuoso Trumpet
Terry Watada Crying the Blues Away Yellow Fever
Peter Appleyard Old Dave The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
The Laurie Bower Singers Could I Have This Dance It Goes Like It Goes
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Nameless Hour Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Lenny Breau Compared To What Minor's Aloud
Hagood Hardy A Boy Named Charlie Brown Maybe Tomorrow
Guido Basso Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein) Lost in the Stars
Eugene Amaro More Than You Know Twilight Time
Peter Appleyard Wichita Lineman The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Henry Cuesta Royal Garden Blues Plays Favourites
Jimmy Namaro Call Me Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Come Saturday Morning (Previn/Karlin) ST
John Arpin Ragtime Nightingale Concert In Ragtime
Denny Vaughan Dolores Girls I Knew
Rick Wilkins Junk My Heart Belongs to Me
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Live & Let Die Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
The Brian Browne Trio Blue Hair The Toronto Scene
Denny Vaughan I Love You Because A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Hogtown Trumpets Back Bacon Blues CBC Comp 434 comp
Peter Appleyard Satin Doll The Vibe Sound Of
Compilation Rhonda Silver - I Saw It Happen 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Hagood Hardy Afternoon in Venice Maybe Tomorrow
Ben McPeek American Woman Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Johnny Cowell Angel of the Morning The Tender Loving Care
Guido Basso I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh) Lost in the Stars
Hagood Hardy (Theme from) Second Wind Maybe Tomorrow
Johnny Cowell Still Feeling Blue It's Gotta Be Love
Eugene Amaro My Love Twilight Time
Doug Crosley Somewhere, Sometime (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Johnny Cowell I've Gotta Feeling Hot Brass
Lenny Breau Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad Mo' Breau
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp Strictly Nimmons
Jerry Toth Moment of Love The Classic Jerry Toth
Peter Appleyard Donald's Duck The Lincolnshire Poacher
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 3rd movement Transformations - Invocations
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Candida It's Impossible
Ben McPeek Silent Cinema Thinking of You
Henry Cuesta Way Down Deep Plays Favourites
Teddy Roderman Niagara Makin' It With You
Moe Koffman James Brown's Bag Turned on
Rick Wilkins Someone I Used to Love Discovery
Ben McPeek He's So Fine Peace Train
Paul Zaza Maid of the Mist Images
Jackie Richardson Here's to Life Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Bill Butler My Heart at thy Sweet Voice Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Lucio Agostini Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
Ivy Steel Prelude to a Kiss Reincarnation
Moe Koffman General Delivery Cool and Hot Sax
Compilation Snowmen Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Bill Butler Intermezzo Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Jerry Toth The Last Rhapsody The Classic Jerry Toth
Doug Riley Jazz Etude Freedom
Terry Watada 3439 North Sheffield Night's Disgrace
Guido Basso Tour de Force (live) (Dizzy Gillespie) Lost in the Stars
Lucio Agostini World of Music Action With Agostini
Guido Basso Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Christmas Today
Carol McCartney No More Blues A Night in Tunisia
Ben McPeek Colonel Bogey The Original Sounds of
The Laurie Bower Singers Come To Mother Got a Feelin' for Love
Peter Appleyard Happiness is a Thing Called Joe The Vibraphone Of
Norman Amadio Trio Enchantment ST
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? Do Something Nice Today!
Hagood Hardy Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The Christmas Album
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra South of Pago Pago ST
Swing Sisters Davenport Blues Davenport Blues
Ivy Steel What a Little Moonlight Can Do Reincarnation
Guido Basso Ten Little Indians It's Happening (re-issue)
Bill Butler Theme from "The Pathetique" Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Moe Koffman Swinging' Shepherd Blues Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Lip Flap (For Fred) Now!
Lenny Breau Monday, Monday Guitar Sounds From
John Arpin Bill Bailey Concert In Ragtime
Moe Koffman What Can You Do The Shepherd Swings Again
Jimmy Dale If Toronto Instrumental
Eugene Amaro I Left My Heart In San Francisco The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
John Arpin Wild Cherries Rag (1908) Other Side Of Ragtime
Henry Cuesta Brand New Morning Clarinet With Strings
Eugene Amaro Didn’t We The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Peter Appleyard Get Happy The Vibe Sound Of
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Caribbean Moonlight ST
Denny Vaughan Abergavenny Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight) Laurie Bower
Bill Butler I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Bess You is My Woman Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Paul Zaza Fiesta Romantica Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Jimmy Dale Till the End of Time Profiles
Phil Nimmons Group Stay Awake Mary Popppins Swings
Paul Zaza Superstar Faces and Places
Guido Basso You are My Sunshine It's Happening (re-issue)
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra I Enjoy Being a Girl And I Love Her
Pete Schofield and the Canadians A Brand New Scene Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Lucio Agostini Pedro Pussycat Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini

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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

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

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

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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