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
Lucio Agostini	Hoedown	Action With Agostini	02:28
Jimmy Namaro	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
Dr. Music	I Can See You	Doug Riley Transcription	05:34
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Too Much Is On The Line	When You Say Goodbye	03:49
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:22
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch the Girls By	At the Ports of Call	02:30
Moe Koffman	The Baron	Cool and Hot Sax	03:58
Johnny Cowell	Like No Other Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:21
Guido Basso	You are My Sunshine	It's Happening (re-issue)	01:53
Ron Collier Tentet	I Feel Pretty	ST	02:30
Johnny Cowell	Theme from Zorba (Herb Alpert)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:36
Teddy Roderman	The Happening	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:21
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:47
Jimmy Namaro	This Could be the Start of Something Big	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:40
Ben McPeek	Happy Talk	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:13
Phil Nimmons Group	My Old Flame	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:39
Eugene Amaro	Midnight Blue	Twilight Time	02:53
Hagood Hardy	When a Child	The Christmas Album	04:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Loves Theme	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:45
Hagood Hardy	You and Me Against the World	The Homecoming	03:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Feelin'	Feelin'	02:33
Bill Butler	Violets for Your Furs	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:55
Jimmy Namaro	On a Little Street in Singapore	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	My Life's A Song	You	02:53
Teddy Roderman	The Drifter	Makin' It With You	02:19
Terry Watada	Cheyenne and the Weasel	Night's Disgrace	03:16
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Cry Out Loud	It Goes Like It Goes	03:14
Teddy Roderman	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Makin' It With You	02:04
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:11
Lucio Agostini	Help Yourself	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:22
Jimmy Namaro	Jimmy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:50
The Laurie Bower Singers	Silver Bird	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wang Wang Blues	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:42
Guido Basso	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Christmas Today	03:02
Doug Crosley	Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:47
Doug Riley	Hymn to Freedom	Freedom	04:50
Compilation	Indian Summer City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:25
Yorkville Avenue Band	Tonight	"Moving Day"	03:07
Moe Koffman	Doxy	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Think I'd Call It Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:00
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
Paul Zaza	Portrait of a Rose	Faces and Places	02:47
Lenny Breau	On A Bach Bouree	Minor's Aloud	06:29
Tommy Ambrose	Goodbye	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:27
Hagood Hardy	Joy, Joy	The Christmas Album	01:24
The Mutual Understanding	Out of This World	In Wonderland	02:33
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening	02:21
Johnny Cowell	Spring Rain	Our Winter Love	02:13
Jerry Toth	I Am In Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:24
Tommy Ambrose	This Song Is Ended	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:18
Ben McPeek	That Old Black Magic	The Original Sounds of	02:50
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:15
Guido Basso	Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw)	Love Talk	02:40
Compilation	Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T.	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
Doug Riley	Freedom	Freedom	04:34
Eugene Amaro	My Love	Twilight Time	02:56
The Mutual Understanding	I'm Old Fashioned	In Wonderland	02:31
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Pagan Love Song	ST	02:55
Rick Wilkins	Swinging On a Star	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:57
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
2B3	Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest	The Toronto Sessions	03:50
Ed Bickert	You're Right As Rain	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:54
Jimmy Dale	Wave	Soft and Groovy	02:43
Hagood Hardy	Don't Give up on Us	Tell Me My Name	02:52
Compilation	Ben McPeek - For Lovin' Me	Motorcars In Concert 1970	01:52
Lenny Breau	Killer Joe	Minor's Aloud	06:12
Hagood Hardy	Let Me Love Again	As Time Goes By	03:52
The Laurie Bower Singers	Bye Bye Love	Laurie Bower	02:57
Terry Watada	Weekend	Night's Disgrace	03:18
Tommy Ambrose	You're Driving Me Crazy	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:40
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Tommy Ambrose	Time After Time	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:05
Teddy Roderman	So Let Our Love Begin	Makin' It With You	03:10
Ben McPeek	Soon It's Gonna Rain	The Original Sounds of	03:09
John Arpin	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Lucio Agostini	Pastorale	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Up On Cripple Creek	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:14
Teddy Roderman	What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons)	Stay Awhile	02:49
Ed Bickert	Where Are You	ST	04:40
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
Henry Cuesta	Lonely Girl	Clarinet With Strings	02:29
The Mutual Understanding	Show Me Your Laughter	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:41
The Laurie Bower Singers	Come To Mother	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:54
Doug Randle	Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:20
Phil Nimmons Group	Just You, Just Me	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:22
Ben McPeek	If Only We Could See	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:32
Denny Vaughan	Je Reviens Chez-Nous	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:27
Hagood Hardy	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	The Christmas Album	01:43
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Doug Crosley	Away from You (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:29

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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