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
Hagood Hardy	Will You Still be Mine?	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:13
Jimmy Dale	Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Silver (A Prayer)	Transformations - Invocations	12:22
Rick Wilkins	Even Now	For the Sake of Music	02:33
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One for Mr. 'B'	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:43
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Jerry Toth	Picasso Summer	The Twelve Sides Of	02:32
Johnny Cowell	Darling Mama	His Girl	02:22
Wally Koster	My Funny Valentine	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:10
Jerry Toth	Portrait of Caroline	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:34
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Espana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sing Me a Rainbow	Feelin'	02:18
Johnny Cowell	Theme from Zorba (Herb Alpert)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:36
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:11
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Peter Appleyard	Puff the Magic Dragon	The Vibraphone Of	02:08
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Moe Koffman	Inverno Furioso (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	02:44
Ivy Steel	Prelude to a Kiss	Reincarnation	04:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	September Morn	When You Say Goodbye	03:39
Peter Appleyard	Old Dave	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	The Music Of	02:49
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Garden Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:25
Compilation	Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:00
Tommy Ambrose	A Cottage for Sale	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:31
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Tommy Ambrose	This Song Is Ended	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:18
Compilation	Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:29
Lucio Agostini	The Girls of Spain	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:28
Yorkville Avenue Band	St. Louis Blues	"Moving Day"	03:13
Compilation	Jerry Toth - The Fool On the Hill	Motorcars In Concert 1970	01:41
Henry Cuesta	Rose Garden	Plays Favourites	02:12
Henry Cuesta	Lonely Girl	Clarinet With Strings	02:29
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summertime	The Old Meets the New	03:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Out Here On My Own	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	I Love You	And I Love Her	02:27
Ben McPeek	Goodbye	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:25
Moe Koffman	Coaster	Cool and Hot Sax	04:03
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Love to Play (Opening Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	00:54
Lucio Agostini	Pedro Pussycat	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:06
Peter Appleyard	Tell Me A Story	ST	03:22
John Arpin	Tickled to Death	Concert In Ragtime	01:57
Fred Stone	Maera	The Music of Fred Stone	04:21
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
Paul Hoffert	Grotto Walk	The Jazz Roots of	02:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Ron Collier Tentet	Hockey Theme	ST	02:18
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02
Hagood Hardy	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
Compilation	Pat LaBarbera - Virgo Dance	Jazz Toronto	06:30
Rick Wilkins	Ballad for Carolyn	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:48
2B3	Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat	The Toronto Sessions	06:39
Boogus	Cow Cow Boogie	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:24
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wise Guys	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
Moe Koffman	Train Whistle Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:16
Ben McPeek	Never My Love	Peace Train	03:27
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Hogtown Trumpets	Ludwig's Bugle	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:14
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Compilation	Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T.	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Teddy Roderman	Autumn Concerto	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:43
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canada	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	02:23
Doug Riley	Freedom	Freedom	04:34
Denny Vaughan	Abergavenny	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:24
Moe Koffman	Twist That Thing	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:37
Bill Butler	Chopin Nocturne In E Flat	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:35
Johnny Cowell	Runnin' Away	Hot Brass	02:20
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vera Cruz	ST	02:51
Moe Koffman	If I Were a Carpenter	Turned on	02:32
Tommy Ambrose	Just for a Thrill	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:10
Guido Basso	Bye Bye Blues	One More for the Road	03:12
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Rhumba	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:14
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Castle Rock	Bluesprint	04:45
Doug Randle	Alley Cat	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:58
Paul Zaza	High Spirits	Faces and Places	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Rose	Laurie Bower	03:31
Lenny Breau	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Jimmy Dale	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	Toronto Instrumental	02:34
Ed Bickert	When Sonny Gets Blue	ST	05:57
Terry Watada	Crying the Blues Away	Yellow Fever	04:46
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	A Summer Place	And I Love Her	02:36
Guido Basso	Ill Wind	One More for the Road	05:15
Jimmy Namaro	Similau	With Mallets A 4 Thought	04:20
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:59
Lenny Breau	Anytime (Herbert Lawson)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:47
Lenny Breau	She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:23
Compilation	Billy Van - Single Moments	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:28
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Far Away Places	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:56
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mirage	ST	03:56
Lucio Agostini	Mulberry Bush	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:46
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
Teddy Roderman	Up-Up and Away	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:40
Doug Randle	Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:10
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yesterday	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:10
Tommy Ambrose	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:48
Jerry Toth	Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:38

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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