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
Peter Appleyard Who Needs It ST
Denny Vaughan Then I'll Be Happy Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Jimmy Namaro Lara's Theme Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Guido Basso Sweet Gingerbread Man Love Talk
Jerry Toth Say Goodbye To Your Cash The Twelve Sides Of
Moe Koffman Now is the Time Goes Electric
Eugene Amaro I Found My Love Last Summer Warm
Ed Bickert You're Right As Rain I Like To Recognize the Tune
Lenny Breau Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad Mo' Breau
Johnny Cowell Pickin' Plums Hot Brass
Moe Koffman Jeannine Tales of Koffman
John Arpin At Long Last Love it's Alright With Me Direct to Disc
Moe Koffman Marty's Morgue The Shepherd Swings Again
Johnny Cowell Stardust The Virtuoso Trumpet
Jerry Toth It's a Great Life The Music Of
Hagood Hardy Don't Give up on Us Tell Me My Name
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Tommy Ambrose Let Loose Young Tommy Ambrose
Paul Hoffert Lover Man The Jazz Roots of
Robert Tennison Troupe Just Like a Fool Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here
Hagood Hardy Winter Wonderland The Christmas Album
Lenny Breau My Funny Valentine Guitar Sounds From
Carol McCartney I Thought About You A Night in Tunisia
Ed Bickert Keeping Myself For You Bye Bye Baby
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Song And Dance Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Destino And I Love Her
Wally Koster Wagon Wheels The Songs of Wally Koster
Paul Zaza Hollywood Hills Faces and Places
Paul Zaza Guitarra Espana Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Doug Randle Cote d´Azur Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Hagood Hardy And When I See You Smile, My Day Begins Maybe Tomorrow
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Do Something Nice Today!
Ed Bickert Come Rain or Come Shine ST
Rick Wilkins The Very Thought of You From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
The Mutual Understanding When The World Was Young In Wonderland
Bill Badgley Amanda Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
2B3 Doug Riley, Michael Fonfara - Steel Onions The Toronto Sessions
Henry Cuesta Glamorous Night Clarinet With Strings
Jerry Toth Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Ben McPeek If You Could Read My Mind Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Jerry Toth "Odd Couple" Theme The Music Of
Peter Appleyard Witchcraft Per-cus-sive Jazz
Henry Cuesta Fate Clarinet With Strings
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Yes It's Toronto Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Teddy Roderman Goodbye Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Don Gillis Lady Death Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
The Laurie Bower Singers Epilogue Morning Has Broken
The Laurie Bower Singers Fool That I Am It Goes Like It Goes
Jimmy Dale Music To Watch Girls By Soft and Groovy
Ron Collier Tentet Walking Out ST
Henry Cuesta Me And You And A Dog Named Boo Plays Favourites
The Laurie Bower Singers You Are What I Am Wish I Was A Plane
Peter Appleyard Satin Doll Toronto Instrumental
Doug Randle Vive La Company Songs for the New Industrial State
Phil Nimmons Group Last Night When We Were Young Take 10
Rick Wilkins With a Little Luck Discovery
Ben McPeek Baked Apple Rag Thinking of You
Johnny Cowell Oops His Girl
The Laurie Bower Singers Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Peter Appleyard The Man That Got Away Per-cus-sive Jazz
Bill Butler Theme from "The Pathetique" Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Moe Koffman Country Song Moe's Curried Soul
Sanderlings Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka) With The Jim Pirie Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers When I Need You Looks Like We Made It
Doug Randle Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine) Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)
Bill Butler June in January The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
The Mutual Understanding Summer of '42 Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye
Denny Vaughan Judy Girls I Knew
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice (It's All Right) ST
Phil Nimmons Group Swing Softly Nimmons 'N' Nine
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 1st movement Transformations - Invocations
Johnny Cowell Presto From Vivaldi's Concerto In A Major (Maurice Andre) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Lucio Agostini Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Swing Sisters Royal Garden Blues Davenport Blues
Denny Vaughan Abergavenny Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Guido Basso I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh) Lost in the Stars
Jimmy Namaro Kcammot Driftwood
John Arpin Dance in the Old Fashioned Way Direct to Disc
Hagood Hardy Oh Holy Night The Christmas Album
Ben McPeek Every Bit of Love Thinking of You
John Arpin Gladiolus Rag (1907) Other Side Of Ragtime
Peter Appleyard Mack The Knife Per-cus-sive Jazz
Rick Wilkins Quiescence For the Sake of Music
Moe Koffman Shimmy Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Lenny Breau Blues Theme #2 The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
The Mutual Understanding Pretty People In Wonderland
Doug Crosley You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
John Arpin Troubadour Rag (1919) Other Side Of Ragtime
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - This Can't Be Love Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Lenny Breau Spanjazz The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Moe Koffman Inverno Furioso (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Compilation Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River Jazz Toronto
Ed Bickert Polkadots & Moonbeams I Like To Recognize the Tune
Doug Crosley In the Forest (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Rick Wilkins Someone I Used to Love Discovery
Paul Hoffert Grotto Walk The Jazz Roots of
Compilation Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
2B3 Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy The Toronto Sessions

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

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The 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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