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
Hagood Hardy & the Montage You're Here Montage
Moe Koffman Trains and Boats and Planes Goes Electric
Jimmy Namaro Carnival Brasiliero Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Johnny Cowell Girl On A Roller Coaster His Girl
Peter Appleyard The Man With The Golden Arm Per-cus-sive Jazz
Paul Zaza Mimosa Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Hagood Hardy Maybe Tomorrow Maybe Tomorrow
Compilation Dave Young & Oscar Peterson - OP&D Jazz Toronto
John Arpin Bethena Concert In Ragtime
Boogus Cow Cow Boogie CBC Comp 403 comp
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Wave Do Something Nice Today!
The Laurie Bower Singers Think Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Yorkville Avenue Band Tonight "Moving Day"
Denny Vaughan Moonlight Rendezvous A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
The Laurie Bower Singers Guitar Man Wish I Was A Plane
Guido Basso Never Let Me Go A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Champagne and Quail Halifax Instrumental
Denny Vaughan Judy Girls I Knew
Lenny Breau Secret Love Minor's Aloud
Lucio Agostini Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Hagood Hardy Winter Time The Christmas Album
Eugene Amaro I Left My Heart In San Francisco The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Kathryn Moses Midmorning ST
Ben McPeek If Only We Could See If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye
Pete Schofield and the Canadians If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Do Something Nice Today!
Henry Cuesta Royal Garden Blues Plays Favourites
Guido Basso Too Late Now Love Talk
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks) Bluesprint
Guido Basso A Lazy Afternoon (alternate version) A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Lucio Agostini Pedro Pussycat Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Eugene Amaro People The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Midnight Cowboy (John Barry) Now!
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty I Feel the Earth Move Do Something Nice Today!
Tommy Ambrose Margie Young Tommy Ambrose
Jimmy Dale Touch Her Soft Lips Profiles
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Gone With the Blues Strictly Nimmons
Kathryn Moses I Met a Special Man ST
Eugene Amaro Ruby Warm
Bill Badgley Wednesday's Child At the Ports of Call
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Paul Zaza Fiesta Flamenco Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Ben McPeek Someday Soon The Original Sounds of
Ed Bickert You're Right As Rain I Like To Recognize the Tune
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Bill Badgley After The Lovin' Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Jimmy Namaro Lamento Marimba Driftwood
Peter Appleyard Undecided Per-cus-sive Jazz
Peter Appleyard Pavanne pour une infante défunte Peter Appleyard Presents
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Bill Butler Spring Will be a Little Late This Year The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Moe Koffman Tangerine (Bossa Nova) Tales of Koffman
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
The Laurie Bower Singers Sweet Ginger Bread Man Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Bill Butler I'll Remember April The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
The Brian Browne Trio After Midnight Toronto Instrumental
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Do Something Nice Today Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Paul Zaza Fine and Dandy Faces and Places
Teddy Roderman The Green Grass Starts To Grow Makin' It With You
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
The Laurie Bower Singers Evergreen Looks Like We Made It
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Peaches and Brandy Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Tommy Ambrose I Don't Hurt Anymore Young Tommy Ambrose
Lucio Agostini Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Rick Wilkins Someone I Used to Love Discovery
The Laurie Bower Singers Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love Laurie Bower
Johnny Cowell Every Single Day The Tender Loving Care
Moe Koffman The Storm (Presto) The Four Seasons
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Struttin' Your Stuff Sailin' Home
Denny Vaughan Ramona Girls I Knew
Bill Badgley Sand and Sea At the Ports of Call
Paul Hoffert Lover Man The Jazz Roots of
Hagood Hardy It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else Tell Me My Name
Hagood Hardy Balloons The Homecoming
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Silver (A Prayer) Transformations - Invocations
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Love for Sale Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Moe Koffman Twist That Thing Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Jimmy Namaro Body and Soul featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
John Arpin If You Could Read My Mind Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Ace in the Hole + Horn = Dixie
Norman Amadio Trio Frenesi ST
Hagood Hardy I'll Remember You Stop 33 Sutton Place
2B3 Doug Riley, Bill Payne - Drown in My Own Tears The Toronto Sessions
Jimmy Namaro Afro-Rock We Gotta Get It All Together
Jerry Toth The Last Rhapsody The Classic Jerry Toth
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Let's Face the Music and Dance And I Love Her
John Arpin The Chevy Chase (1914) Other Side Of Ragtime
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Mike Fright Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale Driftwood
Teddy Roderman So Let Our Love Begin Makin' It With You
Hagood Hardy Reunion (Theme from Rituals) Tell Me My Name
The Laurie Bower Singers Love to the People Looks Like We Made It
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
John Arpin Augustan Club Waltzes (1901) Other Side Of Ragtime
Hogtown Trumpets Back Bacon Blues CBC Comp 434 comp
John Arpin You Are What I Am Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Ben McPeek Soon It's Gonna Rain The Original Sounds of
Peter Appleyard Midnight Sun The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

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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