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
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadows	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:12
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Live & Let Die	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:27
Fred Stone	Maera	The Music of Fred Stone	04:21
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Bill Butler	Intermezzo	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:44
Compilation	Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T.	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	My Love	Montage	02:26
Jimmy Namaro	Street of Dreams	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:21
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sneaky	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	10:54
Johnny Cowell	Summertime Sunshine	Hot Brass	02:28
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Bacharach-David)	Now!	05:50
Hagood Hardy	I'll Take Love	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love	02:30
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:15
Denny Vaughan	Yesterday When I Was Young	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:51
Ben McPeek	Superstar	Peace Train	03:34
Guido Basso	Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Lost in the Stars	05:25
Jimmy Namaro	Over the Rainbow	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:28
Hagood Hardy	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Denny Vaughan	Ain't We Got Fun	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:57
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
Ivy Steel	Willow Weep for Me	Reincarnation	04:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Early Morning Rain	Feelin'	02:53
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Jimmy Namaro	Tahiti Boat	Driftwood	02:39
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Face the Music and Dance	And I Love Her	02:25
Peter Appleyard	'S Wonderful	The Vibe Sound Of	02:18
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:52
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yesterday	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:10
Guido Basso	You're Nearer	One More for the Road	06:03
Jimmy Namaro	Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha	Driftwood	02:54
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Unchained Melody (Tommy Common, vocals)	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:51
Hogtown Trumpets	Bustling	CBC Comp 434 comp	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:40
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Peter Appleyard	Get Happy	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Pink Panther	The Old Meets the New	03:24
Henry Cuesta	Me And You And A Dog Named Boo	Plays Favourites	01:48
Carol McCartney	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	A Night in Tunisia	04:46
Lenny Breau	I Love You Because (Leon Payne)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:17
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz (Valse Brilliante)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	05:30
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Jerry Toth	The Last Rhapsody	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:43
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:11
Peter Appleyard	Soft Summer Breeze	The Vibraphone Of	01:59
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
Paul Hoffert	Lover Man	The Jazz Roots of	11:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	El Condor Pasa	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:40
Johnny Cowell	Marcella	It's Gotta Be Love	02:22
Moe Koffman	Mrs. Robinson	Turned on	02:31
Joyce Sullivan	Grandfather's Clock	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:33
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Peter & The Wolf	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:43
2B3	Doug Riley, Michael Fonfara - Steel Onions	The Toronto Sessions	05:39
Jimmy Namaro	Sand and Sandals	Driftwood	03:19
Eugene Amaro	Danny Boy	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:09
Ben McPeek	Goodbye	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:25
Compilation	L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:17
Fred Stone	Elissa	The Music of Fred Stone	07:25
Bill Butler	Autummn Nocturne	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:17
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Moonlight Serenade	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:13
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Guido Basso	Too Late Now	Love Talk	03:19
Jimmy Namaro	Dansero	At the Westbury	02:48
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Cast Your Fate to the Wind	Montage	03:15
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Angie Baby	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:43
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Jimmy Dale	Could it be Magic	Profiles	02:45
Joyce Sullivan	I Could Write a Book	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:54
Johnny Cowell	Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:48
Lucio Agostini	Golden Earrings	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:51
The Brian Browne Trio	After Midnight	Toronto Instrumental	01:37
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Glitter Queen	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:55
Eugene Amaro	Didn’t We	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:54
Hagood Hardy	And When I See You Smile, My Day Begins	Maybe Tomorrow	03:07
The Mutual Understanding	Show Me Your Laughter	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:41
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	Looks Like We Made It	Looks Like We Made It	03:39
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:08
Compilation	Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:57
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Norman Amadio Trio	Oh Lady Be Good	ST	02:49
Johnny Cowell	Freeze!	Our Winter Love	02:07
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Know	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:02
Rick Wilkins	Emotion	For the Sake of Music	03:28
Jimmy Dale	You’d Better Love Me	Soft and Groovy	02:34
Peter Appleyard	You've Got Your Troubles	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:48
Moe Koffman	Song for My Father	Turned on	02:54
Moe Koffman	Lord Have Mercy	Goes Electric	02:24

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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