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
Jerry Toth Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Norman Amadio Trio Alleluia D.T.'s. ST
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Not Soon Enough Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
The Laurie Bower Singers I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today Take Me Home Country Roads
The Laurie Bower Singers Key Largo Laurie Bower
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Once I Loved (Gilbert/Jobim/DeMoraes) ST
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 1st movement Transformations - Invocations
Bill Badgley How Insensitive At the Ports of Call
Compilation Brian Hughes - The Bridge Jazz Toronto
The Laurie Bower Singers Kiss Me in the Rain It Goes Like It Goes
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Bill Butler A Portrait of a Piano Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Rick Wilkins Tetra Tetra From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Compilation Woodland City Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Moe Koffman The Swingin' Shepherd Blues Goes Electric
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
Paul Zaza Lake Louise Images
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith View from Paddy's Head Sailin' Home
Knights of the Round Flugel Bye Bye Love (B. Bryant) Bye Bye Love
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David) Now!
Tommy Ambrose Have a Heart Young Tommy Ambrose
Peter Appleyard Wichita Lineman The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Yes It's Toronto Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
The Brian Browne Trio Blue Hair The Toronto Scene
Moe Koffman Bermuda Schwartz The Shepherd Swings Again
Jimmy Namaro Driftwood Driftwood
Jimmy Dale Bye Bye Soft and Groovy
Doug Crosley Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians A Brand New Scene Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 2nd movement Transformations - Invocations
Denny Vaughan The French Song A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
The Laurie Bower Singers Country Comfort Take Me Home Country Roads
Norman Amadio Trio Mein Shtetele Belz ST
Paul Zaza Fine and Dandy Faces and Places
Guido Basso Ill Wind One More for the Road
Denny Vaughan Je Reviens Chez-Nous Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Peter Appleyard Angel Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
The Laurie Bower Singers Love to the People Looks Like We Made It
Peter Appleyard Lazy Silhouettes The Lincolnshire Poacher
Peter Appleyard Cinderella Rockefeller The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' South + Horn = Dixie
The Laurie Bower Singers Just a Little Song Back Home Again
Peter Appleyard Spanish Pearls The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Jerry Toth A Rock Madrigal For Mehitabel The Twelve Sides Of
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Hoghead Shout + Horn = Dixie
Bill Butler Manhattan Serenade Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Bill Butler My Heart at thy Sweet Voice Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Don Gillis Baby It's Alright Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
Wally Koster L-O-V-E The Songs of Wally Koster
Lenny Breau Lone Pine Mo' Breau
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Do Something Nice Today!
Rick Wilkins Tomorrow For the Sake of Music
Compilation Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas Motorcars In Concert 1970
Hagood Hardy Jingle Bells The Christmas Album
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Phil Nimmons Group Open Country Nimmons 'N' Nine
Moe Koffman Curried Sole Moe's Curried Soul
Hagood Hardy Beauty Stop 33 Sutton Place
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
John Arpin Wild Cherries Rag (1908) Other Side Of Ragtime
Lenny Breau But Beautiful Mo' Breau
Pat Riccio Michelle (Lennon-McCartney) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Denny Vaughan Mary in the Morning Girls I Knew
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Guantanamera Montage
The Laurie Bower Singers My Life's A Song You
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Paul Zaza Sun Ranch Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Moe Koffman Dance Of The Leaves (Allegro) The Four Seasons
The Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
Moe Koffman Inverno Furioso (Allegro) The Four Seasons
The Laurie Bower Singers Looks Like We Made It Looks Like We Made It
Wally Koster Wagon Wheels The Songs of Wally Koster
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Hagood Hardy Cold on the Shoulder The Homecoming
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Ballin' the Jack + Horn = Dixie
Phil Nimmons Group Chim chim cheree Mary Popppins Swings
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Jennine Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Paul Zaza Guitarra Rhumba Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Peter Appleyard The Linconshire Poacher The Lincolnshire Poacher
Hagood Hardy Let Me Love Again As Time Goes By
Bill Badgley After The Lovin' Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Espresso Sailin' Home
Bill Butler Theme from "The Pathetique" Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
John Arpin Dance in the Old Fashioned Way Direct to Disc
Johnny Cowell Still Feeling Blue It's Gotta Be Love
Jimmy Dale Where Is the Love? Toronto Instrumental
Jimmy Namaro Blues for Fives featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Moe Koffman Up, Up and Away Turned on
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Lenny Breau You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 4th movement Transformations - Invocations
The Laurie Bower Singers It Goes Like It Goes It Goes Like It Goes
Hagood Hardy I'll Take Love Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love
Hagood Hardy Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love
Peter Appleyard Wave The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Rick Wilkins Without Your Love Discovery
The Laurie Bower Singers It Takes Time Take Me Home Country Roads
Peter Appleyard Old Dave 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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