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
Lucio Agostini	Taxi	Action With Agostini	02:12
Johnny Burt Society	The Candy Man	….Come Summer	03:04
Lucio Agostini	Chuck Wagon Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:51
Ivy Steel	What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Reincarnation	03:28
Rick Wilkins	Neat!	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:13
Moe Koffman	Flute Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:10
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:30
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Denny Vaughan	(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:03
The Mutual Understanding	Rain Rain Go Away	In Wonderland	02:21
Compilation	Carpet Man (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:30
Denny Vaughan	Mary in the Morning	Girls I Knew	02:55
Peter Appleyard	Angel Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	03:14
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Moe Koffman	Nature's Banquet (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	07:45
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Doug Randle	Vive La Company	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:51
Hagood Hardy	It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else	Tell Me My Name	03:10
Don Gillis	Baby It's Alright	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:10
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
Phil Nimmons Group	Jasper	Take 10	03:49
Teddy Roderman	The Green Grass Starts To Grow	Makin' It With You	02:14
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl	The Toronto Sessions	05:09
Johnny Cowell	Moonshine	Hot Brass	02:03
Ben McPeek	Talk It Over In The Morning	Peace Train	02:21
Ben McPeek	If You Could Read My Mind	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:34
Knights of the Round Flugel	Walkin' On New Grass (Ray Pennington)	Bye Bye Love	02:11
Jimmy Namaro	When the World Was Young	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:13
Hagood Hardy	I Feel It	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:24
Dr. Music	Ain't That a Groove	Doug Riley Transcription	07:52
Carol McCartney	You Don't Know What Love Is	A Night in Tunisia	06:31
Guido Basso	All the Sad Young Men	One More for the Road	04:36
Johnny Cowell	Runnin' Away	Hot Brass	02:20
John Arpin	Daniel	Direct to Disc	03:42
Kathryn Moses	Touch Me	ST	07:28
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Colina Phillips	River Jordan	Toronto Vocalist	03:05
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
Lucio Agostini	A Banda	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:48
Swing Sisters	I Believe In Miracles	Davenport Blues	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Hey Look	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:22
Colina Phillips	Never Had it So Good	Toronto Vocalist	03:23
Paul Zaza	Welcome Home	Faces and Places	02:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
Moe Koffman	Twistin' and Bumpin'	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:15
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	King of the Road	The Old Meets the New	03:32
Jimmy Dale	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Profiles	03:29
Hagood Hardy	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning)	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love	03:06
Doug Randle	London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:34
Terry Watada	Yellow Fever	Yellow Fever	03:59
Doug Riley	Child Eyes	Freedom	05:21
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Moe Koffman	Jeannine	Tales of Koffman	05:27
Johnny Cowell	Spring Rain	Our Winter Love	02:13
Russ Little	Django	On the Shoulders of Giants	05:21
Peter Appleyard	Avalon	The Vibe Sound Of	02:33
Moe Koffman	General Delivery	Cool and Hot Sax	03:20
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Bill Badgley	Amanda	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:05
Terry Watada	Weekend	Night's Disgrace	03:18
Johnny Burt Society	Come Summer	….Come Summer	02:17
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening	02:43
The Laurie Bower Singers	Una Paloma	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:23
Johnny Cowell	Like No Other Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:21
Norman Amadio Trio	Enchantment	ST	02:28
Lenny Breau	Killer Joe	Minor's Aloud	06:12
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues	Strictly Nimmons	02:59
Henry Cuesta	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
Johnny Cowell	Anatomy of a Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:18
Lenny Breau	Cold, Cold Heart	Guitar Sounds From	04:44
Norman Amadio Trio	Alleluia D.T.'s.	ST	01:57
Hagood Hardy	Wintertime	The Homecoming	02:20
Denny Vaughan	Moonlight Rendezvous	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Goes Like It Goes	It Goes Like It Goes	03:40
Russ Little	Smile Please	Snapshot	07:26
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:40
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It's Impossible	It's Impossible	03:16
Hagood Hardy	Reunion (Theme from Rituals)	Tell Me My Name	03:18
Moe Koffman	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Gold (The Challenge)	Transformations - Invocations	10:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look and See	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:44
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
Lucio Agostini	World of Music	Action With Agostini	02:59
Lucio Agostini	Tutti Flutti	Action With Agostini	02:42
Wally Koster	My One and Only Love	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:16
Hagood Hardy	Folks Who Live on the Hill	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're Driving Me Crazy	Feelin'	02:57
Jimmy Namaro	I Wanna Know	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:37
The Mutual Understanding	Wonderland	In Wonderland	02:54
Peter Appleyard	The Man That Got Away	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:37
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	When I Need You	Looks Like We Made It	03:45
Teddy Roderman	So Let Our Love Begin	Makin' It With You	03:10
John Arpin	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Direct to Disc	03:54
Hagood Hardy	When the First Snow Falls	The Christmas Album	04:15

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Johnny Burt Society - In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along

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Johnny Burt Society - ….Come Summer

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Trombone - Teddy Roderman

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - ST

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Halifax Instrumental

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

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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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