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
Guido Basso Never Let Me Go A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Johnny Cowell (These Are) The Young Years Our Winter Love
Jimmy Namaro He-Wat’s Happening? (What’s Happening) Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Do Something Nice Today!
Knights of the Round Flugel Toot-Suite (Grosney) Bye Bye Love
Lucio Agostini St. Thomas Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Phil Nimmons Group A Spoonful of Sugar Mary Popppins Swings
Paul Zaza Portrait of a Rose Faces and Places
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Blue Mantilla ST
Wally Koster My Funny Valentine The Songs of Wally Koster
The Laurie Bower Singers Put Your Hand In The Hand Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Hogtown Trumpets Aztec CBC Comp 434 comp
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Gold (The Challenge) Transformations - Invocations
Jimmy Namaro This Could be the Start of Something Big Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
The Laurie Bower Singers Song Sung Blue Morning Has Broken
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Rag Medley (Rogers) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Phil Nimmons Group Kicks Nimmons 'N' Nine
Bill Butler I Love You The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
The Laurie Bower Singers You You
Jimmy Namaro Hammering Home With Mallets A 4 Thought
Jackie Richardson If I Could Only Sleep Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Henry Cuesta Glamorous Night Clarinet With Strings
Rick Wilkins My Heart Belongs to Me My Heart Belongs to Me
Lucio Agostini Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
The Laurie Bower Singers You're Driving Me Crazy Feelin'
Teddy Roderman Lovers Roulette Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Harlem Nocturne The Old Meets the New
Johnny Cowell Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Jimmy Namaro Misty Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Goodbye Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Jimmy Namaro Cha Cha Chimes Driftwood
Robert Tennison Troupe I Can See (Instrumental) Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)
Ben McPeek Gymnopedie (Erik's Theme) Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Jerry Toth Picasso Summer The Twelve Sides Of
Doug Randle One Way Swimming Songs for the New Industrial State
Guido Basso Jingle Bells Christmas Today
Moe Koffman Bei Mir Bist Du Schön Cool and Hot Sax
Lucio Agostini Golden Earrings Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Ben McPeek Keyboard Grease Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
Henry Cuesta Brand New Morning Clarinet With Strings
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sunny The Now Sound
Johnny Cowell Walk Hand in Hand The Tender Loving Care
Wally Koster Alone Together The Songs of Wally Koster
Ron Collier Tentet The Days of Wine And Roses ST
Doug Crosley Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Paul Zaza Mimosa Coasting (with Isaacs)
John Arpin Leola Concert In Ragtime
Guido Basso God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Christmas Today
Norman Amadio Trio You Do Something To Me ST
Lucio Agostini Fiddler's Frolic Action With Agostini
Hagood Hardy Silent Night, Holy Night The Christmas Album
Johnny Cowell Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Peter Appleyard This Masquerade ST
Knights of the Round Flugel Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams) Bye Bye Love
Jimmy Dale Where Is the Love? Toronto Instrumental
The Laurie Bower Singers Feelin' Feelin'
The Laurie Bower Singers Guitar Man Wish I Was A Plane
Johnny Cowell High on a Flagpole It's Gotta Be Love
Paul Zaza Follow the Sun Faces and Places
Jerry Toth Peaceful The Twelve Sides Of
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Paul Hoffert 6 Bar Theme The Jazz Roots of
Phil Nimmons Group Jasper Take 10
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Love for Sale Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Auf Widersehn The Old Meets the New
The Laurie Bower Singers Boney Fingers Back Home Again
Tommy Ambrose This Song Is Ended Young Tommy Ambrose
The Laurie Bower Singers Rainy Day People Got a Feelin' for Love
Johnny Cowell Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 3 (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Summer Love Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love
Jackie Richardson The Lies of Handsome Men Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Lenny Breau You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Rick Wilkins With a Little Luck Discovery
Jimmy Namaro Soft Hands Driftwood
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Blue Velvet The Old Meets the New
John Arpin Cannonball Blues Concert In Ragtime
Guido Basso Tara's Theme It's Happening
Carol McCartney No More Blues A Night in Tunisia
Henry Cuesta Lonely is the Name Clarinet With Strings
Doug Randle Get Happy Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Lucio Agostini Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek) Monkey Music Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music
Ben McPeek Talk It Over In The Morning Peace Train
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Pagan Love Song ST
Johnny Cowell Sweet and Sour Chop Chop Hot Brass
Lucio Agostini Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Ed Bickert Pensativa Bye Bye Baby
Pete Schofield and the Canadians What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life? Do Something Nice Today!
Compilation Season of the Yonge Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
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)
Moe Koffman Inverno Furioso (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Phil Nimmons Group In a Minor Mode Nimmons 'N' Nine
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Nellie Medley (Wait 'Til the Sun Shines Nellie - Wore a Tulip - Old Grey Bonnet - I Want a Gal) (arr. Read) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Moe Koffman Curried Sole Moe's Curried Soul
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes We Gotta Get It All Together
Teddy Roderman Niagara Makin' It With You
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Invitation And I Love Her
Johnny Cowell W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Compilation Brian Dickinson - Alone Together Jazz Toronto

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

My Heart Belongs to Me

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

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