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
Tommy Ambrose	I Don't Hurt Anymore	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:31
Doug Randle	Colored Plastics	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:43
The Brian Browne Trio	Killing Me Softly	Toronto Instrumental	02:20
Denny Vaughan	Ain't We Got Fun	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:57
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - How Insensitive	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:29
Teddy Roderman	It's Impossible	Makin' It With You	02:42
Lucio Agostini	World of Music	Action With Agostini	02:59
Moe Koffman	Lord Have Mercy	Goes Electric	02:24
Pat Riccio	Then I'll Be Tired of You (Schwarz-Harburg) Doug Crosley: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:01
Jackie Richardson	Stay With Me	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:07
Ivy Steel	Boudoirs	Reincarnation	02:50
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Song of the Tropics	ST	03:17
Paul Hoffert	The Song is You	The Jazz Roots of	06:40
Jimmy Namaro	Too Marvellous For Words	At the Westbury	02:05
Guido Basso	Polka Dots & Moonbeams	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	04:34
Eugene Amaro	Ruby	Warm	03:08
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Kathryn Moses	Midnight	ST	08:32
Peter Appleyard	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
Moe Koffman	When the Saints Go Marching In	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:11
Ron Collier Tentet	Walking Out	ST	02:28
Johnny Cowell	I Can't Get Started (Al Hirt & Bunny Berigan)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:43
Hagood Hardy	When We Were Young	As Time Goes By	03:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
Hagood Hardy	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
Doug Randle	Isn't it a Pity	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:18
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Destino	And I Love Her	02:40
John Arpin	Bill Bailey	Concert In Ragtime	03:21
The Mutual Understanding	If You Say Goodbye	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	03:45
Hagood Hardy	If I Had Nothing But a Dream	Reflections	02:51
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Peter Appleyard	A Face Like Yours	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:58
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
Johnny Cowell	Darling Mama	His Girl	02:22
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58
Moe Koffman	Anteater's Dance	Moe's Curried Soul	03:00
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:51
Johnny Cowell	Summertime Sunshine	Hot Brass	02:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
John Arpin	Tickled to Death	Concert In Ragtime	01:57
Jimmy Namaro	Changing Keys	At the Westbury	02:41
Terry Watada	Yellow Fever	Yellow Fever	03:59
Jimmy Dale	Touch Her Soft Lips	Profiles	02:48
Teddy Roderman	What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons)	Stay Awhile	02:49
Jimmy Namaro	Late Late Blues	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:30
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl	The Toronto Sessions	05:09
Doug Riley	Freedom	Freedom	04:34
Peter Appleyard	Sophisticated Lady	ST	02:42
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Moe Koffman	Doxy	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:44
Peter Appleyard	The Last Blues Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Norman Amadio Trio	You Do Something To Me	ST	01:39
Guido Basso	Gentle Rain	One More for the Road	04:58
Henry Cuesta	We're at Home	Clarinet With Strings	02:10
Jerry Toth	Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:30
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Jimmy Dale	My Reverie	Profiles	03:57
Eugene Amaro	Midnight Blue	Twilight Time	02:53
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Blue Velvet	The Old Meets the New	02:49
Guido Basso	Ill Wind	One More for the Road	05:15
Ben McPeek	Fascinating Rhythm	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:05
Ivy Steel	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	September in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:16
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Jimmy Namaro	Dansero	At the Westbury	02:48
Bill Butler	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:48
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Compilation	Rhonda Silver - I Saw It Happen	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sing Me a Rainbow	Feelin'	02:18
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	I Enjoy Being a Girl	And I Love Her	02:07
Wally Koster	Nice Work if You Can Get It	The Songs of Wally Koster	01:52
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Dolly Medley (Herman)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	03:11
Lucio Agostini	Centipediantics	Action With Agostini	02:53
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Battle Of New Orleans	Wish I Was A Plane	02:54
Doug Crosley	Good Morning (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:11
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Storyville Blues	+ Horn = Dixie	04:23
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Bill Badgley	Lady	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Jackie Richardson	Finer Wine	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:07
Eugene Amaro	Strangers In The Night	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Ben McPeek	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:19
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where or When	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:32
Moe Koffman	Shimmy Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:07
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Denny Vaughan	Love Me Tender	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:44
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Robert Tennison Troupe	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:51
Phil Nimmons Group	Squeeze Play	Take 10	03:58
The Mutual Understanding	When The World Was Young	In Wonderland	03:49
Johnny Cowell	Don't Look Back	It's Gotta Be Love	02:04
Jerry Toth	The Moth .. Peter Appleyard vibes solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:45
Ed Bickert	A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing	Bye Bye Baby	05:32
Peter Appleyard	Telephone Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:37
Peter Appleyard	Wave	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:27

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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