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
Rick Wilkins	Ballad for Carolyn	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:48
Jimmy Namaro	September Song	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:54
Jerry Toth	Gymnopedie	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:50
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell	CBC Comp 409	02:30
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Ron Collier Tentet	I Feel Pretty	ST	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Young New Mexican Pupeteer	Morning Has Broken	03:12
Hagood Hardy	Juarez '62	Reflections	03:13
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Goes Like It Goes	It Goes Like It Goes	03:40
Ben McPeek	Early Autumn	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:47
John Arpin	Toronto Blues (1965)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:40
Guido Basso	Polka Dots & Moonbeams	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	04:34
Hagood Hardy	A Time for Us	As Time Goes By	03:44
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ballin' the Jack	+ Horn = Dixie	03:37
Phil Nimmons Group	Chim chim cheree	Mary Popppins Swings	03:55
Phil Nimmons Group	Blue Lou	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:47
Johnny Cowell	High on a Flagpole	It's Gotta Be Love	02:40
Moe Koffman	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
Compilation	Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:12
Jimmy Dale	I Should Care	Soft and Groovy	03:03
Peter Appleyard	Where is the Love	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:17
Ben McPeek	Share the Land	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:09
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Hagood Hardy	Jingle Bells	The Christmas Album	02:07
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
Denny Vaughan	Put a Little Love in Your Heart	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	01:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Say Goodbye	When You Say Goodbye	03:56
Boogus	Cow Cow Boogie	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:24
Johnny Cowell	I Have the Pleasure	Hot Brass	02:09
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Teddy Roderman	Niagara	Makin' It With You	02:10
Moe Koffman	Walk Away Renee	Turned on	02:27
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Loves Theme	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:45
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Johnny Cowell	I Can't Get Started (Al Hirt & Bunny Berigan)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:43
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
Denny Vaughan	Stranger on the Shore	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:34
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Compilation	Snowmen	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:58
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Lip Flap (For Fred)	Now!	03:48
Teddy Roderman	Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias)	Stay Awhile	02:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Tell No Lies	You	03:31
Jimmy Dale	You’d Better Love Me	Soft and Groovy	02:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot)	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love to the People	Looks Like We Made It	02:58
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Cape St Marys	CBC Comp 409	03:05
Lenny Breau	Minors Aloud	Minor's Aloud	03:46
Rick Wilkins	Let Me be the One	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:31
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Denny Vaughan	Abergavenny	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:24
Doug Randle	You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:18
Jimmy Namaro	Call Me	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	Kcammot	Driftwood	02:19
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Peter Appleyard	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
Fred Stone	For Igor	The Music of Fred Stone	07:46
Phil Nimmons Group	As a Rully	Take 10	06:05
Peter Appleyard	Ben	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:17
Lucio Agostini	Leah's Latin Lover (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:39
Wally Koster	My One and Only Love	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:16
Jimmy Namaro	Stranger in Paradise	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:43
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Garden Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:25
Bill Butler	Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:22
Ben McPeek	Never My Love	Peace Train	03:27
Ben McPeek	Undun	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:37
Johnny Cowell	Still Feeling Blue	It's Gotta Be Love	02:42
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Love to Play (Opening Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	00:54
Hogtown Trumpets	Bustling	CBC Comp 434 comp	02:40
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Paul Zaza	Beautiful People	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
Carol McCartney	East of the Sun	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Norman Amadio Trio	Lullaby of the Leaves	ST	03:00
Moe Koffman	L'il Bitty Pretty One	Moe's Curried Soul	03:56
Jimmy Namaro	Man of La Mancha	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:04
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Shadow Of Your Smile	The Now Sound	02:51
Jimmy Namaro	This is My Song	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:05
Peter Appleyard	Just In Time	The Vibe Sound Of	02:40
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Eugene Amaro	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Denny Vaughan	Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:10
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Teddy Roderman	Goodbye	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:24
Jerry Toth	Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:38
Lucio Agostini	Taboo	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:15
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Lenny Breau	Anytime (Herbert Lawson)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:47
Eugene Amaro	Blame It On My Youth	Warm	03:04
Hagood Hardy	Beauty	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:18
Jimmy Dale	Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Hagood Hardy	When the First Snow Falls	The Christmas Album	04:15

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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