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
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening	02:21
Henry Cuesta	Lonely Girl	Clarinet With Strings	02:29
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:32
Jimmy Namaro	I Cover The Waterfront	At the Westbury	02:15
Peter Appleyard	Crazy Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:36
Kathryn Moses	Oleo	ST	04:28
Henry Cuesta	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
Lenny Breau	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:34
Moe Koffman	Now is the Time	Goes Electric	02:55
Ed Bickert	Skylark	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:49
Norman Amadio Trio	The Very Thought of You	ST	03:07
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Georgy Girl	The Now Sound	02:24
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:21
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Killing Me Softly (With His Song)	Do Something Nice Today!	03:10
Jerry Toth	Little Boy Blue	The Twelve Sides Of	02:33
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Jimmy Namaro	Nothing in This World (Compares With You)	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:37
Ivy Steel	Don’t Explain	Reincarnation	04:26
Jimmy Namaro	Love	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:21
Paul Zaza	Summertime Drive	Faces and Places	02:19
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
Eugene Amaro	More Than You Know	Twilight Time	02:02
Paul Zaza	Mellow Moments	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:11
Colina Phillips	Universal Prisoner	Toronto Vocalist	02:33
Brian Browne Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
John Arpin	Troubadour Rag (1919)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:16
Brian Browne Trio	Killing Me Softly	Toronto Instrumental	02:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Hold On to a Little Bit of Love	Morning Has Broken	02:18
Lenny Breau	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Moe Koffman	Up, Up and Away	Turned on	02:28
Joyce Sullivan	Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:21
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I Lived in a Dream	Halifax Instrumental	03:01
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
Pat Riccio	Watermelon Man (Hancock)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:11
Hagood Hardy	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
Ben McPeek	Early Autumn	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:47
Bill Butler	I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	Nine to Five	It Goes Like It Goes	02:34
Ron Collier Tentet	Come Sunday	ST	03:02
Doug Randle	Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:10
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rain Brings People Together	Wish I Was A Plane	03:12
Johnny Cowell	Stay With Me	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Norman Amadio Trio	Frenesi	ST	02:05
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning	Montage	02:57
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	03:10
Eugene Amaro	Ruby	Warm	03:08
Rick Wilkins	Weekend in New England	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Guido Basso	Windmills of Your Mind	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
Compilation	Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:12
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Ben McPeek	Yorkville Yak	The Original Sounds of	01:47
Compilation	Jim Pirie - We'll Walk Together	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Breezin' Along With the Breeze	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	01:50
Johnny Cowell	His Girl	His Girl	02:11
Rick Wilkins	The Closer I Get To You	For the Sake of Music	03:23
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Love Talk	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Jerry Toth	Moment of Love	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:01
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke	Jazz Toronto	04:00
Lenny Breau	King of the Road	Guitar Sounds From	02:29
Moe Koffman	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
Jerry Toth	The Worst That Could Happen	The Music Of	02:34
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
Johnny Cowell	Like No Other Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:21
Lucio Agostini	Chuck Wagon Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love	Laurie Bower	03:38
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Love You, Yes I Do	Bluesprint	03:40
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Rick Wilkins	Tetra Tetra	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	06:00
Rick Wilkins	Even Now	For the Sake of Music	02:33
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sign of the Times	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:39
Moe Koffman	L'il Bitty Pretty One	Moe's Curried Soul	03:56
Teddy Roderman	What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons)	Stay Awhile	02:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Say Goodbye	When You Say Goodbye	03:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Pretty Lady	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:16
Eugene Amaro	I Didn't Know What Time It Was	Warm	02:38
Peter Appleyard	Get Happy	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	At the Ports of Call	02:16
Johnny Cowell	The Golden Jet (Bobb Hull)	His Girl	02:23
Moe Koffman	Harvest Festival (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	05:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Decorated My Life	When You Say Goodbye	03:38
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	View from Paddy's Head	Sailin' Home	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Glitter Queen	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:55
Guido Basso	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Christmas Today	03:02
Johnny Cowell	Darling Mama	His Girl	02:22
Jimmy Namaro	Baia	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:04
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
John Arpin	Great Scott Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:25

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

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Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

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Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

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Guido Basso - Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

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Guido Basso - Love Talk

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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Guido Basso - It's Happening (re-issue)

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Guido Basso - Christmas Today

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Guido Basso - It's Happening

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