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
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
Moe Koffman	Bermuda Schwartz	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:47
Guido Basso	Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw)	Love Talk	02:40
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Sound of Silver	ST	03:20
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're Driving Me Crazy	Feelin'	02:57
Moe Koffman	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
Guido Basso	Noelle	Love Talk	02:56
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Fair Weather	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:57
Compilation	Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:12
Johnny Cowell	Song of Joy	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:07
Henry Cuesta	Forever April	Clarinet With Strings	02:11
Lucio Agostini	Fiddler's Frolic	Action With Agostini	02:42
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
Carol McCartney	I Concentrate On You	A Night in Tunisia	05:14
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Henry Cuesta	The Promised Land	Plays Favourites	02:07
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Hagood Hardy	A Time for Us	As Time Goes By	03:44
Joyce Sullivan	Love (Can Be a Moment's Sadness)	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:28
Jimmy Namaro	Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:38
Rick Wilkins	Sometimes When We Touch	For the Sake of Music	03:10
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Moonlight Serenade	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:13
Johnny Burt Society	Until You Came Along	In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along	02:55
Jerry Toth	Gymnopedie	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:50
Lenny Breau	Hard Day's Night	Guitar Sounds From	04:12
Eugene Amaro	Blame It On My Youth	Warm	03:04
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:30
Jimmy Namaro	Call Me	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:38
Doug Randle	Love is Just Around the Corner (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Paul Hoffert	6 Bar Theme	The Jazz Roots of	05:23
Doug Crosley	Away from You (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:29
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Far Away Places	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:56
Russ Little	Body & Soul	Slow Burn	05:27
Ben McPeek	Big Red	The Original Sounds of	02:42
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Delta Dawn	Do Something Nice Today!	02:35
Henry Cuesta	Brand New Morning	Clarinet With Strings	02:17
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Denny Vaughan	Lucky Day (This Is My Lucky Day)	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:52
Tony Quarrington	Hi Lilly Hi Lo	One Bright Morning	06:03
Peter Appleyard	Satin Doll	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening	01:54
Moe Koffman	Hey There	Cool and Hot Sax	03:42
Bill Badgley	After The Lovin'	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:06
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Peter Appleyard	Telephone Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:37
Ivy Steel	Robbin’s Nest	Reincarnation	03:27
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Cool and Hot Sax	03:57
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Maple Leaf Rag	+ Horn = Dixie	03:24
Hagood Hardy	You Needed Me	Reflections	04:00
Johnny Cowell	Sweet and Sour Chop Chop	Hot Brass	02:00
John Arpin	Meadowlark Rag (1916)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:03
Russ Little	Blue Monk	On the Shoulders of Giants	04:13
Lenny Breau	Taranta	Guitar Sounds From	06:51
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Jimmy Dale	Music To Watch Girls By	Soft and Groovy	03:09
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Peter Appleyard	What I Did For Love	ST	02:57
Ed Bickert	You’re In Love With Someone	Bye Bye Baby	04:21
Lenny Breau	Freight Train	Guitar Sounds From	03:31
Jackie Richardson	If I Could Only Sleep	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:49
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Scarboro Fair (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	02:29
Hagood Hardy	Afternoon in Venice	Maybe Tomorrow	02:16
Ed Bickert	Bye Bye Baby	Bye Bye Baby	03:41
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:29
Paul Zaza	Wonderman	Faces and Places	02:27
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Kicks (Closing Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:19
Ben McPeek	Charade	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:14
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	At the Ports of Call	02:16
Lucio Agostini	Que Sera Sera	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:01
Ben McPeek	Thinking of You	Thinking of You	02:15
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Jim O'Driscoll	I Don't Know How to Love Him	I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	02:44
Johnny Cowell	Antigua	It's Gotta Be Love	02:08
Hagood Hardy	Love Song	Reflections	02:54
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Lucio Agostini	La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Guido Basso	Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	05:48
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sku-Ba-Doo	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:19
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Peter Appleyard	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Bill Badgley	Aubrey	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	02:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard	Morning Has Broken	02:36
Guido Basso	S'Wonderful	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rainy Day People	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:12
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
Jerry Toth	Tara's Theme .. Erich Traugott trumpet solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:21
Denny Vaughan	Dolores	Girls I Knew	02:44
Tommy Ambrose	Have a Heart	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:16
Johnny Cowell	Valley of the Six Hundred	It's Gotta Be Love	02:06
Henry Cuesta	Am I in Love?	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Ben McPeek	Fascinating Rhythm	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:05
Guido Basso	Suite P.E.I.	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	17:40

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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