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
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Guido Basso	What a Friend	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Ben McPeek	Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves	Peace Train	02:47
Eugene Amaro	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Compilation	Talk to the Animals (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:23
Peter Appleyard	Softly as in a Morning Sunrise	The Vibraphone Of	02:37
Eugene Amaro	People	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:43
Phil Nimmons Group	A Spoonful of Sugar	Mary Popppins Swings	04:07
Hagood Hardy	After You've Gone	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:27
Lenny Breau	Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain (Fred Rose)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:18
Hagood Hardy	My Elusive Dreams	The Homecoming	02:45
Guido Basso	Never Let Me Go	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:00
Carol McCartney	Jersey Bounce	A Night in Tunisia	04:40
Hagood Hardy	The Homecoming	The Homecoming	02:34
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Moe Koffman	Tangerine (Bossa Nova)	Tales of Koffman	03:19
Lenny Breau	Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad	Mo' Breau	07:30
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sundown	Back Home Again	03:13
Guido Basso	Two Bass Hit	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	08:02
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon	And I Love Her	02:32
Paul Zaza	Summertime Drive	Faces and Places	02:19
Denny Vaughan	Dolores	Girls I Knew	02:44
Lenny Breau	Indian Reflections For Ravi	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	03:16
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summertime	The Old Meets the New	03:21
Peter Appleyard	China Boy (To Sleep)	The Vibraphone Of	02:34
Hagood Hardy	Silent Night, Holy Night	The Christmas Album	02:48
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening	02:43
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Moe Koffman	Francesca	Cool and Hot Sax	04:09
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues	Strictly Nimmons	02:59
Teddy Roderman	That's Life	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:00
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Peter Appleyard	This Masquerade	ST	03:01
Johnny Cowell	Stawberry Jam	His Girl	02:04
Peter Appleyard	The Last Blues Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Ben McPeek	Someday Soon	The Original Sounds of	01:53
Rick Wilkins	Summer Song	For the Sake of Music	03:34
Compilation	Carol Welsman - Lucky to be Me	Jazz Toronto	03:55
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canada	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	02:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:41
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Dolly Medley (Herman)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	03:11
Ron Collier Tentet	Come Sunday	ST	03:02
Paul Zaza	Wonderman	Faces and Places	02:27
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:59
Rick Wilkins	Lowdown	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:41
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:40
Peter Appleyard	Feelings	ST	03:29
Johnny Cowell	Moonshine	Hot Brass	02:03
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Goodbye	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	08:02
The Mutual Understanding	San Jose	In Wonderland	02:41
Jerry Toth	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
John Arpin	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Jimmy Namaro	One of a Kind Mambo	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:29
Jimmy Namaro	Pubba and The Puddy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:12
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Peter Appleyard	Wave	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:27
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	You	You	03:15
Henry Cuesta	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Plays Favourites	03:05
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:03
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	Montage	03:19
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Espana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:56
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Tommy Ambrose	Margie	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:04
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
2B3	Denis Keldie, Rob Gusevs - One Love - People Get Ready	The Toronto Sessions	06:38
Jerry Toth	Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:30
Denny Vaughan	Wake Up	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:08
Denny Vaughan	Northern Dancer	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:43
Jackie Richardson	I'm In Love	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:04
Guido Basso	I Can Dream Can't I	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:27
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Hagood Hardy	Silent Sky	Tell Me My Name	02:42
Teddy Roderman	Sunny	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:11
The Laurie Bower Singers	Glitter Queen	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:55
Bill Badgley	Fernando	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:39
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Dr. Music	Ain't That a Groove	Doug Riley Transcription	07:52
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Doug Randle	One Way Swimming	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:04
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Johnny Cowell	The Swagger O' The Kilt	His Girl	02:12
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Bacharach-David)	Now!	05:50
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Moe Koffman	Nature's Banquet (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	07:45
Moe Koffman	Shimmy Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:07
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You're Here	Montage	03:32
Jerry Toth	The Last Rhapsody	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:43
Tommy Ambrose	Just Like a Man	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	03:23
Jerry Toth	Here's That Rainy Day	The Music Of	02:30
John Arpin	Gladiolus Rag (1907)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:11
The Laurie Bower Singers	Could I Have This Dance	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	She's Always A Woman	You	03:37
Rick Wilkins	Even Now	For the Sake of Music	02:33
Rick Wilkins	Déjà vu	Discovery	03:55
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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