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
Johnny Cowell	Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 3 (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:42
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Lenny Breau	Cold, Cold Heart	Guitar Sounds From	04:44
Johnny Cowell	Sangre De Toro Bravo	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:28
Henry Cuesta	Am I in Love?	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Eugene Amaro	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell	CBC Comp 409	02:30
Tommy Ambrose	A Cottage for Sale	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End	Laurie Bower	02:42
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Norman Amadio Trio	Oh Lady Be Good	ST	02:49
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
Ben McPeek	Soon It's Gonna Rain	The Original Sounds of	03:09
Johnny Cowell	Genevieve	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You're Here	Montage	03:32
Hagood Hardy	I'll Remember You	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:10
Hagood Hardy	Cold on the Shoulder	The Homecoming	03:31
Hagood Hardy	Don't Give up on Us	Tell Me My Name	02:52
Ron Collier Tentet	The Thrill is Gone	ST	02:02
Eugene Amaro	All In Love Is Fair	Twilight Time	03:26
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There'll be Some Changes Made	CBC Comp 409	02:09
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Rick Wilkins	Even Now	For the Sake of Music	02:33
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Jimmy Dale	My Reverie	Profiles	03:57
Ben McPeek	If Only We Could See	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:32
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Medley #2: My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Five Foot Two - Runnin' Wild (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Jimmy Dale	Beautiful	Toronto Instrumental	02:29
Paul Zaza	Beautiful People	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Guido Basso	Too Late Now	Love Talk	03:19
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:40
Joyce Sullivan	You'll Never Know	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:47
Jerry Toth	Little Boy Blue	The Twelve Sides Of	02:33
Wally Koster	Sunset Waltz	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:46
Johnny Cowell	For What it's Worth	It's Gotta Be Love	02:35
Jimmy Namaro	Street of Dreams	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:21
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Kathryn Moses	Touch Me	ST	07:28
Dr. Music	Too High	Doug Riley Transcription	04:40
Compilation	This Could be the Start of Something Big (arranged by Bruce Cassidy)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	03:09
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Jerry Toth	Last Tango In Paris	The Twelve Sides Of	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	Dark Eyes	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:13
Ron Collier Tentet	Hockey Theme	ST	02:18
Moe Koffman	Song for My Father	Turned on	02:54
Hagood Hardy	Will You Still be Mine?	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:13
Guido Basso	Two Bass Hit	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	08:02
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Lucio Agostini	Captain Bacardi	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:34
Ron Collier Tentet	Relaxin'	ST	02:28
Guido Basso	Windmills of Your Mind	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	Morrocco	At the Westbury	03:23
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Collage #3	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	02:51
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Kiss Me in the Rain	It Goes Like It Goes	04:01
Paul Zaza	Flight to the Sun	Faces and Places	04:06
Moe Koffman	Overture To Summer (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:03
Terry Watada	City of Lights	Night's Disgrace	03:59
Moe Koffman	Twist the Hully Gully	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
Denny Vaughan	The Girl I Left Behind Me	Girls I Knew	03:02
Jerry Toth	Peaceful	The Twelve Sides Of	02:55
Terry Watada	Maverick Chinaman	Night's Disgrace	10:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	Why Is Forever Taking So Long	When You Say Goodbye	03:02
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	And I Love Her	02:14
Eugene Amaro	I Didn't Know What Time It Was	Warm	02:38
John Arpin	Toronto Blues (1965)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:40
Lenny Breau	Indian Reflections For Ravi	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	03:16
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Perfect Day	Sailin' Home	02:25
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ace in the Hole	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wang Wang Blues	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:42
Doug Riley	Roads Travelled & Days Gone By	Freedom	04:54
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:27
Dr. Music	Shoot	Doug Riley Transcription	06:55
Doug Randle	Batteries Not Included	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:47
Jimmy Dale	Norwegian Wood	Soft and Groovy	03:17
Ben McPeek	Early Autumn	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:47
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:29
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Monkey Music	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:24
Jimmy Namaro	The Man I Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:53
Guido Basso	'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)	Lost in the Stars	03:45
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Jimmy Namaro	Body and Soul	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Feelin'	Feelin'	02:33
Phil Nimmons Group	As a Rully	Take 10	06:05
Jimmy Namaro	When the World Was Young	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:13
Lenny Breau	Autumn Leaves	Mo' Breau	02:01
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One for Mr. 'B'	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:43
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yesterday	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:10
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:06
Lucio Agostini	Pan Am Young and Old	Once Upon a Hundred Years	03:40
Lenny Breau	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:25
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Hagood Hardy	Something in Your Smile	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:44
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill)	Lost in the Stars	06:08

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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