The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
The Laurie Bower Singers Rain Brings People Together Wish I Was A Plane
Teddy Roderman Meditation Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Doug Randle London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Hogtown Trumpets Back Bacon Blues CBC Comp 434 comp
Peter Appleyard Mambo Inn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Ben McPeek Only God Knows Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
Rick Wilkins Amarillo My Heart Belongs to Me
Moe Koffman Goin' Out of My Head Turned on
Jimmy Namaro Over the Rainbow Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Peter Appleyard Undecided Per-cus-sive Jazz
Ron Collier Tentet Charade ST
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Secret Love Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Moe Koffman Curried Sole Moe's Curried Soul
Swing Sisters Davenport Blues Davenport Blues
The Laurie Bower Singers What is Christmas Danielle b/w What is Christmas
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Hagood Hardy Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' My Best Girl + Horn = Dixie
Jerry Toth Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Castle Rock Bluesprint
Compilation Billy Van - Kiss The Wind 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Moe Koffman Now is the Time Goes Electric
Paul Zaza Maid of the Mist Images
Jimmy Namaro The Man I Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Jimmy Namaro September Song Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Russ Little The Boy Next Door Footwork
Guido Basso Last Night When We Were Young One More for the Road
Phil Nimmons Group Open Country Nimmons 'N' Nine
Compilation Ken Steele - Gently 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Ed Bickert They All Laughed I Like To Recognize the Tune
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Scarborough Fair The Now Sound
Jerry Toth Tell Me Now Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)
The Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Bill Badgley After The Lovin' Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
John Arpin Great Scott Rag Concert In Ragtime
Bill Badgley How Insensitive Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Denny Vaughan Hi Neighbor Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Bill Butler I'll Remember April The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Johnny Cowell Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Colina Phillips River Jordan Toronto Vocalist
Jimmy Dale On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Profiles
Eugene Amaro I Just Fall In Love Again Warm
Guido Basso Give Her My Love It's Happening (re-issue)
Moe Koffman Inverno Furioso (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil) Now!
The Laurie Bower Singers Everybody's Reachin' Out For Someone Take Me Home Country Roads
Ron Collier Tentet I Feel Pretty ST
Hagood Hardy And When I See You Smile, My Day Begins Maybe Tomorrow
Paul Zaza Fiesta Romantica Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Guido Basso Christina And All That Latin Jazz!
The Laurie Bower Singers Crooked Mile Wish I Was A Plane
Paul Zaza High Spirits Faces and Places
Fred Stone Troika The Music of Fred Stone
Tony Quarrington Roundabout One Bright Morning
John Arpin Wild Cherries Rag (1908) Other Side Of Ragtime
Paul Zaza Flutey Fuge Faces and Places
Ron Collier Tentet Come Sunday ST
Johnny Cowell Carnival of Venice (Herbert L. Clarke) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Guido Basso Noelle Love Talk
John Arpin Kansas City Stomps Other Side Of Ragtime
Peter Appleyard Night Journey Peter Appleyard Presents
Jackie Richardson If I Could Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Sanderlings Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin) With The Jim Pirie Orchestra
Lucio Agostini Hoedown Action With Agostini
Terry Watada The 505 Night's Disgrace
Hagood Hardy Feliz Navidad The Christmas Album
The Laurie Bower Singers You Don't Bring Me Flowers You
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Sweet Leilani ST
Paul Zaza Welcome Home Faces and Places
Compilation Episode 7-Oh! Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Doug Crosley Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Blue Mantilla ST
Paul Zaza Sun Ranch Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Mutual Understanding Rain Rain Go Away In Wonderland
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 3 Grave The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Compilation Talk to the Animals (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 3rd movement Transformations - Invocations
Bill Badgley Amanda Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Jackie Richardson Stay With Me Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Compilation Snowmen Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Johnny Cowell W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Knights of the Round Flugel Walkin' On New Grass (Ray Pennington) Bye Bye Love
Lenny Breau Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad Mo' Breau
Kathryn Moses Prince Charming's Brother ST
Peter Appleyard Who Needs It ST
Johnny Cowell Arioso The Virtuoso Trumpet
Peter Appleyard The Man With The Golden Arm Per-cus-sive Jazz
Wally Koster Time Was The Songs of Wally Koster
Compilation On a Wonderful Day Like Today (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Eugene Amaro On Days Like These The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Bill Butler I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Moe Koffman The Storm (Presto) The Four Seasons
Peter Appleyard Streets of London ST
Denny Vaughan Theme from "The Killer of Kildonan" A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Rick Wilkins Neat! My Heart Belongs to Me
Jimmy Namaro Anna Maria Waltz featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Doug Riley Jump for Joy Freedom
Russ Little Jive Samba Slow Burn

Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

45-Jim O'Driscoll - The English Horn Of (CBC LM 151) VINYL 02

45-Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues (CBC LM 150) VINYL 02

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Deeper and Deeper

Footwork

Slow Burn

On the Shoulders of Giants

45-Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough VINYL 02

Snapshot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

Montage

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45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

Out of the Past

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together LABEL 02

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together LABEL 01

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together BACK

We Gotta Get It All Together

One Bright Morning

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Tony Quarrington

Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

It's Gotta Be Love

Johnny Cowell / It's Gotta Be Love LABELS

Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love MINT BACK

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