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
Lucio Agostini Gold Leaf Action With Agostini
Phil Nimmons Group Stay Awake Mary Popppins Swings
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - It Ain't Necessarily So CBC Comp 409
Rick Wilkins The Very Thought of You From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Ben McPeek Big Red The Original Sounds of
Jackie Richardson Child Eyes Part 1 - A Woman's View Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Peter Appleyard 'S Wonderful The Vibe Sound Of
Ed Bickert 'Tis Autumn I Like To Recognize the Tune
Jerry Toth It's a Great Life Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)
Teddy Roderman Niagara Makin' It With You
Lucio Agostini Caramba (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Rick Wilkins Holiday Discovery
Ron Collier Tentet Charade ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Boney Fingers Back Home Again
Doug Randle Nicolston Dam Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Jerry Toth The Moth .. Peter Appleyard vibes solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Paul Zaza Fiesta Romantica Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra South of Pago Pago ST
Swing Sisters I Believe In Miracles Davenport Blues
The Laurie Bower Singers Tell No Lies You
The Laurie Bower Singers Come To Mother Got a Feelin' for Love
Doug Crosley Pisces Child (Dolores Claman) With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Phil Nimmons Group A Spoonful of Sugar Mary Popppins Swings
Rick Wilkins Sometimes When We Touch For the Sake of Music
Peter Appleyard Conversation Toronto Instrumental
Jerry Toth The Importance of the Rose The Music Of
Ben McPeek Downtown His Voices and His Orchestra
Doug Randle Get Happy Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Peter Appleyard Dragnet Per-cus-sive Jazz
Bill Butler My Heart at thy Sweet Voice Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Henry Cuesta Just a Closer Walk with Thee Clarinet With Strings
Doug Crosley Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Bill Badgley How Insensitive At the Ports of Call
John Arpin Tickled to Death Concert In Ragtime
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Waltz Medley (Bicycle Built for Two - Sidewalks of New York - Take Me Out to the Ball Game) (arr. Read) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Moe Koffman Twist That Thing Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Lenny Breau Bonaparte's Retreat (King & Stewart) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Hagood Hardy Travellin' On The Homecoming
2B3 Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat The Toronto Sessions
Moe Koffman Twist the Hully Gully Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Johnny Cowell Our Winter Love Our Winter Love
Paul Zaza Song of the Stars Images
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Bronze (The Contest) Transformations - Invocations
Doug Crosley In the Forest (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Bill Badgley Wednesday's Child At the Ports of Call
The Laurie Bower Singers Hold On to a Little Bit of Love Morning Has Broken
Hagood Hardy Juarez '62 Reflections
Ben McPeek One Less Bell To Answer Peace Train
Paul Zaza Sunday Morning Images
Don Gillis Lady Death Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
Guido Basso Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Lost in the Stars
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Far Away Places Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Doug Randle Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All Songs for the New Industrial State
Guido Basso Christina And All That Latin Jazz!
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Once I Loved (Gilbert/Jobim/DeMoraes) ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Cry Out Loud It Goes Like It Goes
Rick Wilkins Ballad for Carolyn My Heart Belongs to Me
Guido Basso Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans) Lost in the Stars
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Auf Widersehn The Old Meets the New
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Fidgety Feet + Horn = Dixie
Moe Koffman Sunshower (Allegro) The Four Seasons
The Brian Browne Trio Careless Love The Toronto Scene
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Do Something Nice Today!
Herb Marshall Love Music (Sergio Mendez) Toronto Vocalist
Lenny Breau Please Release Me (Horton & Peck) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Jimmy Dale I Should Care Soft and Groovy
Lenny Breau She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? Do Something Nice Today!
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Fair Wind Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Ron Collier Tentet Walking Out ST
The Laurie Bower Singers What is Christmas Danielle b/w What is Christmas
Joyce Sullivan The Anniversary Song The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Denny Vaughan Good Morning Starshine Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Peter Appleyard Angel Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Guido Basso My Ideal One More for the Road
Lucio Agostini Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Song And Dance Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Peter Appleyard Yesterday & Tomorrow Toronto Instrumental
2B3 Denis Keldie, Michael Fonfara - Gimme Some Lovin' The Toronto Sessions
Johnny Cowell Caesar's Palace Hot Brass
Swing Sisters Girl Talk Davenport Blues
Tommy Ambrose I Don't Hurt Anymore Young Tommy Ambrose
Jimmy Namaro East of the Sun Driftwood
Terry Watada Cheyenne and the Weasel Night's Disgrace
Lucio Agostini Golden Earrings Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Jimmy Namaro Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
The Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Hagood Hardy When We Were Young As Time Goes By
Moe Koffman General Delivery Cool and Hot Sax
Bill Butler Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Jimmy Dale Where Is the Love? Toronto Instrumental
Bill Butler Autummn Nocturne The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Teddy Roderman It's Impossible Makin' It With You
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 5th movement Transformations - Invocations
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Copenhagen Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read

One Bright Morning

tony quarrington 001001

tony quarrington (1)

tony quarrington (3)

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

Night's Disgrace

Yellow Fever

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 02

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 01

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace INLAY

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace BACK

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever LABELS

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever BACK

The Vibraphone Of

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of LABELS

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of BACK

Peter Appleyard Presents

Toronto Instrumental

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Vibe Sound Of

Per-cus-sive Jazz

ST

The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Doug Riley Transcription

Doug Riley

Freedom

Comments

No Comments