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
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Lucio Agostini	Taboo	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:15
Jerry Toth	Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:38
Doug Riley	Jump for Joy	Freedom	05:10
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Ron Collier Tentet	Hockey Theme	ST	02:18
The Brian Browne Trio	After Midnight	Toronto Instrumental	01:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	I've Found a New Baby	Feelin'	02:06
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
Johnny Cowell	Roller Coaster	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:09
Norman Amadio Trio	Mein Shtetele Belz	ST	02:13
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Lush Life	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:01
Lucio Agostini	Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:20
Johnny Cowell	Pretty Girl	Our Winter Love	02:09
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Blue Velvet	The Old Meets the New	02:49
John Arpin	Daniel	Direct to Disc	03:42
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Monkey Music	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:24
Russ Little	You've Got a Friend	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	02:56
John Arpin	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Direct to Disc	03:54
Phil Nimmons Group	Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)	Mary Popppins Swings	05:29
John Arpin	Bethena	Concert In Ragtime	05:56
Wally Koster	My Funny Valentine	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:10
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wolverine Blues	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	How The Singers Sing	Morning Has Broken	03:06
Johnny Cowell	Runnin' Away	Hot Brass	02:20
Hagood Hardy	Misty	Reflections	03:45
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Ben McPeek	That Old Black Magic	The Original Sounds of	02:50
Jerry Toth	Little Boy Blue	The Twelve Sides Of	02:33
Peter Appleyard	Avalon	The Vibe Sound Of	02:33
Bill Badgley	Lady	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:00
Rick Wilkins	The Very Thought of You	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:35
Norman Amadio Trio	Taboo	ST	02:55
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Petite Waltz	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
Ivy Steel	Willow Weep for Me	Reincarnation	04:44
Johnny Cowell	Darling Mama	His Girl	02:22
Paul Zaza	The Magic Island	Images	02:51
Moe Koffman	Sunshower (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	04:23
Moe Koffman	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
Compilation	Brian Hughes - The Bridge	Jazz Toronto	04:58
Jerry Toth	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:06
Compilation	Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:16
Ron Collier Tentet	I Feel Pretty	ST	02:30
Hagood Hardy	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Guido Basso	Sweet Georgia Fame	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	05:23
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	At the Ports of Call	02:04
Bill Butler	I'm Always Chasing Rainbows	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:54
Guido Basso	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18
Hagood Hardy	The Children's Song	As Time Goes By	02:21
Peter Appleyard	Spanish Pearls	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:07
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Knights of the Round Flugel	Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams)	Bye Bye Love	02:32
Peter Appleyard	Soulful Strut	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:53
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sku-Ba-Doo	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:19
Guido Basso	Love Talk	Love Talk	03:09
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
Moe Koffman	Twistin' and Bumpin'	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:15
Hagood Hardy	Watching Through the Night	Maybe Tomorrow	03:40
Russ Little	Cold Duck Time	Snapshot	05:15
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Jimmy Dale	My Reverie	Profiles	03:57
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Henry Cuesta	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43
Doug Randle	Song for the Middle Aged	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:06
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Hagood Hardy	After You've Gone	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:27
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Carol McCartney	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	A Night in Tunisia	04:46
Pat Riccio	Watermelon Man (Hancock)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:11
The Laurie Bower Singers	Brand New Key	Morning Has Broken	02:32
Denny Vaughan	My Cherie Amour	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Say Goodbye	When You Say Goodbye	03:56
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl	The Toronto Sessions	05:09
Hagood Hardy	Harlequin (A Time for Love)	Reflections	03:13
John Arpin	Efficiency Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:54
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Yorkville Avenue Band	Moving Day	"Moving Day"	03:10
Hagood Hardy	A Time for Us	As Time Goes By	03:44
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Breezin' Along With the Breeze	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	01:50
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Sound of Silver	ST	03:20
Moe Koffman	If I Were a Carpenter	Turned on	02:32
Ed Bickert	Nica's Dream	Out of the Past	09:46
Compilation	Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:29
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Cried for You	Bluesprint	05:41
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	And I Love Her	The Old Meets the New	03:11
Lenny Breau	Scrapple From The Apple	Minor's Aloud	07:12
Lenny Breau	Cold, Cold Heart	Guitar Sounds From	04:44
Jimmy Namaro	He-Wat’s Happening? (What’s Happening)	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:56
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Baby Elephant Walk	The Old Meets the New	04:32
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Maxwell’s Silver Hammer	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:46
Paul Zaza	Superstar	Faces and Places	02:11
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Paul Zaza	Fine and Dandy	Faces and Places	02:31
Phil Nimmons Group	The Perfect Nanny	Mary Popppins Swings	04:06
Jimmy Namaro	Dark Eyes	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:13
Ben McPeek	Share the Land	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:09
Hagood Hardy	Feelin' Good	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:14
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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