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
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Breezin' Along With the Breeze Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Jerry Toth I've Got My Eyes On You The Music Of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Knock Three Times Do Something Nice Today!
Doug Crosley Sing a Happy Song (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Moe Koffman Pretzel Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Moe Koffman Swinging' Shepherd Blues Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
The Laurie Bower Singers Sweet Ginger Bread Man Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
The Brian Browne Trio Browne Sugar The Toronto Scene
Rick Wilkins Jazz Gavotte From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Ben McPeek Yorkville Yak The Original Sounds of
Jimmy Namaro Sentimental Journey At the Westbury
Peter Appleyard Old Dave The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Lucio Agostini Pedro Pussycat Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
The Laurie Bower Singers Glitter Queen Got a Feelin' for Love
Jimmy Dale Here, There, And Everywhere Soft and Groovy
Compilation Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
The Laurie Bower Singers Up On Cripple Creek Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Guido Basso Goofus It's Happening
Compilation This Train Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Johnny Cowell Butterscotch The Virtuoso Trumpet
The Laurie Bower Singers Together Take Me Home Country Roads
Denny Vaughan Lonely Evening Time Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Ben McPeek For Lovin Me The Original Sounds of
Henry Cuesta Way Down Deep Plays Favourites
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Lucio Agostini Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Guido Basso Polka Dots & Moonbeams A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Norman Amadio Trio You Do Something To Me ST
Paul Zaza Guitarra Rhumba Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Jackie Richardson My Baby Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Ben McPeek Early Autumn His Voices and His Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers I Go To Rio It Goes Like It Goes
Moe Koffman Growing Up Tales of Koffman
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Rockin' Good Way Bluesprint
Ed Bickert Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye Baby
Doug Randle Why Did I Choose You? (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Sable Island CBC Comp 409
Bill Badgley Aubrey Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Jimmy Namaro We Three featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Paul Zaza Blue Lagoon Images
Lenny Breau Blues Theme #2 The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Lenny Breau Anytime (Herbert Lawson) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Bill Badgley All At the Ports of Call
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Moonlight Serenade It’s a Sign of the Times
Sanderlings Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka) With The Jim Pirie Orchestra
Jackie Richardson Thank You Lord Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Peter Appleyard Witchcraft Per-cus-sive Jazz
Jimmy Dale Could it be Magic Profiles
Peter Appleyard Passion Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Bill Butler Canadian Sunset Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
The Brian Browne Trio Killing Me Softly Toronto Instrumental
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Nellie Medley (Wait 'Til the Sun Shines Nellie - Wore a Tulip - Old Grey Bonnet - I Want a Gal) (arr. Read) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Jimmy Namaro This is My Song Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Compilation One of Those Songs (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Lucio Agostini Caprice Canadien Action With Agostini
Henry Cuesta Fate Clarinet With Strings
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)
Johnny Cowell Like No Other Girl It's Gotta Be Love
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Shuffle Boogie, Swamp, Groove Blue Toronto Instrumental
Hagood Hardy I'll Take Love Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love
Moe Koffman Train Whistle Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Ed Bickert Come Rain or Come Shine ST
Peter Appleyard Swinging Shepherd Blues Peter Appleyard Presents
Lucio Agostini Caramba (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Dance of the Only Son Sailin' Home
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Wally Koster The More I See You The Songs of Wally Koster
The Laurie Bower Singers You Decorated My Life When You Say Goodbye
The Laurie Bower Singers Rainy Day People Got a Feelin' for Love
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Destino And I Love Her
The Laurie Bower Singers Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love Laurie Bower
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - There'll be Some Changes Made CBC Comp 409
Lenny Breau She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Lucio Agostini Centipediantics Action With Agostini
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Sneaky Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Wally Koster Nice Work if You Can Get It The Songs of Wally Koster
Guido Basso Nightcap It's Happening (re-issue)
Guido Basso God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Christmas Today
Jerry Toth Here's That Rainy Day The Music Of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians (Do You Know The Way To) San Jose The Now Sound
Guido Basso You Are My Sunshine It's Happening
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I Lived in a Dream Halifax Instrumental
Johnny Cowell Caesar's Palace Hot Brass
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Coasting (with Isaacs)
The Laurie Bower Singers Think Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Eugene Amaro Afterglow Warm
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Blame Me Laurie Bower
Lucio Agostini World of Music Action With Agostini
Bill Butler Manhattan Serenade Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Voices of Spring Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Hagood Hardy I Feel It Stop 33 Sutton Place
Guido Basso Nightcap It's Happening
Compilation Ted Komar - Bela Bimba CBC Comp 409
Tommy Ambrose A Cottage for Sale Young Tommy Ambrose
Bill Badgley Music to Watch the Girls By At the Ports of Call
The Mutual Understanding If You Say Goodbye Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye
The Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
Lucio Agostini Tutti Flutti Action With Agostini

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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