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
Paul Hoffert Growing Up The Jazz Roots of
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Adios Muchachos Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Guido Basso Liberated Brother Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra The Sound of Silver ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Come To Mother Got a Feelin' for Love
Swing Sisters I Believe In Miracles Davenport Blues
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 5th movement Transformations - Invocations
Johnny Cowell Je reviens (I'm Coming Back) Hot Brass
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks Strictly Nimmons
Jimmy Namaro Love For Sale At the Westbury
Denny Vaughan Love Me Tender A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Tommy Ambrose Goodbye Young Tommy Ambrose
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Vinaroz Halifax Instrumental
Jackie Richardson Finer Wine Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Eugene Amaro Love Theme (Gone With The Wind) Warm
The Laurie Bower Singers What is Christmas Danielle b/w What is Christmas
Phil Nimmons Group My Old Flame Nimmons 'N' Nine
Denny Vaughan Moonlight Rendezvous A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Hagood Hardy Cold on the Shoulder The Homecoming
Joyce Sullivan Friendly Star The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Jackie Richardson Child Eyes Part 2 Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Compilation Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha Motorcars In Concert 1970
Bill Badgley Moon Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Hagood Hardy Feliz Navidad The Christmas Album
Johnny Cowell Pretty Girl Our Winter Love
Johnny Cowell Hora Stacatto (Doc Severinson and Raphael Mendez) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
The Laurie Bower Singers Early Morning Rain Feelin'
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Midnight Bells Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Denny Vaughan Mary in the Morning Girls I Knew
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree Do Something Nice Today!
Norman Amadio Trio The Very Thought of You ST
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - How Insensitive The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Lucio Agostini March Wind Action With Agostini
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I Feel the Earth Move Do Something Nice Today!
Eugene Amaro Didn’t We The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Phil Nimmons Group Step in Time Mary Popppins Swings
Hagood Hardy Joy to the World The Christmas Album
The Laurie Bower Singers Stop And Smell The Roses Back Home Again
Jimmy Dale If Toronto Instrumental
Moe Koffman The Swingin' Shepherd Blues Goes Electric
Jimmy Namaro Too Marvellous For Words At the Westbury
Bill Badgley June Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Guido Basso Polka Dots & Moonbeams A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Compilation Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
The Laurie Bower Singers Crooked Mile Wish I Was A Plane
Lenny Breau On A Bach Bouree Minor's Aloud
John Arpin Love and Maple Syrup Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Ben McPeek Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves Peace Train
Pete Schofield and the Canadians King of the Road The Old Meets the New
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - Stompin' at the Savoy CBC Comp 409
Denny Vaughan Dominion Square A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Teddy Roderman Beautiful Second Hand Man Makin' It With You
Ed Bickert Manha de Carnaval ST
Tommy Ambrose While We're Young Young Tommy Ambrose
Moe Koffman Darktown Strutters Ball Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Bill Badgley Music to Watch Girls By Blue-Ribbon Badgley
John Arpin You are the Sunshine of My Life Direct to Disc
Denny Vaughan Traces Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Hogtown Trumpets Back Bacon Blues CBC Comp 434 comp
Jimmy Namaro He-Wat’s Happening? (What’s Happening) Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Johnny Cowell For What it's Worth It's Gotta Be Love
Jimmy Namaro Sand and Sandals Driftwood
2B3 Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake The Toronto Sessions
Knights of the Round Flugel Toot-Suite (Grosney) Bye Bye Love
Phil Nimmons Group Last Night When We Were Young Take 10
Guido Basso The Continental (Con Conrad) Lost in the Stars
Hagood Hardy Promenade Reflections
Peter Appleyard Lazy Silhouettes The Lincolnshire Poacher
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Leave Me Alone Ruby Red Dress Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
The Laurie Bower Singers If You Feel The Way I Do The Rose And The Rain
Johnny Cowell Dreams Of A Lonely Man His Girl
Rick Wilkins Somewhere Along the Way My Heart Belongs to Me
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Look Of Love The Now Sound
Kathryn Moses Midnight ST
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David) Now!
Hagood Hardy Winter Time The Christmas Album
Hagood Hardy The Children's Song As Time Goes By
Peter Appleyard Moonlight Feels Right ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End Laurie Bower
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Gold (The Challenge) Transformations - Invocations
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Compilation Ted Komar - Papirossew CBC Comp 409
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Fred Stone Elissa The Music of Fred Stone
Johnny Cowell Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
The Laurie Bower Singers Epilogue Morning Has Broken
Ed Bickert I Like To Recognize the Tune I Like To Recognize the Tune
John Arpin Dance in the Old Fashioned Way Direct to Disc
Peter Appleyard Satin Doll Toronto Instrumental
The Brian Browne Trio Careless Love The Toronto Scene
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Bess You is My Woman Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Johnny Cowell The Eternal Flame Our Winter Love
Moe Koffman Tangerine (Bossa Nova) Tales of Koffman
Paul Zaza Summer Evening Images
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Jimmy Dale Baubles, Bangles and Beads Profiles
Ben McPeek Never My Love Peace Train
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I'll be Waiting Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Jimmy Namaro When the World Was Young featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

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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

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

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

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

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

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

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

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

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

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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

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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, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

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

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

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

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

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Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

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"

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