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
Teddy Roderman	Sunshine, Lollipops and Roses	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:31
Moe Koffman	Overture To Spring (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	03:49
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Denny Vaughan	Happy Days Are Here Again	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:54
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Pagan Love Song	ST	02:55
Jimmy Dale	Sun Goes By	Toronto Instrumental	03:21
Eugene Amaro	Ruby	Warm	03:08
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	The Tender Loving Care	02:54
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
The Mutual Understanding	Wonderland	In Wonderland	02:54
Guido Basso	'Round Midnight Overture (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	02:41
Moe Koffman	Curried Sole	Moe's Curried Soul	03:17
Paul Zaza	Follow the Sun	Faces and Places	02:18
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow	CBC Comp 409	03:25
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening	02:43
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Medley #1: Rose of Washington Square; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Sweet Georgia Brown (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Ben McPeek	A Taste of Honey	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:42
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:03
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Black and Blue	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:45
Jimmy Dale	Guanabara	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Eugene Amaro	I Found My Love Last Summer	Warm	03:38
Terry Watada	Jazz On a Rainy Day	Night's Disgrace	03:37
Jackie Richardson	If I Could Only Sleep	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:49
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
Hagood Hardy	After You've Gone	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:27
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:11
2B3	Doug Riley, Michael Fonfara - Steel Onions	The Toronto Sessions	05:39
Denny Vaughan	Love Me Tender	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:44
Jimmy Namaro	Jimmy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:50
Bill Badgley	Amanda	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:05
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Garden Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:25
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Ron Collier Tentet	Fair Wind	ST	02:49
Tommy Ambrose	While We're Young	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:53
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	September in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:16
John Arpin	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Bill Badgley	June	At the Ports of Call	02:26
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Wally Koster	Sunset Waltz	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:46
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Denny Vaughan	Let a Smile be Your Umbrella	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:51
Compilation	Season of the Yonge	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:07
Denny Vaughan	The Girl Next Door	Girls I Knew	02:49
Hagood Hardy	Juarez '62	Reflections	03:13
Lucio Agostini	Caramba (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:03
Hagood Hardy	Don't Give up on Us	Tell Me My Name	02:52
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wise Guys	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
Phil Nimmons Group	My Old Flame	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:39
Ivy Steel	God Bless the Child	Reincarnation	04:58
Paul Zaza	Blue Porcelain	Faces and Places	02:18
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Jimmy Dale	Stranger in Paradise	Profiles	03:46
Compilation	This Train	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:13
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Midnight Bells	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:22
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Room at the Back	Strictly Nimmons	05:21
Swing Sisters	Davenport Blues	Davenport Blues	03:20
Hagood Hardy	(Theme from) Second Wind	Maybe Tomorrow	02:58
Moe Koffman	James Brown's Bag	Turned on	02:48
Moe Koffman	Jazz Merengue	Tales of Koffman	03:45
Phil Nimmons Group	Who Walks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:16
The Laurie Bower Singers	Think	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:29
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	If	Montage	02:38
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Mrs. Robinson	The Now Sound	03:08
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Rey	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:30
Jimmy Namaro	Dansero	At the Westbury	02:48
Teddy Roderman	It's Impossible	Makin' It With You	02:42
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Johnny Cowell	Still Feeling Blue	It's Gotta Be Love	02:42
Rick Wilkins	Without Your Love	Discovery	03:18
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Ben McPeek	Charade	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:14
Dr. Music	Bright Lights	Doug Riley Transcription	03:11
Jimmy Namaro	We Three	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Ron Collier Tentet	The Thrill is Gone	ST	02:02
Guido Basso	Last Night When We Were Young	One More for the Road	04:58
Jerry Toth	Say Goodbye To Your Cash	The Twelve Sides Of	02:47
Eugene Amaro	Did You Say	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	01:57
Jerry Toth	I Am In Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:24
The Mutual Understanding	San Jose	In Wonderland	02:41
Jimmy Namaro	We Gotta Get it All Together	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:50
Joyce Sullivan	Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:21
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sunny	The Now Sound	02:08
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Hagood Hardy	Leaside Bridge	As Time Goes By	04:56
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	His Girl	02:22
Peter Appleyard	Feelings	ST	03:29
Kathryn Moses	Oleo	ST	04:28
Doug Randle	Cote d´Azur	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rain Brings People Together	Wish I Was A Plane	03:12
Yorkville Avenue Band	Quite Contrary	"Moving Day"	03:17
Doug Randle	You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:48
Peter Appleyard	Cinderella Rockefeller	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:19
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks	Strictly Nimmons	03:38
Guido Basso	Anniversary Song	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:09

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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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

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

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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