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
Compilation	Rhonda Silver - I Saw It Happen	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:18
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Ben McPeek	Imagine	Peace Train	02:59
Hagood Hardy	Oh Holy Night	The Christmas Album	04:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Jimmy Namaro	Changing Keys	At the Westbury	02:41
Compilation	L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:17
Bill Butler	Chopin Nocturne In E Flat	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:35
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Herb Marshall	Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)	Toronto Vocalist	01:53
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Perfect Day	Sailin' Home	02:25
Moe Koffman	Nature's Banquet (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	07:45
Moe Koffman	Snowflakes (Largo)	The Four Seasons	02:02
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
Paul Zaza	Mellow Moments	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:11
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Winchester Cathedral	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:22
Paul Zaza	Follow the Sun	Faces and Places	02:18
Guido Basso	The Continental (Con Conrad)	Lost in the Stars	06:00
Johnny Cowell	Darling Mama	His Girl	02:22
Doug Randle	Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:10
Lucio Agostini	Skiing in Québec	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:30
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:30
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - How Insensitive	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:29
Peter Appleyard	Donald's Duck	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:59
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Lenny Breau	I Love You Because (Leon Payne)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:17
Johnny Cowell	Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:38
Jimmy Namaro	Sand and Sandals	Driftwood	03:19
Dr. Music	Ain't That a Groove	Doug Riley Transcription	07:52
Lucio Agostini	St. Thomas	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:17
Phil Nimmons Group	As a Rully	Take 10	06:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
Moe Koffman	Monks Monastery	Tales of Koffman	02:55
Jimmy Dale	You’d Better Love Me	Soft and Groovy	02:34
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:11
Rick Wilkins	Weekend in New England	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:38
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	It's Delovely	And I Love Her	02:19
Tommy Ambrose	You're Driving Me Crazy	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:54
Jimmy Namaro	Beachcomber's Blues	Driftwood	04:07
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	My Best Girl	+ Horn = Dixie	03:31
Wally Koster	Alone Together	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:01
Lucio Agostini	Tutti Flutti	Action With Agostini	02:42
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	At the Ports of Call	02:04
Compilation	Jerry Toth - But for Love	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:29
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Live & Let Die	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:27
Paul Zaza	Granada Fantasia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	05:34
Guido Basso	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Christmas Today	02:39
Jerry Toth	If We Try	The Twelve Sides Of	03:04
Guido Basso	Embraceable You	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:13
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Espana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:56
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Ben McPeek	Get Out of Town	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:33
Kathryn Moses	I Met a Special Man	ST	02:06
Hagood Hardy	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	The Christmas Album	02:53
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:27
Terry Watada	Little Geisha	Night's Disgrace	03:08
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Joyce Sullivan	Grandfather's Clock	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:33
Moe Koffman	Swingin' Explorer	Goes Electric	02:43
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Peter Appleyard	Satin Doll	Toronto Instrumental	02:39
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:06
Ivy Steel	Travelling Light	Reincarnation	03:59
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Lucio Agostini	Mulberry Bush	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:46
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Laughter in the Rain	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:50
Moe Koffman	Mein Shtetel Belz	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Joyce Sullivan	Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:41
Denny Vaughan	Hayseedelic	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:12
Moe Koffman	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Guido Basso	Let It Snow	Christmas Today	02:47
Johnny Cowell	Just One More Time	His Girl	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Compilation	Ted Komar - My Beloved	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Lucio Agostini	Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme)	Once Upon a Hundred Years	07:24
Hagood Hardy	No Good On My Own	As Time Goes By	03:31
Denny Vaughan	Theme from "The Killer of Kildonan"	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Jimmy Dale	Beautiful	Toronto Instrumental	02:29
Johnny Cowell	Theme from Zorba (Herb Alpert)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:36
Moe Koffman	Exodus	Tales of Koffman	04:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Young New Mexican Pupeteer	Morning Has Broken	03:12
Moe Koffman	Hey There	Cool and Hot Sax	03:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
Lenny Breau	Lone Pine	Mo' Breau	03:08
Bill Badgley	June	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:26
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Fair	Looks Like We Made It	03:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sundown	Back Home Again	03:13
Peter Appleyard	Hells Bells	The Vibraphone Of	01:46
John Arpin	Bethena	Concert In Ragtime	05:56
Dr. Music	I Can See You	Doug Riley Transcription	05:34
Hagood Hardy	Juarez '62	Reflections	03:13
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Johnny Cowell	Stawberry Jam	His Girl	02:04
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Follow My Secret Heart	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:18

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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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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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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