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
Guido Basso	Christmas Waltz	Christmas Today	02:10
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Doug Randle	Get Happy	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:03
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Jimmy Namaro	Sand and Sandals	Driftwood	03:19
John Arpin	Bird-Brain Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:08
Phil Nimmons Group	Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious	Mary Popppins Swings	03:08
Paul Zaza	Lake Louise	Images	03:02
Moe Koffman	If I Were a Carpenter	Turned on	02:32
Moe Koffman	Shimmy Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:07
Ben McPeek	Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We?	Feelin'	01:59
Lucio Agostini	Guadalajara	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:37
Norman Amadio Trio	Blues For Yna Yna	ST	02:31
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Face the Music and Dance	And I Love Her	02:25
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Guido Basso	Anniversary Song	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:09
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Look What They've Done to My Song	It's Impossible	02:34
Boogus	Gemini Rag	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:37
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
Bill Badgley	Mesclado (MYXAPYKL)	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	02:10
John Arpin	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Loves Theme	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:45
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
Johnny Cowell	Still Feeling Blue	It's Gotta Be Love	02:42
Doug Randle	Batteries Not Included	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:47
Guido Basso	Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Lost in the Stars	05:25
Guido Basso	Two for the Road (H. Mancini)	One More for the Road	06:53
Colina Phillips	Trying Times	Toronto Vocalist	03:32
Hagood Hardy	Feelin' Good	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:14
Terry Watada	Only for You	Night's Disgrace	03:45
The Mutual Understanding	If You Say Goodbye	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	03:45
Hagood Hardy	Rain, Rain	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:50
Kathryn Moses	I Met a Special Man	ST	02:06
Paul Zaza	Autumn Reflections	Images	02:56
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell	CBC Comp 409	02:30
Hagood Hardy	It's Not Unusual	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:00
Jimmy Dale	Till the End of Time	Profiles	02:40
Bill Badgley	All	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:57
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:47
Teddy Roderman	Sunny	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:11
Dr. Music	Bright Lights	Doug Riley Transcription	03:11
Lenny Breau	Marlborough Street	Mo' Breau	02:06
The Brian Browne Trio	After Midnight	Toronto Instrumental	01:37
Doug Randle	You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:48
Johnny Cowell	Silver Thread & Golden Needles	The Tender Loving Care	02:39
Guido Basso	What A Friend	It's Happening	02:31
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:32
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 4th movement	Transformations - Invocations	04:55
Ron Collier Tentet	Walking Out	ST	02:28
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Summer Wind	And I Love Her	02:50
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Follow My Secret Heart	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:18
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02
Terry Watada	The Hawk Cries a Bitter Blue	Night's Disgrace	05:53
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canada (A Centennial Song)	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:15
Denny Vaughan	Moonlight Rendezvous	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:40
Rick Wilkins	Amarillo	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:21
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
The Mutual Understanding	When The World Was Young	In Wonderland	03:49
John Arpin	Laughter in the Rain	Direct to Disc	02:50
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Wally Koster	L-O-V-E	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:37
Jimmy Namaro	Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:38
Kathryn Moses	Touch Me	ST	07:28
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
John Arpin	Dance in the Old Fashioned Way	Direct to Disc	02:48
Yorkville Avenue Band	Quite Contrary	"Moving Day"	03:17
Compilation	Ted Komar - My Beloved	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - Stompin' at the Savoy	CBC Comp 409	02:41
Moe Koffman	Curried Sole	Moe's Curried Soul	03:17
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
The Laurie Bower Singers	Stop And Smell The Roses	Back Home Again	02:54
Phil Nimmons Group	Who Walks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:16
Denny Vaughan	Theme from "The Killer of Kildonan"	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:53
Terry Watada	3439 North Sheffield	Night's Disgrace	06:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Up On Cripple Creek	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:14
Jerry Toth	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
Lenny Breau	Please Release Me (Horton & Peck)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:30
Johnny Cowell	El Condor Pasa	The Tender Loving Care	02:08
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Midnight Bells	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:22
Paul Zaza	Blue Porcelain	Faces and Places	02:18
Denny Vaughan	Yesterday When I Was Young	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:51
Pat Riccio	Michelle (Lennon-McCartney)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:40
Rick Wilkins	Tetra Tetra	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	06:00
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:40
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Copenhagen	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:03
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	If You Could Read My Mind	Do Something Nice Today!	02:26
Paul Zaza	Mellow Moments	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:11
Jimmy Namaro	Beachcomber's Blues	Driftwood	04:07
Rick Wilkins	You Can Have Me Anytime	Discovery	03:28
Jimmy Dale	Music To Watch Girls By	Soft and Groovy	03:09
Jimmy Dale	Stranger in Paradise	Profiles	03:46
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Jimmy Namaro	Late Late Blues	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:30
Moe Koffman	Twist the Hully Gully	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Ben McPeek	Only God Knows	Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease	02:39
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Black and Blue	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:45

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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