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
Colina Phillips	Never Had it So Good	Toronto Vocalist	03:23
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:08
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I'll be Waiting	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:05
Doug Randle	Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:10
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Bacharach-David)	Now!	05:50
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Give Up On Us Baby	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Fair Wind	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	03:37
Carol McCartney	I Concentrate On You	A Night in Tunisia	05:14
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Jimmy Namaro	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
Moe Koffman	Tangerine (Bossa Nova)	Tales of Koffman	03:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Kicks (Closing Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:19
2B3	Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy	The Toronto Sessions	03:48
Peter Appleyard	China Boy (To Sleep)	The Vibraphone Of	02:34
Bill Butler	Summertime	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
John Arpin	If You Could Read My Mind	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	Simple Song	Back Home Again	02:20
Joyce Sullivan	The Anniversary Song	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:46
Henry Cuesta	The Promised Land	Plays Favourites	02:07
Paul Zaza	Flight to the Sun	Faces and Places	04:06
Jimmy Namaro	Call Me	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:38
Hagood Hardy	Rain, Rain	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:50
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	Montage	03:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Battle Of New Orleans	Wish I Was A Plane	02:54
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:22
Jimmy Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Lucio Agostini	Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:27
Jimmy Dale	Alone Again, Naturally	Toronto Instrumental	02:55
Carol McCartney	East of the Sun	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Doug Riley	Freedom	Freedom	04:34
Denny Vaughan	An Affair to Remember	Girls I Knew	02:49
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Hagood Hardy	I'll Remember You	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:10
Ed Bickert	I Like To Recognize the Tune	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:46
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Summer Wind	And I Love Her	02:50
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Voices of Spring	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:09
Guido Basso	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Christmas Today	03:02
Hagood Hardy	If I Had Nothing But a Dream	Reflections	02:51
Joyce Sullivan	I'll Give My Love an Apple	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:19
Phil Nimmons Group	On the Autobahn	Take 10	06:55
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Shadow Of Your Smile	The Now Sound	02:51
Russ Little	Things Ain't What They Used to Be	Footwork	02:50
Ivy Steel	Willow Weep for Me	Reincarnation	04:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Think I'd Call It Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:00
Johnny Cowell	Keep Yourself Together	Hot Brass	02:07
Dr. Music	Ain't That a Groove	Doug Riley Transcription	07:52
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues for Someone Else	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:51
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
Russ Little	Friday Night at the Cadillac Club	On the Shoulders of Giants	05:51
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
Peter Appleyard	Tenderly	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:01
Phil Nimmons Group	Band Call	Take 10	04:54
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Cast Your Fate to the Wind	Montage	03:15
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Peter Appleyard	Moon Glow	The Vibe Sound Of	02:59
Johnny Cowell	You Made Me Love You (Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Phil Nimmons Group	Squeeze Play	Take 10	03:58
Hagood Hardy	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!)	Now!	04:46
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	All in the Family	Toronto Instrumental	02:34
Wally Koster	L-O-V-E	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:37
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Compilation	This Could be the Start of Something Big (arranged by Bruce Cassidy)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	03:09
Terry Watada	Only for You	Night's Disgrace	03:45
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:45
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Henry Cuesta	Me And You And A Dog Named Boo	Plays Favourites	01:48
Teddy Roderman	Goodbye	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:24
Lenny Breau	Neptune	ST	07:37
Doug Randle	Warm in the Sunshine	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:48
Ed Bickert	Come Rain or Come Shine	ST	09:46
The Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
Peter Appleyard	Flamingo	The Vibraphone Of	02:36
Kathryn Moses	Midnight	ST	08:32
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Terry Watada	On the Edge (Part II)	Night's Disgrace	01:10
Ron Collier Tentet	The Thrill is Gone	ST	02:02
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Look Of Love	The Now Sound	02:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Shadow Song	Wish I Was A Plane	03:14
Jimmy Namaro	Lamento Marimba	Driftwood	03:43
Hagood Hardy	Les Arrivants (Theme from the Newcomers)	Tell Me My Name	04:10
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
Yorkville Avenue Band	Quite Contrary	"Moving Day"	03:17
Paul Hoffert	6 Bar Theme	The Jazz Roots of	05:23
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	A Brand New Scene	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Know	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:02
Rick Wilkins	Tetra Tetra	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	06:00
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	How The Singers Sing	Morning Has Broken	03:06
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
Ed Bickert	I'm Just a Lucky So and So	Out of the Past	05:28
Lucio Agostini	Sulkey Race	Action With Agostini	02:55
Kathryn Moses	Oleo	ST	04:28
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Eugene Amaro	Danny Boy	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:09

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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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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