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
Phil Nimmons Group	Last Night When We Were Young	Take 10	04:29
Compilation	Hang On Sloopy (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:16
Moe Koffman	Icicle Bells (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	05:31
Moe Koffman	Train Whistle Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:16
Henry Cuesta	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Clarinet With Strings	02:08
Guido Basso	Sweet Gingerbread Man	Love Talk	03:07
Bill Butler	Intermezzo	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:44
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Minor Mode	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:47
Lenny Breau	Scrapple From The Apple	Minor's Aloud	07:12
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	South of Pago Pago	ST	03:13
Rick Wilkins	How Deep Is Your Love	For the Sake of Music	02:50
Johnny Cowell	I've Gotta Feeling	Hot Brass	01:49
Johnny Cowell	Runnin' Away	Hot Brass	02:20
Jackie Richardson	I Alone	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:27
Lucio Agostini	Jolly Jumping Jack	Action With Agostini	01:36
Doug Crosley	Something (George Harrison)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Ed Bickert	A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing	Bye Bye Baby	05:32
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
Bill Butler	Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:22
Lenny Breau	The Claw	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:31
Bill Butler	I'll Remember April	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	03:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	What is Christmas	Danielle b/w What is Christmas	01:39
Moe Koffman	Inverno Furioso (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	02:44
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Scarborough Fair	The Now Sound	02:32
Lucio Agostini	Linstead Market	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Denny Vaughan	I Love You Because	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:41
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Laughter in the Rain	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:50
Compilation	Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:29
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
The Brian Browne Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
Rick Wilkins	Somewhere Along the Way	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:57
The Laurie Bower Singers	Feelin'	Feelin'	02:33
Yorkville Avenue Band	Quite Contrary	"Moving Day"	03:17
Johnny Cowell	Roller Coaster	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:09
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	And I Love Her	02:14
Wally Koster	My One and Only Love	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:16
Rick Wilkins	Summer Song	For the Sake of Music	03:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take The Long Way Home	When You Say Goodbye	04:07
Moe Koffman	Twist That Thing	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:05
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
Kathryn Moses	Ready or Not	ST	03:39
Tommy Ambrose	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:48
Peter Appleyard	Sleep	The Vibraphone Of	01:56
Peter Appleyard	Wichita Lineman	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:43
Ed Bickert	Come Rain or Come Shine	ST	09:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Out Here On My Own	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
The Mutual Understanding	San Jose	In Wonderland	02:41
Bill Badgley	Fernando	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:39
Johnny Cowell	W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Henry Cuesta	The Promised Land	Plays Favourites	02:07
Ivy Steel	What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Reincarnation	03:28
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Guido Basso	Estate	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:33
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Wally Koster	The More I See You	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:20
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
2B3	Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy	The Toronto Sessions	03:48
Eugene Amaro	Another Time	Warm	03:21
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	It's Delovely	And I Love Her	02:19
Ivy Steel	Don’t Explain	Reincarnation	04:26
Denny Vaughan	The French Song	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	03:00
Jackie Richardson	I'm In Love	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:04
Jimmy Namaro	Yesterdays	At the Westbury	03:28
Jimmy Dale	Cidade Vazia	Soft and Groovy	02:24
Moe Koffman	You Are My Sunshine	Moe's Curried Soul	03:16
Johnny Cowell	Air On a G String	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:15
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	My Love	Montage	02:26
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
Ben McPeek	Imagine	Peace Train	02:59
John Arpin	Toronto Blues (1965)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:40
Bill Badgley	Lady	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:00
John Arpin	Tickled to Death	Concert In Ragtime	01:57
Tommy Ambrose	This Song Is Ended	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Are What I Am	Wish I Was A Plane	02:23
Joyce Sullivan	Friendly Star	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:50
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
Lucio Agostini	Hoedown	Action With Agostini	02:28
Teddy Roderman	Hard as I Try (Gene LacLellan)	Stay Awhile	02:11
Bill Badgley	Amanda	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:15
Moe Koffman	Sunshower (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	04:23
Guido Basso	All the Sad Young Men	One More for the Road	04:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Say Goodbye	When You Say Goodbye	03:56
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
Ben McPeek	Goodbye	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:25
Lucio Agostini	Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:14
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Girl	Our Winter Love	01:46
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Silver (A Prayer)	Transformations - Invocations	12:22
Teddy Roderman	Goodbye	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:24
Johnny Cowell	Moonshine	Hot Brass	02:03

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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