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	Canada	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:47
Jimmy Namaro	He-Wat’s Happening? (What’s Happening)	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:56
Henry Cuesta	Proud Mary	Plays Favourites	02:47
Lenny Breau	Taranta	Guitar Sounds From	06:51
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Hagood Hardy	When We Were Young	As Time Goes By	03:04
Guido Basso	Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw)	Love Talk	02:40
John Arpin	If You Could Read My Mind	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:55
Peter Appleyard	Midnight Sun	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:22
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vera Cruz	ST	02:51
Peter Appleyard	A Face Like Yours	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:58
Johnny Cowell	A Season For My Love	His Girl	02:19
Hagood Hardy	You Needed Me	Reflections	04:00
Colina Phillips	Trying Times	Toronto Vocalist	03:32
The Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wise Guys	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
Teddy Roderman	Dance Of A Hip Gypsy	Makin' It With You	02:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Up, Up & Away	The Now Sound	03:01
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
Johnny Cowell	It's Gotta be Love	It's Gotta Be Love	02:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	Pretty Lady	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:16
Jimmy Namaro	This Could be the Start of Something Big	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:40
Moe Koffman	The Storm (Presto)	The Four Seasons	01:54
Ben McPeek	Shopping Spree	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:06
Jimmy Namaro	Similau	With Mallets A 4 Thought	04:20
Jerry Toth	Picasso Summer	The Twelve Sides Of	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	How The Singers Sing	Morning Has Broken	03:06
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me	ST	04:33
Rick Wilkins	Holiday	Discovery	03:18
Denny Vaughan	Abergavenny	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:24
Peter Appleyard	The P.E.I. Polka	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:31
Moe Koffman	Pretzel Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
Jerry Toth	I Am In Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:24
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Ray	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:06
Lucio Agostini	Tico-Tico	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:35
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening	02:48
Hagood Hardy	The Looking Glass	As Time Goes By	03:19
2B3	Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat	The Toronto Sessions	06:39
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Love Talk	03:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Say Goodbye	When You Say Goodbye	03:56
Peter Appleyard	Why Don't You Do Right	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:35
Johnny Cowell	Satchmo (Louis Armstrong)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:44
Teddy Roderman	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Makin' It With You	02:04
Ben McPeek	Colonel Bogey	The Original Sounds of	02:43
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - Stompin' at the Savoy	CBC Comp 409	02:41
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24
Lucio Agostini	Pastorale	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:54
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Goodbye	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	08:02
Bill Badgley	Nadia's Theme	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:00
Guido Basso	Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans)	Lost in the Stars	06:25
Bill Badgley	Lady	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:00
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Baby I'm a Want You	Montage	04:24
Lucio Agostini	Que Sera Sera	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Don't Bring Me Flowers	You	03:13
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Love for Sale	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:12
Dr. Music	Bright Lights	Doug Riley Transcription	03:11
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Song	The Christmas Album	02:36
Jimmy Namaro	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:31
Guido Basso	Bye Bye Blues	One More for the Road	03:12
Ed Bickert	Where Are You	ST	04:40
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Ivy Steel	Boudoirs	Reincarnation	02:50
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Lucio Agostini	Fiddler's Frolic	Action With Agostini	02:42
John Arpin	Tickled to Death	Concert In Ragtime	01:57
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks (Outro)	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:33
Moe Koffman	High Heeled Sneakers	Moe's Curried Soul	03:49
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
John Arpin	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Georgy Girl	The Now Sound	02:24
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:22
Hagood Hardy	Travellin' On	The Homecoming	03:04
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Hagood Hardy	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	The Christmas Album	02:53
Doug Riley	Theme for Adele	Freedom	07:05
Hagood Hardy	Folks Who Live on the Hill	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Think I'd Call It Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:00
Knights of the Round Flugel	Bye Bye Love (B. Bryant)	Bye Bye Love	02:13
Joyce Sullivan	Speak Low	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:17
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Struttin' Your Stuff	Sailin' Home	03:45
Peter Appleyard	If	ST	03:29
Johnny Cowell	Gymnopedie #3	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:39
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Sable Island	CBC Comp 409	02:07
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
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Colina Phillips	Never Had it So Good	Toronto Vocalist	03:23
Bill Badgley	June	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:26
Doug Randle	Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	02:47
Doug Randle	One Way Swimming	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:04
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Yellow Fever	03:45
Guido Basso	Two for the Road (H. Mancini)	One More for the Road	06:53
Jimmy Namaro	With Mallets Towards Some	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:56
Eugene Amaro	People	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:43
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
Guido Basso	The Continental (Con Conrad)	Lost in the Stars	06:00
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24

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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