The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
Boogus Gemini Rag CBC Comp 403 comp
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Winchester Cathedral It’s a Sign of the Times
Jimmy Namaro This is My Song Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Everybody's Reachin' Out For Someone Take Me Home Country Roads
Guido Basso Jingle Bells Christmas Today
Compilation On a Wonderful Day Like Today (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Lenny Breau Mercy, Mercy, Mercy The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes We Gotta Get It All Together
Moe Koffman Overture To Spring (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Jimmy Namaro One of a Kind Mambo With Mallets A 4 Thought
Compilation Brian Hughes - The Bridge Jazz Toronto
Jimmy Namaro Similau With Mallets A 4 Thought
Johnny Cowell Je reviens (I'm Coming Back) Hot Brass
Guido Basso My Ideal One More for the Road
Jerry Toth Tara's Theme .. Erich Traugott trumpet solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Let's Face the Music and Dance And I Love Her
Compilation Eve Smith - I Care 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
The Laurie Bower Singers Guitar Man Wish I Was A Plane
Eugene Amaro I Left My Heart In San Francisco The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Fred Stone For Igor The Music of Fred Stone
Johnny Cowell Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Moe Koffman Backbone Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Copenhagen Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Summer Love Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love
Jimmy Namaro Kcammot Driftwood
Ben McPeek Concerto for Toy Piano Thinking of You
Compilation Lizzie Simcoe Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Cape St Marys CBC Comp 409
The Laurie Bower Singers Boney Fingers Back Home Again
Moe Koffman Darktown Strutters Ball Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
The Laurie Bower Singers Happy Dreamer Wish I Was A Plane
Peter Appleyard The Linconshire Poacher The Lincolnshire Poacher
Paul Hoffert The Song is You The Jazz Roots of
Moe Koffman Twist That Thing Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
The Laurie Bower Singers A Love Song Laurie Bower
Hagood Hardy Joy, Joy The Christmas Album
Bill Badgley Music to Watch the Girls By At the Ports of Call
Wally Koster April in Paris The Songs of Wally Koster
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Sleeping Beauty Waltz Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Guido Basso Gentle Rain One More for the Road
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)
Jerry Toth Eye Level The Classic Jerry Toth
Teddy Roderman Measure The Valleys Makin' It With You
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Peter Appleyard Open the Gates of Love Peter Appleyard Presents
The Mutual Understanding Pretty People In Wonderland
Peter Appleyard There Will Never Be Another You Per-cus-sive Jazz
Compilation Billy Van - Single Moments 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
The Brian Browne Trio Browne Sugar The Toronto Scene
Johnny Cowell Winds of Chance Our Winter Love
Moe Koffman Swingin' Explorer Goes Electric
Pete Schofield and the Canadians If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Do Something Nice Today!
The Laurie Bower Singers Country Fair Looks Like We Made It
Wally Koster Alone Together The Songs of Wally Koster
Carol McCartney A Night in Tunisia A Night in Tunisia
Teddy Roderman Goodbye Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Lenny Breau You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Johnny Cowell Air On a G String The Virtuoso Trumpet
Jimmy Namaro Sam For Short At the Westbury
Moe Koffman Flute Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Denny Vaughan Abergavenny Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Moe Koffman Battering Ram Goes Electric
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sanford & Son Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
The Laurie Bower Singers Looks Like We Made It Looks Like We Made It
Paul Zaza Wonderman Faces and Places
Jerry Toth One (from a Chorus Line) The Classic Jerry Toth
Hagood Hardy (Love theme from) Missouri breaks Maybe Tomorrow
Peter Appleyard Moon Glow The Vibe Sound Of
Moe Koffman Growing Up Tales of Koffman
Rick Wilkins Emotion For the Sake of Music
Eugene Amaro My Love Twilight Time
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass All in the Family Toronto Instrumental
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Music To Watch Girls By The Now Sound
Hagood Hardy Jennifer's Song The Homecoming
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Blue Jade Sailin' Home
Denny Vaughan (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? Do Something Nice Today!
Lenny Breau Mister Night ST
Compilation Season of the Yonge Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
The Brian Browne Trio Toot That Whistle The Toronto Scene
Bill Badgley Moonlight Sonata Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Pagan Love Song ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Brand New Key Morning Has Broken
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Look Of Love The Now Sound
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Jerry Toth To Wait for Love The Music Of
The Laurie Bower Singers Sundown Back Home Again
Guido Basso Bye Bye Blues One More for the Road
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Chips & Gravy (Nimmons) Now!
The Laurie Bower Singers Pretty Lady Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Moe Koffman Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Goes Electric
Jimmy Namaro When I Grow Too Old to Dream With Mallets A 4 Thought
Peter Appleyard Conversation Toronto Instrumental
Moe Koffman Snowflakes (Largo) The Four Seasons
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
The Laurie Bower Singers Lotta Love When You Say Goodbye
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale Driftwood
Guido Basso Love Talk Love Talk
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Original Toronto Dixieland Band

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

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