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
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Georgy Girl The Now Sound
Hagood Hardy God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen The Christmas Album
The Laurie Bower Singers It Takes Time Take Me Home Country Roads
Doug Randle Colored Plastics Songs for the New Industrial State
Doug Randle Martin of Her Mind Songs for the New Industrial State
Bill Badgley Music to Watch Girls By Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Hagood Hardy Watching Through the Night Maybe Tomorrow
Jimmy Dale Strange Music Profiles
Colina Phillips Never Had it So Good Toronto Vocalist
Jimmy Namaro Street of Dreams featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Jimmy Namaro Soft Hands Driftwood
Jimmy Namaro One of a Kind Mambo With Mallets A 4 Thought
Bill Butler Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Hagood Hardy Oh Holy Night The Christmas Album
Boogus Roller Queen CBC Comp 403 comp
Guido Basso Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Lost in the Stars
Ben McPeek Thinking of You Thinking of You
Ben McPeek He's So Fine Peace Train
Hagood Hardy Promenade Reflections
Ben McPeek Every Bit of Love Thinking of You
Lenny Breau I Remember Hank Mo' Breau
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Won't You Step Into My Life Montage
Teddy Roderman That's Life Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Hagood Hardy Feelin' Good Stop 33 Sutton Place
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wang Wang Blues Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Nica's Dream (Horace Silver) ST
Ivy Steel Don’t Explain Reincarnation
Guido Basso Sleigh Ride Christmas Today
Rick Wilkins Sometimes When We Touch For the Sake of Music
Jimmy Dale Wave Soft and Groovy
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Aurora Borealis Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Lucio Agostini The Partisan (Marley - Zaret) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Guido Basso God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Christmas Today
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Song And Dance Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Teddy Roderman Sunshine, Lollipops and Roses Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Doug Crosley Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Jerry Toth To Wait for Love The Music Of
Jackie Richardson Thank You Lord Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Phil Nimmons Group As a Rully Take 10
Johnny Cowell For What it's Worth It's Gotta Be Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Pussywillow Cat-tails Morning Has Broken
Bill Butler Autummn Nocturne The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
The Laurie Bower Singers Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
Eugene Amaro Why Did I Choose You The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Jimmy Dale Touch Her Soft Lips Profiles
Eugene Amaro Twilight Time Twilight Time
Peter Appleyard This Masquerade ST
Ben McPeek Blue Cha Cha His Voices and His Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Everybody's Reachin' Out For Someone Take Me Home Country Roads
Hagood Hardy My Elusive Dreams The Homecoming
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues Strictly Nimmons
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Bronze (The Contest) Transformations - Invocations
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Black and Blue Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Johnny Cowell To Love Somebody The Tender Loving Care
Guido Basso Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill) Lost in the Stars
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Summer Wind And I Love Her
John Arpin You are the Sunshine of My Life Direct to Disc
Eugene Amaro Am I Blue Twilight Time
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Caribbean Moonlight ST
Moe Koffman Harvest Festival (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Johnny Cowell A Season For My Love His Girl
Jerry Toth A Rock Madrigal For Mehitabel The Twelve Sides Of
Doug Crosley Away from You (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
The Laurie Bower Singers Daniel Wish I Was A Plane
Ed Bickert Skylark I Like To Recognize the Tune
Bill Butler I'll Remember April The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Silent Night, Lonely Night Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby Strictly Nimmons
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Guido Basso Estate A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
The Laurie Bower Singers Silver Bird Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Moe Koffman If I Were a Carpenter Turned on
Peter Appleyard What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? The Lincolnshire Poacher
Paul Zaza Maid of the Mist Images
Moe Koffman Jazz Merengue Tales of Koffman
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Vera Cruz ST
Guido Basso Embraceable You A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Jimmy Dale Night Song Soft and Groovy
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Delta Dawn Do Something Nice Today!
The Mutual Understanding Everybody Loves My Baby In Wonderland
Compilation Ted Komar - Papirossew CBC Comp 409
Rick Wilkins Len's Den From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Ben McPeek Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady Thinking of You
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!) Now!
Eugene Amaro Ruby Warm
Ed Bickert It’s Time Bye Bye Baby
Guido Basso Ramblin' It's Happening
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Fly Me to the Moon And I Love Her
Eugene Amaro I Found My Love Last Summer Warm
Lucio Agostini Gazpacho Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Lucio Agostini Captain Bacardi Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Phil Nimmons Group Little Poppy Nimmons 'N' Nine
Moe Koffman You Are My Sunshine Moe's Curried Soul
Moe Koffman Bermuda Schwartz The Shepherd Swings Again
Paul Zaza Sun Ranch Coasting (with Isaacs)
Tommy Ambrose You're Driving Me Crazy Young Tommy Ambrose
Lucio Agostini Taxi Action With Agostini

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

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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