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
Bill Badgley Sand and Sea Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Compilation Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Phil Nimmons Group Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag) Mary Popppins Swings
John Arpin Softly Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Paul Zaza Follow the Sun Faces and Places
Compilation Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Jimmy Namaro Sentimental Journey At the Westbury
Carol McCartney Jersey Bounce A Night in Tunisia
Bill Badgley Tiny Bubbles Blue-Ribbon Badgley
John Arpin If You Could Read My Mind Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Denny Vaughan A Very Precious Love Girls I Knew
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Peter Appleyard Crazy Rhythm The Vibe Sound Of
Moe Koffman Bermuda Schwartz The Shepherd Swings Again
The Laurie Bower Singers Do You Think I'd Call It Love When You Say Goodbye
Doug Randle London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Moe Koffman Sure It Is The Shepherd Swings Again
Guido Basso Estate A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Teddy Roderman Goodbye Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Hagood Hardy Clouds The Homecoming
Paul Hoffert With a Wiggle The Jazz Roots of
Ben McPeek Early Autumn His Voices and His Orchestra
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Just You, Just Me (vocals Dianne Brooks) Bluesprint
Lenny Breau Claude (Free Song) ST
Paul Zaza Mellow Moments Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Ed Bickert You're Right As Rain I Like To Recognize the Tune
Ed Bickert Street of Dreams I Like To Recognize the Tune
Hagood Hardy It's Not Unusual Stop 33 Sutton Place
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Moon River Toronto Instrumental
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Invitation And I Love Her
Jackie Richardson A Single Woman Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Dance of the Only Son Sailin' Home
The Laurie Bower Singers The Way I Want Got a Feelin' for Love
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale We Gotta Get It All Together
Denny Vaughan The Girl I Left Behind Me Girls I Knew
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - What Now My Love Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
The Brian Browne Trio Baubles Bangles and Beads The Toronto Scene
Guido Basso What A Friend It's Happening
Hagood Hardy Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The Christmas Album
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra It Might As Well Be Spring Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I Say A Little Prayer For You The Now Sound
Ed Bickert I Like To Recognize the Tune I Like To Recognize the Tune
Ben McPeek Leave Tenderly Thinking of You
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sunny The Now Sound
Ed Bickert Nobody Else But Me Bye Bye Baby
The Brian Browne Trio Waltzing Matilda The Toronto Scene
Joyce Sullivan I Could Write a Book The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Joyce Sullivan Bill The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Peter Appleyard Mambo Inn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Ivy Steel Willow Weep for Me Reincarnation
Johnny Cowell Sangre De Toro Bravo The Virtuoso Trumpet
Jerry Toth Pieces Of Dreams The Twelve Sides Of
Paul Hoffert The Song is You The Jazz Roots of
Hagood Hardy Balloons The Homecoming
The Laurie Bower Singers Do You Know Got a Feelin' for Love
Lenny Breau King of the Road Guitar Sounds From
The Laurie Bower Singers You Never Done It Like That You
Bill Badgley Moonlight Sonata Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Ed Bickert Keeping Myself For You Bye Bye Baby
Jimmy Namaro We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell CBC Comp 409
Compilation Brian Dickinson - Alone Together Jazz Toronto
Lucio Agostini Golden Earrings Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Original Toronto Dixieland Band
Carol McCartney A Night in Tunisia A Night in Tunisia
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Doug Randle Martin of Her Mind Songs for the New Industrial State
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Nameless Hour Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Guido Basso All the Sad Young Men One More for the Road
Guido Basso For Awhile Love Talk
Ron Collier Tentet The Thrill is Gone ST
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Eugene Amaro Girl From Ipanema The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Mirage ST
Bill Badgley Lady Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Hagood Hardy Joy, Joy The Christmas Album
The Laurie Bower Singers Lotta Love When You Say Goodbye
The Laurie Bower Singers How The Singers Sing Morning Has Broken
Lenny Breau I Remember Hank Mo' Breau
Guido Basso My Foolish Heart A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I Lived in a Dream Halifax Instrumental
Peter Appleyard Alone Again, Naturally The Lincolnshire Poacher
Rick Wilkins (Our) Love is Here to Stay From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Hagood Hardy Just the Way You Are Reflections
Hagood Hardy A Time for Us As Time Goes By
The Laurie Bower Singers You Decorated My Life When You Say Goodbye
Compilation Teach Me Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Phil Nimmons Group The Perfect Nanny Mary Popppins Swings
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Phil Nimmons Group Fascinating Rhythm Nimmons 'N' Nine
Phil Nimmons Group Stay Awake Mary Popppins Swings
Paul Zaza Canadian Express Faces and Places
Johnny Cowell Don't Mention My Name Hot Brass
Jerry Toth Portrait of Caroline The Classic Jerry Toth
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Auf Widersehn The Old Meets the New
Wally Koster Lost in the Stars The Songs of Wally Koster
Johnny Cowell Darling Mama His Girl
Hagood Hardy I'll Remember You Stop 33 Sutton Place

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

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

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

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

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

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

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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