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
Rick Wilkins	Discovery	Discovery	03:39
Ben McPeek	Track 17	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	Brand New Key	Morning Has Broken	02:32
Guido Basso	Gentle Rain	One More for the Road	04:58
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 2nd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just a Little Song	Back Home Again	02:29
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	01:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Guido Basso	Cuminha Cruzado	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:45
Hagood Hardy	As Time Goes By	As Time Goes By	03:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	What is Christmas	Danielle b/w What is Christmas	01:39
Lucio Agostini	Centennial Caravan	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:06
John Arpin	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
Joyce Sullivan	I Could Write a Book	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:54
The Brian Browne Trio	Toot That Whistle	The Toronto Scene	02:13
Compilation	L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:17
Dr. Music	Bright Lights	Doug Riley Transcription	03:11
Lucio Agostini	Que Sera Sera	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:01
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:45
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Bye Bye Love	Laurie Bower	02:57
John Arpin	Augustan Club Waltzes (1901)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:45
Peter Appleyard	Get Happy	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Never Done It Like That	You	03:09
Compilation	Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:16
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I'll be Waiting	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:05
Rick Wilkins	Don't Ask Me Why	Discovery	03:04
Paul Zaza	Sunday Morning	Images	02:40
Yorkville Avenue Band	Takin' Me Through the Night	"Moving Day"	03:31
Eugene Amaro	Girl From Ipanema	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:24
Lenny Breau	King of the Road	Guitar Sounds From	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:11
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:59
John Arpin	Excelsior Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:06
Henry Cuesta	Forever April	Clarinet With Strings	02:11
John Arpin	Wild Cherries Rag (1908)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:13
Carol McCartney	I Thought About You	A Night in Tunisia	04:51
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil)	Now!	05:38
Moe Koffman	The Calm (Adagio)	The Four Seasons	01:59
Jerry Toth	If We Try	The Twelve Sides Of	03:04
John Arpin	Efficiency Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:54
Ben McPeek	Shopping Spree	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:06
Eugene Amaro	More Than You Know	Twilight Time	02:02
John Arpin	Daniel	Direct to Disc	03:42
Peter Appleyard	Feelings	ST	03:29
Compilation	Snowmen	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:58
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - It Ain't Necessarily So	CBC Comp 409	02:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Midnight Cowboy (John Barry)	Now!	04:55
Phil Nimmons Group	Last Night When We Were Young	Take 10	04:29
Paul Zaza	Fandango	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Dr. Music	Idono	Doug Riley Transcription	07:02
Compilation	Carol Welsman - Lucky to be Me	Jazz Toronto	03:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End	Laurie Bower	02:42
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Moon River	Toronto Instrumental	02:13
Knights of the Round Flugel	Toot-Suite (Grosney)	Bye Bye Love	03:02
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 1 - A Woman's View	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:26
Jimmy Dale	Baubles, Bangles and Beads	Profiles	03:15
Paul Hoffert	With a Wiggle	The Jazz Roots of	06:29
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Caribbean Moonlight	ST	03:09
The Mutual Understanding	Out of This World	In Wonderland	02:33
Moe Koffman	Up, Up and Away	Turned on	02:28
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
Compilation	Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:29
Bill Badgley	Gonna Fly Now - Theme From Rocky	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:27
Eugene Amaro	Am I Blue	Twilight Time	02:23
Moe Koffman	Sleep (Adagio)	The Four Seasons	02:00
Ron Collier Tentet	Come Sunday	ST	03:02
Jerry Toth	Portrait of Caroline	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:34
Doug Riley	Jump for Joy	Freedom	05:10
Rick Wilkins	Jazz Gavotte	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:26
Jerry Toth	The Importance of the Rose	The Music Of	02:09
Peter Appleyard	Satin Doll	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
Peter Appleyard	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	The Vibe Sound Of	02:51
Moe Koffman	Icicle Bells (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	05:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sanford & Son	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	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
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It Takes Time (Shirley Eikhard)	It's Impossible	02:22
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Tropical	ST	02:02
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - Windows	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:35
Lenny Breau	Back In Indiana (Hanley & MacDonald)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:01
Guido Basso	If I Let You Go	Love Talk	02:54
Doug Randle	Why Did I Choose You? (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:11
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:22
Doug Randle	Alley Cat	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:58
Guido Basso	Suite P.E.I.	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	17:40
Compilation	Season of the Yonge	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:07
Wally Koster	Alberta Trail	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:33
Lenny Breau	Cold, Cold Heart	Guitar Sounds From	04:44
John Arpin	Love and Maple Syrup	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:37
Bill Butler	I Love You	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Tony Quarrington	Princesse en Promenade	One Bright Morning	13:06
Jimmy Namaro	Laura	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:52
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
The Brian Browne Trio	Killing Me Softly	Toronto Instrumental	02:20
Ben McPeek	Alouette	The Original Sounds of	02:20

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

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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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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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