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
Johnny Cowell Roller Coaster The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Georgia Camp Meeting + Horn = Dixie
Doug Randle Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree Do Something Nice Today!
Jerry Toth I've Got My Eyes On You The Music Of
Johnny Cowell The Swagger O' The Kilt His Girl
Yorkville Avenue Band Takin' Me Through the Night "Moving Day"
Moe Koffman Curried Sole Moe's Curried Soul
Hagood Hardy Nightwalker Tell Me My Name
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Guido Basso Lush Life A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
The Laurie Bower Singers Looks Like We Made It Looks Like We Made It
2B3 Denis Keldie, Rob Gusevs - One Love - People Get Ready The Toronto Sessions
Lucio Agostini Tico-Tico Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Rick Wilkins Holiday Discovery
Rick Wilkins I Could Have Been a Sailor Discovery
Henry Cuesta Brand New Morning Clarinet With Strings
Jerry Toth I Am In Love The Twelve Sides Of
Peter Appleyard Feelings ST
Compilation Ted Komar - Papirossew CBC Comp 409
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Doug Crosley Sing a Happy Song (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Ben McPeek Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady Thinking of You
Ben McPeek Suzanne Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Peter Appleyard Crazy Rhythm The Vibe Sound Of
The Laurie Bower Singers Sunshine On My Shoulders Back Home Again
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Harlem Nocturne The Old Meets the New
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Ask Me Why It Goes Like It Goes
Ed Bickert Polkadots & Moonbeams I Like To Recognize the Tune
The Laurie Bower Singers Just a Little Song Back Home Again
Peter Appleyard Swinging Shepherd Blues Peter Appleyard Presents
Denny Vaughan I Love You Because A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Moe Koffman Jazz Merengue Tales of Koffman
Compilation Fifes and Feathers Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Ben McPeek Everything's Alright Peace Train
Guido Basso Do You Hear What I Hear? Christmas Today
Hagood Hardy After You've Gone Stop 33 Sutton Place
Paul Zaza Fine and Dandy Faces and Places
Phil Nimmons Group Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious Mary Popppins Swings
Moe Koffman Bei Mir Bist Du Schön Cool and Hot Sax
Hagood Hardy It's Not Unusual Stop 33 Sutton Place
Lenny Breau Mister Night ST
Hagood Hardy Joy to the World The Christmas Album
The Laurie Bower Singers Christmas is for Children Christmas is for Children b/w What is Christmas (Pop Style)
Guido Basso Too Late Now Love Talk
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Nameless Hour Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - How Insensitive The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Jimmy Namaro Babylon At the Westbury
Jimmy Namaro The Man I Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I'll be Waiting Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Guido Basso Tour de Force (live) (Dizzy Gillespie) Lost in the Stars
The Laurie Bower Singers It Goes Like It Goes It Goes Like It Goes
Ben McPeek When I'm 64 Thinking of You
Johnny Cowell His Girl His Girl
Teddy Roderman Make It With You Makin' It With You
Johnny Cowell I've Gotta Feeling Hot Brass
John Arpin Centennial Rag Concert In Ragtime
Jimmy Namaro Lazy Afternoon We Gotta Get It All Together
Lucio Agostini Leah's Latin Lover (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Carol McCartney A Night in Tunisia A Night in Tunisia
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Give Up On Us Baby Looks Like We Made It
Bill Butler Violets for Your Furs The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Tommy Ambrose Just for a Thrill Young Tommy Ambrose
Peter Appleyard Where is the Love The Lincolnshire Poacher
Peter Appleyard Mack The Knife Per-cus-sive Jazz
The Laurie Bower Singers How The Singers Sing Morning Has Broken
Ben McPeek Keyboard Grease Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
Jerry Toth The Singer The Twelve Sides Of
Hagood Hardy Beauty Stop 33 Sutton Place
Guido Basso Nightcap It's Happening
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
The Laurie Bower Singers Rain Brings People Together Wish I Was A Plane
Peter Appleyard Get Happy The Vibe Sound Of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Sounds of Philadelphia Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Guido Basso You're Nearer One More for the Road
Jimmy Namaro Man of La Mancha Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Jerry Toth Say Goodbye To Your Cash The Twelve Sides Of
Rick Wilkins The Way You Look Tonight From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Denny Vaughan Lucky Day (This Is My Lucky Day) Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
The Laurie Bower Singers Key Largo Laurie Bower
Ben McPeek Maxwell's Silver Hammer Thinking of You
The Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
Carol McCartney You Don't Know What Love Is A Night in Tunisia
Guido Basso The Continental (Con Conrad) Lost in the Stars
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Loves Theme Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
John Arpin You are the Sunshine of My Life Direct to Disc
Herb Marshall Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis) Toronto Vocalist
Jimmy Dale Cidade Vazia Soft and Groovy
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Up, Up & Away The Now Sound
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Jennine Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Henry Cuesta Thorn in My Shoe Plays Favourites
Ivy Steel What a Little Moonlight Can Do Reincarnation
Moe Koffman When the Saints Go Marching In Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Jimmy Namaro Afro-Rock We Gotta Get It All Together
Peter Appleyard The Linconshire Poacher The Lincolnshire Poacher
John Arpin Dance in the Old Fashioned Way Direct to Disc
The Laurie Bower Singers Daniel Wish I Was A Plane
Ben McPeek Never My Love Peace Train
Bill Butler Theme from "The Pathetique" Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

FEATURED

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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