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
Paul Zaza Sevillianas Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Peter Appleyard Tico Tico ST
Denny Vaughan Hayseedelic Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Guido Basso Tara's Theme It's Happening (re-issue)
Lenny Breau Bluesette The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Peter Appleyard Yesterday & Tomorrow Toronto Instrumental
Rick Wilkins Junk My Heart Belongs to Me
Peter Appleyard Soft Summer Breeze The Vibraphone Of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians What Now My Love It’s a Sign of the Times
Ed Bickert Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye Baby
Terry Watada If I Sing the Blues Yellow Fever
The Mutual Understanding Little Girl Blue In Wonderland
Hagood Hardy Never-Never Land Stop 33 Sutton Place
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Let's Call the Whole Thing Off And I Love Her
Dr. Music Time for Goodbye Doug Riley Transcription
Paul Zaza Song of the Stars Images
Moe Koffman Doxy The Shepherd Swings Again
Ed Bickert Manha de Carnaval ST
Moe Koffman Curried Sole Moe's Curried Soul
The Laurie Bower Singers Peaceful Wish I Was A Plane
Hagood Hardy The Trouble with Hello is Goodbye The Homecoming
John Arpin The Way We Were Direct to Disc
Compilation Jane Bunnett - Rendez-Vous Jazz Toronto
Johnny Cowell Summertime Sunshine Hot Brass
Johnny Cowell Antigua It's Gotta Be Love
Terry Watada 3439 North Sheffield Night's Disgrace
Rick Wilkins The Very Thought of You From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Moe Koffman House of Green Lights Tales of Koffman
Guido Basso Early Morning Rain Love Talk
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Do Something Nice Today Do Something Nice Today!
Compilation Woodland City Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Guido Basso What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Christmas Today
Guido Basso Embraceable You A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Compilation L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Jimmy Dale The Lamp Is Low Profiles
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Coasting (with Isaacs)
Rick Wilkins (Our) Love is Here to Stay From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Paul Zaza Hollywood Hills Faces and Places
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Guitar Sounds From
Hagood Hardy A Boy Named Charlie Brown Maybe Tomorrow
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Compilation Billy Van - Kiss The Wind 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
The Laurie Bower Singers You Don't Bring Me Flowers You
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Robert Tennison Troupe Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)
Ed Bickert Keeping Myself For You Bye Bye Baby
Paul Zaza Blue Lagoon Images
The Laurie Bower Singers Una Paloma Got a Feelin' for Love
Compilation Ben McPeek - For Lovin' Me Motorcars In Concert 1970
Guido Basso Nightcap It's Happening
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Scarborough Fair The Now Sound
Jerry Toth Guitar Concerto: Adagio The Music Of
Bill Badgley Fernando Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice (It's All Right) ST
Compilation Dave Young & Oscar Peterson - OP&D Jazz Toronto
Peter Appleyard Theme from Black Orpheus The Vibraphone Of
Johnny Cowell I Have the Pleasure Hot Brass
Moe Koffman Windy Turned on
Ed Bickert 'Tis Autumn I Like To Recognize the Tune
Wally Koster Home in Canada (Pat Riccio) The Songs of Wally Koster
Phil Nimmons Group Band Call Take 10
Moe Koffman Comin' Home Baby Goes Electric
The Laurie Bower Singers Back Home Again Back Home Again
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Lucio Agostini Tutti Flutti Action With Agostini
Doug Riley Shoot Freedom
Jimmy Namaro Anna Maria Waltz featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Compilation Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue Jazz Toronto
Paul Zaza Fandango Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Laurie Bower Singers Battle Of New Orleans Wish I Was A Plane
Moe Koffman Twist That Thing Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Guido Basso Fascinating Rhythm Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Johnny Cowell High on a Flagpole It's Gotta Be Love
Ben McPeek Admiral Halsey Peace Train
Paul Zaza Fiesta Flamenco Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Ben McPeek Mynah Merengue The Original Sounds of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sing Do Something Nice Today!
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp Strictly Nimmons
Jimmy Dale Never Gonna Fall In Love Again Profiles
Pete Schofield and the Canadians What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life? Do Something Nice Today!
John Arpin The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Direct to Disc
Carol McCartney Dat Dere A Night in Tunisia
Peter Appleyard The Last Blues Song The Lincolnshire Poacher
Ben McPeek Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady Thinking of You
Norman Amadio Trio You Do Something To Me ST
Rick Wilkins Songbird For the Sake of Music
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Carol McCartney No More Blues A Night in Tunisia
John Arpin Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Direct to Disc
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Pink Panther The Old Meets the New
Hagood Hardy Let Me Love Again As Time Goes By
Jimmy Dale Could it be Magic Profiles
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Ask Me Why It Goes Like It Goes
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Auf Widersehn The Old Meets the New
Ed Bickert Ed Bickert - Windows The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)
Ben McPeek A Taste of Honey His Voices and His Orchestra
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale We Gotta Get It All Together
Hagood Hardy Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The Christmas Album
Ben McPeek Downtown His Voices and His Orchestra
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith View from Paddy's Head Sailin' Home

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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

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - ST

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Dr. Music - Doug Riley Transcription

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Doug Riley - Freedom

Toronto, Ontario → Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, 🇨🇦

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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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"

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

It's Gotta Be Love

Johnny Cowell / It's Gotta Be Love LABELS

Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love MINT BACK

Night's Disgrace

Yellow Fever

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 02

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 01

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace INLAY

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace BACK

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever LABELS

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever BACK

The Vibraphone Of

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of LABELS

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of BACK

Peter Appleyard Presents

Toronto Instrumental

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Vibe Sound Of

Per-cus-sive Jazz

ST

The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Doug Riley Transcription

Doug Riley

Freedom

Doug Riley Transcription BACK

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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