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
Ed Bickert	You're Right As Rain	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:54
Lenny Breau	I Love You Because (Leon Payne)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:17
Bill Butler	A Portrait of a Piano	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:14
Guido Basso	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Christmas Today	03:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	50 Ways	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:31
Bill Butler	Spring Will be a Little Late This Year	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:51
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Maple Leaf Rag	+ Horn = Dixie	03:24
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:08
Teddy Roderman	The Happening	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:21
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I'll be Waiting	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:05
Terry Watada	Rose of St. Urbain	Night's Disgrace	04:33
Dr. Music	Bright Lights	Doug Riley Transcription	03:11
Carol McCartney	You Don't Know What Love Is	A Night in Tunisia	06:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wish I Was A Plane	Wish I Was A Plane	02:50
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Medley #2: My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Five Foot Two - Runnin' Wild (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Guido Basso	What a Friend	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:31
Bill Butler	My Heart at thy Sweet Voice	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Magnificent Sanctuary Band	Morning Has Broken	03:10
Lucio Agostini	Taboo	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:15
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Guido Basso	Trust in Me	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:35
John Arpin	Leola	Concert In Ragtime	03:16
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Jerry Toth	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Ben McPeek	Everything's Alright	Peace Train	02:46
Johnny Cowell	Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:15
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
Ben McPeek	Goodbye	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:25
Phil Nimmons Group	A Spoonful of Sugar	Mary Popppins Swings	04:07
The Mutual Understanding	If You Say Goodbye	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	03:45
Paul Zaza	Lake Louise	Images	03:02
Jimmy Namaro	Sonny’s Daze	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Give Up On Us Baby	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Tony Quarrington	'Round Midnight	One Bright Morning	08:34
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	The Tender Loving Care	02:54
Pat Riccio	In To Miami (Barry)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:15
Guido Basso	Ramblin'	It's Happening	02:16
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Rag Medley (Rogers)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:00
Jimmy Dale	Guanabara	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	Driftwood	03:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Early Morning Rain	Feelin'	02:53
Herb Marshall	Love Music (Sergio Mendez)	Toronto Vocalist	02:31
Lenny Breau	Secret Love	Minor's Aloud	05:10
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	The Vibraphone Of	02:31
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Candida	It's Impossible	03:08
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
Hagood Hardy	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	The Christmas Album	02:53
Henry Cuesta	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Plays Favourites	03:05
2B3	Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat	The Toronto Sessions	06:39
Henry Cuesta	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:59
Lucio Agostini	Dundurn Castle	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:08
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Champagne and Quail	Halifax Instrumental	02:48
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Delta Dawn	Do Something Nice Today!	02:35
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
Johnny Cowell	Carnival of Venice (Herbert L. Clarke)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:56
John Arpin	Daniel	Direct to Disc	03:42
Terry Watada	Only Dreams	Night's Disgrace	04:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Takes Time	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:39
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
Doug Randle	Batteries Not Included	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:47
Eugene Amaro	Love Theme (Gone With The Wind)	Warm	03:04
Phil Nimmons Group	Squeeze Play	Take 10	03:58
Doug Crosley	Sing a Happy Song (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	04:01
Hagood Hardy	I'll Take Love	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love	02:30
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Chips & Gravy (Nimmons)	Now!	04:40
Denny Vaughan	Three For Two	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:51
Lucio Agostini	Reel	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:07
Moe Koffman	Comin' Home Baby	Goes Electric	02:24
Compilation	Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River	Jazz Toronto	03:45
Johnny Cowell	Antigua	It's Gotta Be Love	02:08
Ed Bickert	Things Are Getting Better	Bye Bye Baby	04:34
Kathryn Moses	Oleo	ST	04:28
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Guido Basso	What A Friend	It's Happening	02:31
Ben McPeek	Only God Knows	Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease	02:39
Wally Koster	My Funny Valentine	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:10
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues for Someone Else	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:51
Moe Koffman	The Calm (Adagio)	The Four Seasons	01:59
Tommy Ambrose	Goodbye	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:27
The Brian Browne Trio	Killing Me Softly	Toronto Instrumental	02:20
Guido Basso	'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)	Lost in the Stars	03:45
Bill Butler	18th Variation from Rapsodie on a Theme of Paganini (Theme from "A Story of Three Loves")	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:38
Denny Vaughan	Ain't We Got Fun	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:57
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Bill Butler	Summertime	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sign of the Times	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:39
Peter Appleyard	A Face Like Yours	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:19
Peter Appleyard	Pavanne pour une infante défunte	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:29
Ben McPeek	Colonel Bogey	The Original Sounds of	02:43
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vinaroz	Halifax Instrumental	02:58
Kathryn Moses	I Met a Special Man	ST	02:06
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
Denny Vaughan	Mary in the Morning	Girls I Knew	02:55
Ben McPeek	Superstar	Peace Train	03:34

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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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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