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
Hagood Hardy A Boy Named Charlie Brown Maybe Tomorrow
Peter Appleyard Witchcraft Per-cus-sive Jazz
Doug Randle Batteries Not Included Songs for the New Industrial State
Jimmy Namaro So Danco Samba We Gotta Get It All Together
Bill Butler One Morning in May The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues Strictly Nimmons
Rick Wilkins Swinging On a Star From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Phil Nimmons Group The Life I Lead Mary Popppins Swings
Ben McPeek Maxwell's Silver Hammer Thinking of You
The Laurie Bower Singers Rock With You When You Say Goodbye
Lenny Breau I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You (Hank Williams) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Lucio Agostini World of Music Action With Agostini
Rick Wilkins Portrait of a Young Lady Discovery
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' 12th Street Rag (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Bill Badgley Sand and Sea Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Far Away Places Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Guido Basso The Good Life One More for the Road
Denny Vaughan A Very Precious Love Girls I Knew
Moe Koffman Dr. Swahili Goes Electric
Peter Appleyard Mambo Inn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Doug Randle Get Happy Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sunny The Now Sound
Johnny Cowell The Eternal Flame Our Winter Love
Jerry Toth Portrait of Caroline The Classic Jerry Toth
The Laurie Bower Singers Guitar Man Wish I Was A Plane
Doug Randle Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
The Laurie Bower Singers Woman Got a Feelin' for Love
Jimmy Namaro Pubba and The Puddy Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Phil Nimmons Group The Perfect Nanny Mary Popppins Swings
The Brian Browne Trio Baubles Bangles and Beads The Toronto Scene
Bill Badgley All Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Yorkville Avenue Band Tonight "Moving Day"
Boogus Take Your Clothes Off CBC Comp 403 comp
The Laurie Bower Singers The Way I Want Got a Feelin' for Love
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' South Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
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
Doug Crosley For All We Know With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Paul Zaza Flight to the Sun Faces and Places
Phil Nimmons Group Fascinating Rhythm Nimmons 'N' Nine
Lenny Breau Compared To What Minor's Aloud
Ed Bickert Barbados Bye Bye Baby
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Scarborough Fair The Now Sound
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Jerry Toth The Singer The Twelve Sides Of
Paul Zaza Marina Del Ray Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Guido Basso Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Christmas Today
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Winchester Cathedral It’s a Sign of the Times
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Summer Love Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love
Swing Sisters Davenport Blues Davenport Blues
Bill Badgley Moon Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Hagood Hardy I Feel It Stop 33 Sutton Place
Guido Basso Ramblin It's Happening (re-issue)
Ben McPeek Every Bit of Love Thinking of You
Ron Collier Tentet Lee's Lament ST
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Bass-ically Yours Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Compilation Brian Dickinson - Alone Together Jazz Toronto
Hagood Hardy Will You Still be Mine? Stop 33 Sutton Place
Lenny Breau She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Paul Zaza Granada Fantasia Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Knights of the Round Flugel Bye Bye Love (B. Bryant) Bye Bye Love
Bill Badgley Moon Love At the Ports of Call
Henry Cuesta Glamorous Night Clarinet With Strings
The Laurie Bower Singers Could I Have This Dance It Goes Like It Goes
Lenny Breau I Remember Hank Mo' Breau
Lucio Agostini La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Compilation Autumn Leaves (arranged by Orville Hoover) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Jimmy Dale All By Myself Profiles
Guido Basso Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered And All That Latin Jazz!
The Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
The Brian Browne Trio Toot That Whistle The Toronto Scene
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Waltz Medley (Bicycle Built for Two - Sidewalks of New York - Take Me Out to the Ball Game) (arr. Read) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Paul Zaza Welcome Home Faces and Places
Guido Basso Give Her My Love It's Happening
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Room at the Back Strictly Nimmons
Ben McPeek Get Out of Town His Voices and His Orchestra
Hagood Hardy Never-Never Land Stop 33 Sutton Place
Lucio Agostini Watch What Happens Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Peter Appleyard Tell Me A Story ST
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
Moe Koffman What Can You Do The Shepherd Swings Again
Denny Vaughan Three For Two A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Compilation Hogtown Hoe-Down Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Peter Appleyard The Last Blues Song The Lincolnshire Poacher
Compilation Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper Motorcars In Concert 1970
Ed Bickert Come Rain or Come Shine ST
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Come Saturday Morning Montage
The Brian Browne Trio Blue Hair The Toronto Scene
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Moe Koffman Country Song Moe's Curried Soul
Jerry Toth If We Try The Twelve Sides Of
The Laurie Bower Singers El Condor Pasa Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup Take Me Home Country Roads
Johnny Cowell Runnin' Away Hot Brass
Moe Koffman Now is the Time Goes Electric
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Champagne and Quail Halifax Instrumental
Ed Bickert It’s Time Bye Bye Baby
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Compilation Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut Motorcars In Concert 1970
Johnny Cowell Pickin' Plums Hot Brass

FEATURED

Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

My Heart Belongs to Me

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

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