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
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Original Toronto Dixieland Band
The Laurie Bower Singers You Don't Bring Me Flowers You
The Laurie Bower Singers Sundown Back Home Again
Lenny Breau Bluesette The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Tommy Ambrose Just for a Thrill Young Tommy Ambrose
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Where Are You Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Bill Butler One Morning in May The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Bill Badgley After The Lovin' Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Johnny Cowell Marcella's Waltz His Girl
John Arpin The Way We Were Direct to Disc
Paul Zaza Sailing High Images
Rick Wilkins Jazz Gavotte From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
The Laurie Bower Singers Just To Be Alone With You You
Lucio Agostini Heart of Gold (Neil Young) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Henry Cuesta Royal Garden Blues Plays Favourites
Swing Sisters Girl Talk Davenport Blues
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - This Can't Be Love Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Phil Nimmons Group Last Night When We Were Young Take 10
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Ballin' the Jack + Horn = Dixie
Ben McPeek A Taste of Honey His Voices and His Orchestra
Jerry Toth "Odd Couple" Theme The Music Of
Jimmy Namaro Anna Maria Waltz featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra It Might As Well Be Spring Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Peter Appleyard The Man With The Golden Arm Per-cus-sive Jazz
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Maple Leaf Rag + Horn = Dixie
Jimmy Namaro Lazy Afternoon We Gotta Get It All Together
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Wave Do Something Nice Today!
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - There'll be Some Changes Made CBC Comp 409
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One Long Song Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Henry Cuesta Me And You And A Dog Named Boo Plays Favourites
Hogtown Trumpets Aztec CBC Comp 434 comp
Don Thompson 'D.T.' I Love You, Yes I Do Bluesprint
Compilation Hogtown Hoe-Down Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Henry Cuesta Proud Mary Plays Favourites
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty If You Could Read My Mind Do Something Nice Today!
Moe Koffman Monks Monastery Tales of Koffman
Rick Wilkins Swinging On a Star From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Yorkville Avenue Band Moving Day "Moving Day"
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Sing Do Something Nice Today!
Doug Randle Cote d´Azur Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Jerry Toth Tell Me Now The Music Of
Doug Randle Song for the Middle Aged Songs for the New Industrial State
Pete Schofield and the Canadians If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Do Something Nice Today!
The Laurie Bower Singers The Way I Want Got a Feelin' for Love
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Denny Vaughan Dolores Girls I Knew
Kathryn Moses I Met a Special Man ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Cry Out Loud It Goes Like It Goes
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Blame Me Laurie Bower
The Mutual Understanding You Fascinate Me In Wonderland
The Laurie Bower Singers I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today Take Me Home Country Roads
Denny Vaughan Judy Girls I Knew
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Joyce Sullivan I'll Give My Love an Apple The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Peter Appleyard Tenderly Per-cus-sive Jazz
Tommy Ambrose You're Driving Me Crazy Young Tommy Ambrose
Hagood Hardy Send in the Clowns Maybe Tomorrow
Compilation Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Johnny Cowell I've Gotta Feeling Hot Brass
Jerry Toth Last Tango In Paris The Twelve Sides Of
Peter Appleyard If ST
Lucio Agostini Taxi Action With Agostini
Jerry Toth It's a Great Life Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)
Moe Koffman Marty's Morgue The Shepherd Swings Again
Claman Richard Morris & Jerry Toth St. Lawrence Centre Song St. Lawrence Centre Song
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Do Something Nice Today Do Something Nice Today!
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Medley #1: Rose of Washington Square; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Sweet Georgia Brown (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Sable Island CBC Comp 409
Bill Butler I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!) Now!
Hagood Hardy Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly) The Christmas Album
Teddy Roderman It's Impossible Makin' It With You
Compilation Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha Motorcars In Concert 1970
Henry Cuesta We're at Home Clarinet With Strings
Jimmy Dale Only Love Can Break Your Heart Toronto Instrumental
The Laurie Bower Singers Take Me Home Country Roads Take Me Home Country Roads
John Arpin Your Love's Return Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Johnny Cowell Kornig - Garden Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra South of Pago Pago ST
Johnny Cowell Moonshine Hot Brass
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Moe Koffman Exodus Tales of Koffman
Hagood Hardy The Children's Song As Time Goes By
John Arpin Bill Bailey Concert In Ragtime
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Jerry Toth Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo The Classic Jerry Toth
The Laurie Bower Singers Sunshine On My Shoulders Back Home Again
Jimmy Dale Baubles, Bangles and Beads Profiles
Moe Koffman Sunshower (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Moe Koffman Jazz Merengue Tales of Koffman
Jimmy Dale Here, There, And Everywhere Soft and Groovy
The Laurie Bower Singers Magnificent Sanctuary Band Morning Has Broken
Moe Koffman In the Mood Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Tommy Ambrose This Song Is Ended Young Tommy Ambrose
Johnny Cowell Walk Hand in Hand The Tender Loving Care
Moe Koffman Curried Sole Moe's Curried Soul
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Pete Schofield and the Canadians 007 Medley (Dr. No, Goldfinger) The Old Meets the New
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Hoghead Shout + Horn = Dixie

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, 🇨🇦

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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"

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, 🇨🇦

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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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