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
Henry Cuesta	Remember When (We Made These Memories)	Clarinet With Strings	03:05
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:34
Compilation	Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Rhumba	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:14
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Johnny Cowell	Just One More Time	His Girl	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take Me Home Country Roads	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:40
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Moon River	Toronto Instrumental	02:13
Guido Basso	Two Bass Hit	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	08:02
Hagood Hardy	Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly)	The Christmas Album	02:05
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Rick Wilkins	I Could Have Been a Sailor	Discovery	02:59
Jimmy Namaro	Morrocco	At the Westbury	03:23
Peter Appleyard	Open the Gates of Love	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:00
Johnny Cowell	The Golden Jet (Bobb Hull)	His Girl	02:23
Paul Zaza	Granada Fantasia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	05:34
Johnny Cowell	Close to You	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Doug Randle	You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:18
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Peter Appleyard	Softly as in a Morning Sunrise	The Vibraphone Of	02:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	Circle Round The Sky	Back Home Again	02:30
Ben McPeek	Gymnopedie (Erik's Theme)	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It Takes Time (Shirley Eikhard)	It's Impossible	02:22
Rick Wilkins	Weekend in New England	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:38
Peter Appleyard	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:46
Bill Badgley	June	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:26
Lenny Breau	Hard Day's Night	Guitar Sounds From	04:12
Ben McPeek	Mame	The Original Sounds of	03:04
Compilation	Snowmen	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Something is Happening	Feelin'	02:16
Joyce Sullivan	Bill	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:16
Ed Bickert	A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing	Bye Bye Baby	05:32
Compilation	Tommy Ambrose - In The Words of a Lover	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:04
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Paul Zaza	Peace River	Images	02:46
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wang Wang Blues	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	Brand New Key	Morning Has Broken	02:32
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	Driftwood	03:05
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24
Rick Wilkins	The Closer I Get To You	For the Sake of Music	03:23
Yorkville Avenue Band	Tonight	"Moving Day"	03:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	El Condor Pasa	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:40
Henry Cuesta	Fate	Clarinet With Strings	02:30
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Scarboro Fair (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Say Goodbye	When You Say Goodbye	03:56
Bill Badgley	Lady	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Ben McPeek	Track 17	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:07
Lenny Breau	Claude (Free Song)	ST	11:01
Compilation	On a Wonderful Day Like Today (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Kicks (Closing Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:19
Pat Riccio	Watermelon Man (Hancock)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:11
Herb Marshall	Love Music (Sergio Mendez)	Toronto Vocalist	02:31
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Gold (The Challenge)	Transformations - Invocations	10:24
Wally Koster	Wagon Wheels	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:40
Moe Koffman	Bermuda Schwartz	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:47
Guido Basso	Suite P.E.I.	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	17:40
John Arpin	Softly	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:39
John Arpin	Bill Bailey	Concert In Ragtime	03:21
Doug Randle	A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:09
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sweet Ginger Bread Man	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:52
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Joyce Sullivan	Friendly Star	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:50
Rick Wilkins	Swinging On a Star	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:57
Fred Stone	Maera	The Music of Fred Stone	04:21
Paul Zaza	Superstar	Faces and Places	02:11
Ben McPeek	Alouette	The Original Sounds of	02:20
Guido Basso	S'Wonderful	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:10
Kathryn Moses	Midmorning	ST	04:12
Peter Appleyard	Get Happy	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
Rick Wilkins	Quiescence	For the Sake of Music	02:59
Tommy Ambrose	You're Driving Me Crazy	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:54
Henry Cuesta	Lonely Girl	Clarinet With Strings	02:29
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
Johnny Cowell	Keep Yourself Together	Hot Brass	02:07
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Hogtown Trumpets	Aztec	CBC Comp 434 comp	02:47
Phil Nimmons Group	On the Autobahn	Take 10	06:55
Lucio Agostini	Watch What Happens	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:29
Compilation	Woodland City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:47
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
Tommy Ambrose	Let Loose	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:56
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:22
Bill Butler	The Girl that I Marry (mono version)	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:33
Hagood Hardy	Will You Still be Mine?	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:13
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
Doug Crosley	Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:47
Tony Quarrington	One Bright Morning	One Bright Morning	06:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Think I'll Write a Song	Back Home Again	02:34
Lucio Agostini	The Partisan (Marley - Zaret)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:38
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:59
Ivy Steel	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
Moe Koffman	Battering Ram	Goes Electric	02:34
Ron Collier Tentet	Fair Wind	ST	02:49

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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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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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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