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' Maple Leaf Rag + Horn = Dixie
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One for Mr. 'B' Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Eugene Amaro Why Did I Choose You The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Johnny Cowell Summertime Sunshine Hot Brass
Johnny Cowell Winds of Chance Our Winter Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Together Take Me Home Country Roads
Moe Koffman Nature's Banquet (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado) ST
Henry Cuesta Glamorous Night Clarinet With Strings
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
The Brian Browne Trio Careless Love The Toronto Scene
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Killing Me Softly (With This Song) Do Something Nice Today!
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Hagood Hardy Christmas Waltz The Christmas Album
Hagood Hardy Samba de Orfeu Stop 33 Sutton Place
Phil Nimmons Group In a Mellotone Take 10
Johnny Cowell I've Gotta Feeling Hot Brass
Hagood Hardy Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly) The Christmas Album
Paul Hoffert The Song is You The Jazz Roots of
Jimmy Namaro Dark Eyes Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Denny Vaughan Put a Little Love in Your Heart Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Lenny Breau Mercy, Mercy, Mercy The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Tommy Ambrose That's the Way it Was Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was
Compilation Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha Motorcars In Concert 1970
Phil Nimmons Group Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag) Mary Popppins Swings
Peter Appleyard Moonlight Feels Right ST
Jimmy Namaro Man of La Mancha Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I'll Follow My Secret Heart Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Hagood Hardy Gary - A Remembrance As Time Goes By
Denny Vaughan Mary in the Morning Girls I Knew
Terry Watada If I Sing the Blues Night's Disgrace
Carol McCartney Jersey Bounce A Night in Tunisia
Knights of the Round Flugel Walkin' On New Grass (Ray Pennington) Bye Bye Love
Hagood Hardy Winter Wonderland The Christmas Album
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
2B3 Denis Keldie, Bill Payne - Life is a Carnival The Toronto Sessions
Paul Hoffert Lover Man The Jazz Roots of
Johnny Cowell Every Single Day The Tender Loving Care
Teddy Roderman So Let Our Love Begin Makin' It With You
Jerry Toth The Singer The Twelve Sides Of
The Mutual Understanding Everybody Loves My Baby In Wonderland
The Brian Browne Trio Browne Sugar The Toronto Scene
Jimmy Namaro Stranger in Paradise Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Delta Dawn Do Something Nice Today!
Doug Riley Dinosaurus Freedom
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow CBC Comp 409
The Laurie Bower Singers A Love Song Laurie Bower
Sanderlings Roller Coaster Ride (Bob Ruzicka) With The Jim Pirie Orchestra
Moe Koffman Coaster Cool and Hot Sax
Teddy Roderman What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons) Stay Awhile
Jimmy Namaro Climax We Gotta Get It All Together
Peter Appleyard Passion Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Lenny Breau Emily Mo' Breau
Yorkville Avenue Band Quite Contrary "Moving Day"
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Old Fashioned Way Toronto Instrumental
Pat Riccio Michelle (Lennon-McCartney) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Hagood Hardy Watching Through the Night Maybe Tomorrow
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Up, Up & Away The Now Sound
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Goodbye Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Jerry Toth Pieces Of Dreams The Twelve Sides Of
Ed Bickert 'Tis Autumn I Like To Recognize the Tune
Jimmy Namaro Moanin' Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Eugene Amaro Something About You Twilight Time
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I Lived in a Dream Halifax Instrumental
Peter Appleyard 'S Wonderful The Vibe Sound Of
Lenny Breau But Beautiful Mo' Breau
The Laurie Bower Singers You're Driving Me Crazy Feelin'
Paul Zaza Sailing By Coasting (with Isaacs)
Ivy Steel Willow Weep for Me Reincarnation
Johnny Cowell Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Peter Appleyard Witchcraft Per-cus-sive Jazz
Ed Bickert It’s Time Bye Bye Baby
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Lip Flap (For Fred) Now!
Denny Vaughan Lucky Day (This Is My Lucky Day) Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Bill Badgley June Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Doug Randle Vive La Company Songs for the New Industrial State
Jimmy Namaro I Cover The Waterfront At the Westbury
Moe Koffman Flute Salad The Shepherd Swings Again
Moe Koffman Growing Up Tales of Koffman
The Laurie Bower Singers You Are What I Am Wish I Was A Plane
Compilation Tommy Ambrose - In The Words of a Lover 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Denny Vaughan Hi-Lili Hi-Lo Girls I Knew
Paul Zaza Lake Louise Images
Jimmy Namaro Baia featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Jimmy Namaro Body and Soul featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Johnny Cowell Shag Our Winter Love
Peter Appleyard Old Dave The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Bill Butler One Morning in May The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Ron Collier Tentet Fair Wind ST
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
John Arpin Dance in the Old Fashioned Way Direct to Disc
The Laurie Bower Singers Boney Fingers Back Home Again
Lucio Agostini Hoedown Action With Agostini
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' South + Horn = Dixie
Ed Bickert It Might as Well Be Spring ST
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro) ST
Pete Schofield and the Canadians What Now My Love It’s a Sign of the Times
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Watch Out for the Little People Strictly Nimmons

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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 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)

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

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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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One Bright Morning

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Tony Quarrington

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

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