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 Namaro Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Up, Up & Away The Now Sound
Lenny Breau Scrapple From The Apple Minor's Aloud
Hagood Hardy & the Montage How Insensitive Montage
John Arpin Augustan Club Waltzes (1901) Other Side Of Ragtime
Phil Nimmons Group In a Minor Mode Nimmons 'N' Nine
Ed Bickert Barbados Bye Bye Baby
Moe Koffman Nature's Banquet (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Moe Koffman When the Saints Go Marching In Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Eugene Amaro Danny Boy The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Guido Basso Martelli And All That Latin Jazz!
Jerry Toth Gymnopedie The Classic Jerry Toth
Henry Cuesta Singin' My Song Plays Favourites
Hagood Hardy Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The Christmas Album
Jimmy Namaro Cha Cha Chimes Driftwood
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Compilation Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas Motorcars In Concert 1970
Moe Koffman Jeannine Tales of Koffman
Phil Nimmons Group Blue Lou Nimmons 'N' Nine
Bill Butler Theme from "The Pathetique" Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Moe Koffman The Mighty Quinn Turned on
Guido Basso You are My Sunshine It's Happening (re-issue)
Doug Randle Batteries Not Included Songs for the New Industrial State
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Castle Rock Bluesprint
Hagood Hardy Gary - A Remembrance As Time Goes By
The Laurie Bower Singers Could I Have This Dance It Goes Like It Goes
Norman Amadio Trio Taboo ST
Teddy Roderman Beautiful Second Hand Man Makin' It With You
Peter Appleyard There Will Never Be Another You Per-cus-sive Jazz
Teddy Roderman Make It With You Makin' It With You
Jimmy Dale Strange Music Profiles
Lenny Breau Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad Mo' Breau
Wally Koster Nice Work if You Can Get It The Songs of Wally Koster
Jackie Richardson My Baby Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
The Laurie Bower Singers Too Much Is On The Line When You Say Goodbye
Jackie Richardson You've Got to Give Me Room Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Shadow Of Your Smile The Now Sound
Rick Wilkins Without Your Love Discovery
Guido Basso Ten Little Indians It's Happening (re-issue)
Joyce Sullivan Grandfather's Clock The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
The Laurie Bower Singers She's Always A Woman You
Paul Zaza Fiesta Romantica Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Lenny Breau New York City Mo' Breau
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Russian Rag (Cobb) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Compilation Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River Jazz Toronto
Compilation Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha Motorcars In Concert 1970
The Brian Browne Trio Blue Hair The Toronto Scene
Denny Vaughan Wake Up Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Paul Zaza Flutey Fuge Faces and Places
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Ask Me Why It Goes Like It Goes
Hagood Hardy Never-Never Land Stop 33 Sutton Place
Carol McCartney Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye A Night in Tunisia
Compilation Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Paul Zaza Marina Del Ray Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I Feel the Earth Move Do Something Nice Today!
Ed Bickert It’s Time Bye Bye Baby
Compilation Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Phil Nimmons Group The Life I Lead Mary Popppins Swings
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Sable Island CBC Comp 409
Johnny Cowell Arioso The Virtuoso Trumpet
Jimmy Namaro When the World Was Young featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Denny Vaughan An Affair to Remember Girls I Knew
Lenny Breau Music to Watch Girls By Guitar Sounds From
Jimmy Namaro Stranger in Paradise Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Eugene Amaro Another Time Warm
Hagood Hardy Clouds The Homecoming
Jimmy Namaro Kcammot Driftwood
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale Driftwood
Hagood Hardy I Feel It Stop 33 Sutton Place
Guido Basso I Go to Rio And All That Latin Jazz!
Rick Wilkins The Way You Look Tonight From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Rick Wilkins Why Think About Tomorrow From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Ed Bickert Skylark I Like To Recognize the Tune
Fred Stone Tamara The Music of Fred Stone
Teddy Roderman Lovers Roulette Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Hagood Hardy Folks Who Live on the Hill Stop 33 Sutton Place
Peter Appleyard Mambo #V Peter Appleyard Presents
Ben McPeek Fascinating Rhythm His Voices and His Orchestra
Moe Koffman Twistin' and Bumpin' Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Johnny Cowell Presto From Vivaldi's Concerto In A Major (Maurice Andre) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Phil Nimmons Group Kicks (Outro) Nimmons 'N' Nine
Guido Basso Two Bourees Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
John Arpin Meadowlark Rag (1916) Other Side Of Ragtime
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra It's Delovely And I Love Her
Doug Randle Put On Your Sunday Clothes Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Lucio Agostini Fiddler's Frolic Action With Agostini
Kathryn Moses Touch Me ST
Eugene Amaro Am I Blue Twilight Time
Peter Appleyard Feelings ST
2B3 Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl The Toronto Sessions
Moe Koffman Bei Mir Bist Du Schön Cool and Hot Sax
Hagood Hardy After You've Gone Stop 33 Sutton Place
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Lucio Agostini Prairie Boy Action With Agostini
Johnny Cowell Ruby Begonia Hot Brass
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Come Saturday Morning Montage
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes We Gotta Get It All Together
Jimmy Namaro Tahiti Boat Driftwood
Guido Basso Let It Snow Christmas Today
Ben McPeek Happy Talk His Voices and His Orchestra

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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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