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
Jimmy Namaro	Nothing in This World (Compares With You)	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:37
Joyce Sullivan	Friendly Star	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:50
Lucio Agostini	Pedro Pussycat	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:06
Tommy Ambrose	You're Driving Me Crazy	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:54
Doug Riley	Jump for Joy	Freedom	05:10
Moe Koffman	Up, Up and Away	Turned on	02:28
Guido Basso	Sweet Gingerbread Man	Love Talk	03:07
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:08
Peter Appleyard	Only For Lovers	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	03:03
Paul Zaza	Summer Evening	Images	02:36
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
Paul Hoffert	With a Wiggle	The Jazz Roots of	06:29
John Arpin	You are the Sunshine of My Life	Direct to Disc	02:58
Jimmy Namaro	We Gotta Get it All Together	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:50
Rick Wilkins	Without Your Love	Discovery	03:18
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Cool and Hot Sax	03:57
Terry Watada	Cheyenne and the Weasel	Night's Disgrace	03:16
Jimmy Namaro	Dark Eyes	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:13
Johnny Cowell	Genevieve	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Ben McPeek	Never My Love	Peace Train	03:27
Paul Zaza	Sailing High	Images	02:51
Moe Koffman	Dr. Swahili	Goes Electric	02:42
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:22
Tony Quarrington	One Bright Morning	One Bright Morning	06:32
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - Drown in My Own Tears	The Toronto Sessions	03:41
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Morning Has Broken	Morning Has Broken	02:38
Moe Koffman	Walk Away Renee	Turned on	02:27
Johnny Cowell	Every Single Day	The Tender Loving Care	02:32
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
The Brian Browne Trio	Home Again	The Toronto Scene	02:54
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Do Something Nice Today!	02:26
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Paul Zaza	Sunday Morning	Images	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Why Is Forever Taking So Long	When You Say Goodbye	03:02
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
Teddy Roderman	Oops	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:42
Eugene Amaro	Send In The Clowns	Warm	03:17
Johnny Cowell	Like No Other Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:21
Eugene Amaro	Didn’t We	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:54
Peter Appleyard	The P.E.I. Polka	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:31
Jerry Toth	Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:30
Jerry Toth	To Wait for Love	The Music Of	02:14
Jimmy Namaro	Sand and Sandals	Driftwood	03:19
Guido Basso	The Good Life	One More for the Road	03:52
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Garden Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:25
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Ben McPeek	Everything's Alright	Peace Train	02:46
Bill Butler	The Dream of Olwen	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:34
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:34
Moe Koffman	Dance Of The Leaves (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:30
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Rockin' Good Way	Bluesprint	04:32
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Secret Love	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:19
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	007 Medley (Dr. No, Goldfinger)	The Old Meets the New	02:51
Johnny Cowell	Caesar's Palace	Hot Brass	03:22
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where or When	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:32
Peter Appleyard	A Face Like Yours	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:58
Joyce Sullivan	I'll Give My Love an Apple	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:19
Moe Koffman	The Storm (Presto)	The Four Seasons	01:54
Bill Badgley	Fernando	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:39
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Peter Appleyard	'S Wonderful	The Vibe Sound Of	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rock With You	When You Say Goodbye	03:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just To Be Alone With You	You	02:39
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
John Arpin	Bethena	Concert In Ragtime	05:56
Terry Watada	On the Edge (Part II)	Night's Disgrace	01:10
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When Ragtime Alex Plays the Humoresque (vocal by Trump Davidson) (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:24
Guido Basso	Anniversary Song	It's Happening	02:09
Denny Vaughan	Yesterday When I Was Young	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:51
Ed Bickert	Where Are You	ST	04:40
Doug Randle	Alley Cat	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Silver Bird	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Eugene Amaro	Strangers In The Night	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're Driving Me Crazy	Feelin'	02:57
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:54
Denny Vaughan	Hayseedelic	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:12
Guido Basso	Sleigh Ride	Christmas Today	02:20
Jimmy Namaro	Cool Fool	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I Say A Little Prayer For You	The Now Sound	02:49
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
Compilation	Bernie Senensky - New Life Blues	Jazz Toronto	06:28
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Jimmy Dale	Music To Watch Girls By	Soft and Groovy	03:09
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 2	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	02:46
Paul Zaza	Song of the Stars	Images	02:47
Hagood Hardy	Love Song	Reflections	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Pussywillow Cat-tails	Morning Has Broken	02:53
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
Boogus	Gemini Rag	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:37
Ben McPeek	Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves	Peace Train	02:47
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Rag Medley (Rogers)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:00
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Ed Bickert	Bye Bye Baby	Bye Bye Baby	03:41
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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