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
The Brian Browne Trio Home Again The Toronto Scene
Kathryn Moses I Met a Special Man ST
Moe Koffman The Storm (Presto) The Four Seasons
Jimmy Namaro Carnival Brasiliero Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Peter Appleyard Passion Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Moe Koffman Battering Ram Goes Electric
Ivy Steel Boudoirs Reincarnation
Jimmy Dale The Look Of Love Soft and Groovy
Moe Koffman Forest Flower Goes Electric
Lenny Breau Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) Swingin' on a Seven-String
The Laurie Bower Singers Didn't We The Rose And The Rain
Sanderlings Roller Coaster Ride (Bob Ruzicka) With The Jim Pirie Orchestra
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
The Brian Browne Trio Careless Love The Toronto Scene
2B3 Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy The Toronto Sessions
The Laurie Bower Singers Daniel Wish I Was A Plane
John Arpin Go My Way Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Auf Widersehn The Old Meets the New
Bill Butler Chopin Nocturne In E Flat Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Jimmy Namaro Kcammot Driftwood
The Laurie Bower Singers Kiss Me in the Rain It Goes Like It Goes
Wally Koster L-O-V-E The Songs of Wally Koster
Jimmy Namaro Good Morning Annie Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers How The Singers Sing Morning Has Broken
Hagood Hardy Love Song Reflections
Rick Wilkins Len's Den From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Moe Koffman Country Song Moe's Curried Soul
Teddy Roderman Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias) Stay Awhile
Wally Koster April in Paris The Songs of Wally Koster
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale We Gotta Get It All Together
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Cast Your Fate to the Wind Montage
Jackie Richardson I'm In Love Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Bill Badgley In the Arms of Love At the Ports of Call
Jerry Toth But For Love The Music Of
Guido Basso All the Sad Young Men One More for the Road
Johnny Cowell Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Nosey Strictly Nimmons
Lucio Agostini Brazil Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Compilation Autumn Leaves (arranged by Orville Hoover) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Hagood Hardy Travellin' On The Homecoming
Lucio Agostini Caramba (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Bill Butler I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Lucio Agostini Guadalajara Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Swing Sisters Davenport Blues Davenport Blues
Jerry Toth Say Goodbye To Your Cash The Twelve Sides Of
Johnny Cowell Angel of the Morning The Tender Loving Care
Jerry Toth Here's That Rainy Day The Music Of
Joyce Sullivan As Long as He Needs Me The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
The Laurie Bower Singers Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love Laurie Bower
Compilation Snowmen Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Compilation Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas Motorcars In Concert 1970
Don Gillis Baby It's Alright Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
Norman Amadio Trio Blues For Yna Yna ST
Compilation Eve Smith - I Care 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Paul Zaza Mellow Moments Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Caribbean Moonlight ST
Herb Marshall Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint) Toronto Vocalist
Compilation Billy Van - Kiss The Wind 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Guido Basso Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans) Lost in the Stars
Eugene Amaro Love Theme (Gone With The Wind) Warm
Guido Basso Second Chance One More for the Road
Johnny Cowell Rejoice The Virtuoso Trumpet
Paul Zaza Hollywood Hills Faces and Places
Moe Koffman You Are My Sunshine Moe's Curried Soul
Jerry Toth Peaceful The Twelve Sides Of
Moe Koffman Cloud Nine The Shepherd Swings Again
Jimmy Namaro We Three featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
John Arpin The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Direct to Disc
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Norman Amadio Trio Mein Shtetele Belz ST
Ben McPeek Silent Cinema Thinking of You
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Lucio Agostini Gazpacho Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Kathryn Moses Midnight ST
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Peter Appleyard Harlem Nocturne Per-cus-sive Jazz
Wally Koster Alone Together The Songs of Wally Koster
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Song of the Tropics ST
Teddy Roderman Mississippi Stay Awhile
Jimmy Dale Here, There, And Everywhere Soft and Groovy
Moe Koffman Bei Mir Bist Du Schön Cool and Hot Sax
Jimmy Namaro I Cover The Waterfront At the Westbury
Hagood Hardy I Won't Last a Day without You The Homecoming
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Wally Koster The More I See You The Songs of Wally Koster
Johnny Cowell Kornig - Garden Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Phil Nimmons Group Kicks Nimmons 'N' Nine
Jimmy Namaro Call Me Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Yorkville Avenue Band Moving Day "Moving Day"
Jimmy Namaro Stranger in Paradise Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Guido Basso Martelli And All That Latin Jazz!
The Laurie Bower Singers The Young New Mexican Pupeteer Morning Has Broken
Rick Wilkins Déjà vu Discovery
Lucio Agostini Captain Bacardi Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Denny Vaughan Judy Girls I Knew
Moe Koffman Sahara Tales of Koffman
Bill Butler I Love You The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Compilation Indian Summer City Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?

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, 🇨🇦

Compilation

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"

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