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
Rick Wilkins	Tomorrow	For the Sake of Music	02:40
Hagood Hardy	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Teddy Roderman	Meditation	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:10
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Jackie Richardson	My Baby	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:07
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canadian Theme	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	03:55
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Medley #1: Rose of Washington Square; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Sweet Georgia Brown (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Paul Zaza	Summertime Drive	Faces and Places	02:19
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening	02:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Mrs. Robinson	The Now Sound	03:08
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Jimmy Dale	If	Toronto Instrumental	02:18
Hagood Hardy	Maybe Tomorrow	Maybe Tomorrow	02:56
Ron Collier Tentet	I Believe In You	ST	02:59
Jimmy Namaro	On a Little Street in Singapore	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:47
Doug Randle	Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:20
Jerry Toth	I've Got My Eyes On You	The Music Of	02:42
Ed Bickert	'Tis Autumn	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:44
Johnny Cowell	Goodbye My Love	The Tender Loving Care	02:04
Johnny Cowell	Roller Coaster	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:09
Eugene Amaro	Twilight Time	Twilight Time	02:45
Moe Koffman	If I Were a Carpenter	Turned on	02:32
Lenny Breau	Neptune	ST	07:37
Hagood Hardy	Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly)	The Christmas Album	02:05
Hagood Hardy	Les Arrivants (Theme from the Newcomers)	Tell Me My Name	04:10
Lucio Agostini	St. Thomas	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:17
Moe Koffman	Francesca	Cool and Hot Sax	04:09
Ben McPeek	Undun	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:37
Peter Appleyard	'S Wonderful	The Vibe Sound Of	02:18
Fred Stone	Maera	The Music of Fred Stone	04:21
Lucio Agostini	Linstead Market	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Teddy Roderman	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Makin' It With You	02:04
Terry Watada	Weekend	Night's Disgrace	03:18
Johnny Cowell	High on a Flagpole	It's Gotta Be Love	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Fool That I Am	It Goes Like It Goes	02:51
Denny Vaughan	Judy	Girls I Knew	02:24
Compilation	Carpet Man (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:30
Lenny Breau	Monday, Monday	Guitar Sounds From	02:30
Phil Nimmons Group	Stay Awake	Mary Popppins Swings	03:01
Lenny Breau	Scrapple From The Apple	Minor's Aloud	07:12
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Peter & The Wolf	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:43
John Arpin	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Direct to Disc	03:54
Lenny Breau	Marlborough Street	Mo' Breau	02:06
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Post Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:46
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
Jimmy Namaro	Love	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:21
Norman Amadio Trio	Enchantment	ST	02:28
The Mutual Understanding	Wonderland	In Wonderland	02:54
Peter Appleyard	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	The Vibe Sound Of	02:51
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Song of the Tropics	ST	03:17
Denny Vaughan	Hi-Lili Hi-Lo	Girls I Knew	02:25
Johnny Cowell	Moonshine	Hot Brass	02:03
Russ Little	The Boy Next Door	Footwork	06:00
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Mellotone	Take 10	06:49
Peter Appleyard	What I Did For Love	ST	02:57
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
The Laurie Bower Singers	Think	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:24
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke	Jazz Toronto	04:00
Jimmy Namaro	Too Marvellous For Words	At the Westbury	02:05
Swing Sisters	I Believe In Miracles	Davenport Blues	02:29
Rick Wilkins	I Could Have Been a Sailor	Discovery	02:59
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
John Arpin	Centennial Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:21
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Auf Widersehn	The Old Meets the New	03:04
Jimmy Namaro	Night Sounds	At the Westbury	02:54
Tommy Ambrose	This Song Is Ended	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:18
Ed Bickert	Keeping Myself For You	Bye Bye Baby	06:14
Lucio Agostini	Captain Bacardi	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:34
Lenny Breau	I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:37
Moe Koffman	Harvest Festival (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	05:40
Peter Appleyard	Tenderly	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:01
The Brian Browne Trio	Georgia on My Mind	The Toronto Scene	05:38
Carol McCartney	Jersey Bounce	A Night in Tunisia	04:40
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Aurora Borealis	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	10:16
The Mutual Understanding	Show Me Your Laughter	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:41
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ballin' the Jack	+ Horn = Dixie	03:37
Guido Basso	Sweet Georgia Fame	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	05:23
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Doug Randle	Love is Just Around the Corner (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Paul Zaza	Summer Evening	Images	02:36
Lucio Agostini	Pedro Pussycat	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:06
Bill Butler	Intermezzo	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:44
Joyce Sullivan	Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:21
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Goes Electric	02:51
Peter Appleyard	Alone Again, Naturally	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Up On Cripple Creek	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:14
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Tony Quarrington	You Stepped Out of a Drink	One Bright Morning	07:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Denny Vaughan	My Cherie Amour	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:36
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:52
Paul Hoffert	The Song is You	The Jazz Roots of	06:40
Moe Koffman	Walk Away Renee	Turned on	02:27
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One for Mr. 'B'	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:43

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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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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