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
Lenny Breau	Anytime (Herbert Lawson)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:47
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	ST	03:18
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Won't You Step Into My Life	Montage	02:27
Russ Little	Exactly Like You	Snapshot	05:09
Joyce Sullivan	Say it Isn't So	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:02
Hagood Hardy	Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly)	The Christmas Album	02:05
Herb Marshall	Love Music (Sergio Mendez)	Toronto Vocalist	02:31
Moe Koffman	Walk Away Renee	Turned on	02:27
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	A Brand New Scene	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:53
Norman Amadio Trio	Enchantment	ST	02:28
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Henry Cuesta	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Clarinet With Strings	02:08
Jackie Richardson	The Lies of Handsome Men	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:58
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
Swing Sisters	Davenport Blues	Davenport Blues	03:20
Lucio Agostini	Jolly Jumping Jack	Action With Agostini	01:36
Rick Wilkins	The Way You Look Tonight	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:33
Denny Vaughan	Hayseedelic	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:12
Ben McPeek	Everything's Alright	Peace Train	02:46
Jerry Toth	The Singer	The Twelve Sides Of	02:11
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:43
Johnny Cowell	Theme from Zorba (Herb Alpert)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:36
Hagood Hardy	When a Child	The Christmas Album	04:38
Lucio Agostini	Guadalajara	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:37
Rick Wilkins	Sometimes When We Touch	For the Sake of Music	03:10
Paul Zaza	Fine and Dandy	Faces and Places	02:31
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Dolly Medley (Herman)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	03:11
The Brian Browne Trio	Toot That Whistle	The Toronto Scene	02:13
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Wally Koster	The More I See You	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:20
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Guido Basso	Do You Hear What I Hear?	Christmas Today	02:53
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Lenny Breau	She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:23
Denny Vaughan	Windy	Girls I Knew	02:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wichita Lineman	The Now Sound	02:25
Norman Amadio Trio	Lullaby of the Leaves	ST	03:00
Denny Vaughan	Judy	Girls I Knew	02:24
Paul Zaza	Summertime Drive	Faces and Places	02:19
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Hagood Hardy	Jingle Bells	The Christmas Album	02:07
Russ Little	Peace	Footwork	02:50
Guido Basso	Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw)	Love Talk	02:40
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:51
Compilation	Bill Badgley - Walk On By	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:21
Teddy Roderman	Measure The Valleys	Makin' It With You	02:41
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	El Condor Pasa	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:40
Johnny Cowell	Carmichael & Parrish (arranged by Johnny Cowell) - Stardust	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:49
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Fair Weather	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:57
Bill Badgley	Sam	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:22
Jimmy Dale	Norwegian Wood	Soft and Groovy	03:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	Angie Baby	Back Home Again	03:32
Rick Wilkins	Summer Song	For the Sake of Music	03:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're Driving Me Crazy	Feelin'	02:57
Lenny Breau	Please Release Me (Horton & Peck)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:30
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Sable Island	CBC Comp 409	02:07
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
Paul Zaza	Autumn Reflections	Images	02:56
Hagood Hardy	White Christmas	The Christmas Album	04:09
Teddy Roderman	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Makin' It With You	02:04
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	+ Horn = Dixie	04:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Think I'll Write a Song	Back Home Again	02:34
Peter Appleyard	Night Journey	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:09
Bill Badgley	Theme from the Sand Pebbles	At the Ports of Call	02:18
Johnny Cowell	The Golden Jet (Bobb Hull)	His Girl	02:23
Rick Wilkins	Quiescence	For the Sake of Music	02:59
Guido Basso	Early Morning Rain	Love Talk	02:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love to the People	Looks Like We Made It	02:58
Wally Koster	Time Was	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:19
Johnny Burt Society	The Candy Man	….Come Summer	03:04
Russ Little	Sister Sadie	On the Shoulders of Giants	04:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sanford & Son	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:38
Lenny Breau	That's All	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:53
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Girl	Our Winter Love	01:46
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wise Guys	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Jimmy Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Paul Zaza	Welcome Home	Faces and Places	02:22
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Maxwell’s Silver Hammer	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:46
Hagood Hardy	Silent Night, Holy Night	The Christmas Album	02:48
Tony Quarrington	Roundabout	One Bright Morning	08:34
Denny Vaughan	Hi Neighbor	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:46
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Pagan Love Song	ST	02:55
Jerry Toth	Picasso Summer	The Twelve Sides Of	02:32
Boogus	Take Your Clothes Off	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:49
Hagood Hardy	When the First Snow Falls	The Christmas Album	04:15
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Paul Zaza	Blue Porcelain	Faces and Places	02:18
Peter Appleyard	Where is the Love	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:17
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - Drown in My Own Tears	The Toronto Sessions	03:41
The Mutual Understanding	Summer of '42	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:38
Ben McPeek	Ramblin' Rose	The Original Sounds of	01:54

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Johnny Burt Society - In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along

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Johnny Burt Society - ….Come Summer

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Trombone - Teddy Roderman

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - ST

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Halifax Instrumental

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Ed Bickert - ST

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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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