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
Lucio Agostini	Mulberry Bush	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:46
Guido Basso	Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:21
Guido Basso	Windmills of Your Mind	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sundown	Back Home Again	03:13
Jimmy Namaro	Dark Eyes	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:13
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Cry Out Loud	It Goes Like It Goes	03:14
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:34
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Peter Appleyard	Wichita Lineman	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:43
Phil Nimmons Group	Little Poppy	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:55
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Theme for Susan	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:40
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	04:02
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Baby I'm a Want You	Montage	04:24
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Post Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:46
Lucio Agostini	Captain Bacardi	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:34
The Brian Browne Trio	Home Again	The Toronto Scene	02:54
Moe Koffman	L'il Bitty Pretty One	Moe's Curried Soul	03:56
Hagood Hardy	Winter Time	The Christmas Album	02:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!)	Now!	04:46
Jerry Toth	To Wait for Love	The Music Of	02:14
Russ Little	Things Ain't What They Used to Be	Footwork	02:50
John Arpin	Augustan Club Waltzes (1901)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:45
Jimmy Namaro	We Three	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Perfect Day	Sailin' Home	02:25
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
Jackie Richardson	I'm In Love	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:04
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Love for Sale	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:12
Peter Appleyard	Flamingo	The Vibraphone Of	02:36
Russ Little	Along Came Betty	On the Shoulders of Giants	05:25
Paul Zaza	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
Tony Quarrington	Eclipse	One Bright Morning	06:51
Pat Riccio	Michelle (Lennon-McCartney)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:40
Bill Badgley	All	At the Ports of Call	01:58
Ben McPeek	Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:31
Denny Vaughan	Love Me Tender	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:44
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Hagood Hardy	Let Me Love Again	As Time Goes By	03:52
Jimmy Namaro	Night Sounds	At the Westbury	02:54
Teddy Roderman	Sunshine, Lollipops and Roses	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:31
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:22
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Auf Widersehn	The Old Meets the New	03:04
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Guido Basso	Don't Know Why (Jesse Harris)	Lost in the Stars	05:05
Moe Koffman	Comin' Home Baby	Goes Electric	02:24
Moe Koffman	Alone Together	The Shepherd Swings Again	04:09
Russ Little	Exactly Like You	Snapshot	05:09
Boogus	Gemini Rag	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:37
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Yellow Fever	03:45
Hagood Hardy	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Robert Tennison Troupe	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We	The Rose And The Rain	03:23
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Moe Koffman	The Baron	Cool and Hot Sax	03:58
Carol McCartney	A Night in Tunisia	A Night in Tunisia	05:31
Carol McCartney	East of the Sun	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Too Much Is On The Line	When You Say Goodbye	03:49
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 4th movement	Transformations - Invocations	04:55
Rick Wilkins	The Closer I Get To You	For the Sake of Music	03:23
Compilation	Autumn Leaves (arranged by Orville Hoover)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	03:18
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Teddy Roderman	Meditation	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:10
Jimmy Namaro	I Cover The Waterfront	At the Westbury	02:15
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canada	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	02:23
Russ Little	Little Prince	Snapshot	05:35
Guido Basso	Trust in Me	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:35
Jimmy Namaro	Love	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:21
Jimmy Namaro	Pubba and The Puddy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:12
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	His Girl	02:22
Rick Wilkins	Junk	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:58
Terry Watada	3439 North Sheffield	Night's Disgrace	06:08
Johnny Cowell	Silver Thread & Golden Needles	The Tender Loving Care	02:39
Denny Vaughan	Judy	Girls I Knew	02:24
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Lucio Agostini	Jolly Jumping Jack	Action With Agostini	01:36
John Arpin	Bird-Brain Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:08
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Peter Appleyard	Tell Me A Story	ST	03:22
Hagood Hardy	Juarez '62	Reflections	03:13
Yorkville Avenue Band	Takin' Me Through the Night	"Moving Day"	03:31
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Blue Jade	Sailin' Home	04:12
Wally Koster	Wagon Wheels	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:40
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Cast Your Fate	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:02
Hagood Hardy	Never-Never Land	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:00
Guido Basso	'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)	Lost in the Stars	03:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	September Morn	When You Say Goodbye	03:39
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Russ Little	One Note Samba	Snapshot	05:48
Moe Koffman	Snowflakes (Largo)	The Four Seasons	02:02
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Gitana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:23
Compilation	Jim Pirie - We'll Walk Together	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Takes Time	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:39
Ben McPeek	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	Thinking of You	03:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Feelin'	02:27
Tommy Ambrose	Just for a Thrill	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:10
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Song of the Tropics	ST	03:17
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	At the Ports of Call	02:34
Ed Bickert	Come Rain or Come Shine	ST	09:46

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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

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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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