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
Moe Koffman Sleep (Adagio) The Four Seasons
Moe Koffman The Swingin' Shepherd Blues Goes Electric
Peter Appleyard Night Journey Peter Appleyard Presents
Moe Koffman Tangerine (Bossa Nova) Tales of Koffman
Compilation Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Lucio Agostini Pedro Pussycat Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Teddy Roderman The Green Grass Starts To Grow Makin' It With You
Joyce Sullivan The Anniversary Song The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Hagood Hardy Joy to the World The Christmas Album
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Where Are You Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Bill Badgley June At the Ports of Call
Moe Koffman Comin' Home Baby Goes Electric
Henry Cuesta At a Georgia Camp Meeting Clarinet With Strings
Hagood Hardy Workin' In L.A. As Time Goes By
Bill Badgley Wednesday's Child Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Moe Koffman Flute Salad The Shepherd Swings Again
Ben McPeek Shopping Spree His Voices and His Orchestra
Eugene Amaro What's Goin' On Twilight Time
Ben McPeek Blue Cha Cha His Voices and His Orchestra
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Perfect Day Sailin' Home
Teddy Roderman The Happening Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Wally Koster Sunset Waltz Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz
Paul Zaza Guitarra Espana Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Do Something Nice Today!
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Rick Wilkins Quiescence For the Sake of Music
Moe Koffman Up, Up and Away Turned on
Norman Amadio Trio Oh Lady Be Good ST
Guido Basso Last Night When We Were Young One More for the Road
Jerry Toth One (from a Chorus Line) The Classic Jerry Toth
Bill Butler The Girl that I Marry (mono version) The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Lucio Agostini Fiddler's Frolic Action With Agostini
The Laurie Bower Singers Bye Bye Love Laurie Bower
The Laurie Bower Singers Pussywillow Cat-tails Morning Has Broken
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I'll See You in My Dreams Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Doug Randle One Way Swimming Songs for the New Industrial State
Peter Appleyard A Face Like Yours Peter Appleyard Presents
Doug Randle Love is Just Around the Corner (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Phil Nimmons Group Fascinating Rhythm Nimmons 'N' Nine
Kathryn Moses Ready or Not ST
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Espresso Sailin' Home
Johnny Cowell You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Tender Loving Care
Compilation Season of the Yonge Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Guido Basso My Foolish Heart A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Johnny Cowell Butterscotch The Virtuoso Trumpet
Compilation Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up Motorcars In Concert 1970
Paul Zaza Sailing By Coasting (with Isaacs)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Music To Watch Girls By The Now Sound
Ben McPeek Colonel Bogey The Original Sounds of
Robert Tennison Troupe I Can See (Instrumental) Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)
Fred Stone Tamara The Music of Fred Stone
Jackie Richardson Green Lies and Man Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Lenny Breau Autumn Leaves Mo' Breau
Rick Wilkins Summer Song For the Sake of Music
Phil Nimmons Group Swing Softly Nimmons 'N' Nine
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Original Toronto Dixieland Band
The Laurie Bower Singers Brand New Key Morning Has Broken
Ben McPeek Charade His Voices and His Orchestra
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - This Can't Be Love Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Lucio Agostini Dundurn Castle Once Upon a Hundred Years
Eugene Amaro Danny Boy The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Ben McPeek Mame The Original Sounds of
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby Strictly Nimmons
Ed Bickert Pensativa Bye Bye Baby
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice (It's All Right) ST
Johnny Cowell Spring Rain Our Winter Love
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado) ST
Doug Crosley Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six It's Impossible It's Impossible
Yorkville Avenue Band All of You "Moving Day"
Johnny Cowell Every Single Day The Tender Loving Care
The Laurie Bower Singers When I Need You Looks Like We Made It
Ed Bickert Nancy With the Laughing Face ST
Joyce Sullivan You'll Never Know The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Peter Appleyard Mack The Knife Per-cus-sive Jazz
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Go Breaking My Heart Feelin'
Hagood Hardy Sonny's Ragtime Reflections
John Arpin The Chevy Chase (1914) Other Side Of Ragtime
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sunny The Now Sound
Paul Zaza Blue Lagoon Images
Wally Koster Lost in the Stars The Songs of Wally Koster
Hagood Hardy Quorum The Homecoming
Eugene Amaro Blame It On My Youth Warm
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 1st movement Transformations - Invocations
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction) Do Something Nice Today!
Jerry Toth Tell Me Now Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Wave Do Something Nice Today!
John Arpin Excelsior Rag (1909) Other Side Of Ragtime
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Do Something Nice Today!
Guido Basso Nightcap It's Happening (re-issue)
Jackie Richardson Stay With Me Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Vera Cruz Halifax Instrumental
Guido Basso Mia Mia It's Happening (re-issue)
Bill Badgley Gonna Fly Now - Theme From Rocky Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Lucio Agostini Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Hagood Hardy Afternoon in Venice Maybe Tomorrow
The Laurie Bower Singers When You Find a Sad Song Back Home Again
Moe Koffman Soul Finger Turned on

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, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

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