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
Fred Stone	Theme from Lawrence of Arabia	The Music of Fred Stone	08:32
Kathryn Moses	Prince Charming's Brother	ST	04:01
Johnny Cowell	To Love Somebody	The Tender Loving Care	02:37
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Espana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:56
Hagood Hardy	Watching Through the Night	Maybe Tomorrow	03:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	When I Need You	Looks Like We Made It	03:45
Jackie Richardson	Finer Wine	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:07
Eugene Amaro	I'll Follow The Sun	Warm	02:44
Compilation	Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:42
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	His Girl	02:22
Compilation	Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	Stop And Smell The Roses	Back Home Again	02:54
Moe Koffman	Hambourg Bound	Cool and Hot Sax	04:05
Phil Nimmons Group	Just You, Just Me	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:22
Guido Basso	Two Bass Hit	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	08:02
Hagood Hardy	Love is in the Air	Reflections	03:36
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Secret Love	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:19
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Post Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love to the People	Looks Like We Made It	02:58
Hagood Hardy	As Time Goes By	As Time Goes By	03:14
Robert Tennison Troupe	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:51
Ben McPeek	Share the Land	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:09
Johnny Cowell	Valley of the Six Hundred	It's Gotta Be Love	02:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wedding Cake	Feelin'	02:21
Paul Zaza	Portrait of a Rose	Faces and Places	02:47
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vera Cruz	ST	02:51
Hagood Hardy	Reunion (Theme from Rituals)	Tell Me My Name	03:18
Swing Sisters	Davenport Blues	Davenport Blues	03:20
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Doug Crosley	For All We Know	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:49
Moe Koffman	Icicle Bells (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	05:31
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Tropical	ST	02:02
Compilation	Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:00
Hogtown Trumpets	Ludwig's Bugle	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:14
Paul Zaza	Blue Porcelain	Faces and Places	02:18
Johnny Cowell	Pretty Girl	Our Winter Love	02:09
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
Johnny Cowell	Stay With Me	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Wally Koster	Lost in the Stars	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:49
Johnny Cowell	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	The Tender Loving Care	02:12
Jerry Toth	A Rock Madrigal For Mehitabel	The Twelve Sides Of	02:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Up On Cripple Creek	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:14
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canadian Theme	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	03:55
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Terry Watada	City of Lights	Night's Disgrace	03:59
Don Gillis	Lady Death	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:58
Lucio Agostini	Coastin'	Action With Agostini	02:40
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Doug Randle	Once Upon a Time (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:49
Jerry Toth	If We Try	The Twelve Sides Of	03:04
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:08
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	03:10
Bill Butler	Intermezzo	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Something is Happening	Feelin'	02:16
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Lenny Breau	Tuning Time	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	01:49
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
Peter Appleyard	Passion Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:59
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Lush Life	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:01
Hagood Hardy	The Looking Glass	As Time Goes By	03:19
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Angie Baby	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:43
Lenny Breau	Long Way To Go	Minor's Aloud	04:32
Terry Watada	The 505	Night's Disgrace	04:17
Joyce Sullivan	You'll Never Know	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:47
Lenny Breau	King of the Road	Guitar Sounds From	02:29
John Arpin	Wild Cherries Rag (1908)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:13
Phil Nimmons Group	Little Poppy	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:55
Peter Appleyard	Angel Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	03:14
Bill Badgley	Fernando	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:39
Johnny Cowell	Carmichael & Parrish (arranged by Johnny Cowell) - Stardust	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:49
Tommy Ambrose	Just for a Thrill	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:10
Jimmy Namaro	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	And I Love Her	The Old Meets the New	03:11
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:47
John Arpin	The Way We Were	Direct to Disc	03:08
Jimmy Dale	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Profiles	03:29
Moe Koffman	Comin' Home Baby	Goes Electric	02:24
Doug Randle	Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:10
Hagood Hardy	Balloons	The Homecoming	02:54
Jimmy Namaro	The Moon is Low	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:14
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Bass-ically Yours	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:19
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're The One That I Want	You	02:44
Doug Crosley	(theme from) Love Story	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Mississippi	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Peter Appleyard	We'll Never Know	The Vibraphone Of	02:14
Johnny Cowell	Air On a G String	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:15
Bill Badgley	June	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:26
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks	Strictly Nimmons	03:38
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One 'O' Nine	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:53
Ben McPeek	Never My Love	Peace Train	03:27
Jimmy Namaro	Too Marvellous For Words	At the Westbury	02:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:40
Lucio Agostini	Leah's Latin Lover (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:37
Terry Watada	On the Edge (Part II)	Night's Disgrace	01:10

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

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Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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