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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Knights of the Round Flugel	Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams)	Bye Bye Love	02:32
Hardy, Hagood	I'll Remember You	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:10
Toth, Jerry	One (from a Chorus Line)	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:42
Cowell, Johnny	Like No Other Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:21
Appleyard, Peter	Crazy Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:36
Laurie Bower Singers	Wish I Was A Plane	Wish I Was A Plane	02:50
Cowell, Johnny	Keep Yourself Together	Hot Brass	02:07
Thompson, Don 'D.T.'	I Cried for You	Bluesprint	05:41
Wilkins, Rick	If You Remember Me	Discovery	02:48
Randle, Doug	Love is Just Around the Corner (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Laurie Bower Singers	Crooked Mile	Wish I Was A Plane	02:43
Stone, Fred	Tamara	The Music of Fred Stone	05:31
Laurie Bower Singers	Sweet Ginger Bread Man	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:52
Namaro, Jimmy	This is My Song	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:05
Amaro, Eugene	Didn’t We	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:54
Swing Sisters	Girl Talk	Davenport Blues	03:54
Amadio, Norman Trio	Nica's Dream	ST	02:13
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Candida	It's Impossible	03:08
Butler, Bill	June in January	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Namaro, Jimmy	Dansero	At the Westbury	02:48
Browne, Brian Trio	Georgia on My Mind	The Toronto Scene	05:38
Breau, Lenny	Emily	Mo' Breau	03:40
Namaro, Jimmy	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Yorkville Avenue Band	Takin' Me Through the Night	"Moving Day"	03:31
Bickert, Ed	'Tis Autumn	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:44
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Peaches and Brandy	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:01
Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Richardson, Jackie	I Alone	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:27
Badgley, Bill	Sam	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:22
Basso, Guido	Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Lost in the Stars	05:25
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Butler, Bill	The Girl that I Marry (mono version)	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:33
McPeek, Ben	Everything's Alright	Peace Train	02:46
Hardy, Hagood	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Tennison, Robert Troupe	I Can See (Instrumental)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:44
Hardy, Hagood	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Appleyard, Peter	Why Don't You Do Right	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:35
Basso, Guido	I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh)	Lost in the Stars	05:11
Dale, Jimmy	Till the End of Time	Profiles	02:40
Hardy, Hagood	The Trouble with Hello is Goodbye	The Homecoming	03:51
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Petite Waltz	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
Cuesta, Henry	Me And You And A Dog Named Boo	Plays Favourites	01:48
Zaza, Paul	Maid of the Mist	Images	02:58
Basso, Guido	My Foolish Heart	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:13
Laurie Bower Singers	Song Sung Blue	Morning Has Broken	03:11
Hogtown Trumpets	Bustling	CBC Comp 434 comp	02:40
Arpin, John	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Wilkins, Rick	Sometimes When We Touch	For the Sake of Music	03:10
Koffman, Moe	House of Green Lights	Tales of Koffman	03:00
Agostini, Lucio	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Steel, Ivy	Boudoirs	Reincarnation	02:50
McPeek, Ben	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	Thinking of You	02:11
Crosley, Doug	When I Met You (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:38
Marshall, Herb	Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)	Toronto Vocalist	01:53
Arpin, John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Direct to Disc	03:54
Basso, Guido	I Can Dream Can't I	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:27
Ambrose, Tommy	Just for a Thrill	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:10
Basso, Guido	'Round Midnight Overture (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	02:41
Appleyard, Peter	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
Hardy, Hagood	Christmas Song	The Christmas Album	02:36
Laurie Bower Singers	Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:19
Dale, Jimmy	I Should Care	Soft and Groovy	03:03
McPeek, Ben	Thinking of You	Thinking of You	02:15
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Hardy, Hagood	I Feel It	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:24
Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Laurie Bower Singers	Guitar Man	Wish I Was A Plane	03:19
Randle, Doug	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Wilkins, Rick	Don't Ask Me Why	Discovery	03:04
McPeek, Ben	Colonel Bogey	The Original Sounds of	02:43
Namaro, Jimmy	I Cover The Waterfront	At the Westbury	02:15
Laurie Bower Singers	The Importance of the Rose	Feelin'	02:07
Amadio, Norman Trio	Enchantment	ST	02:28
Compilation	Eve Smith - I Care	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:13
Basso, Guido	Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	05:48
Nimmons, Phil Group	Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)	Mary Popppins Swings	05:29
Agostini, Lucio	World of Music	Action With Agostini	02:59
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
Arpin, John	If You Could Read My Mind	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:55
Koffman, Moe	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
Dale, Jimmy	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Profiles	03:29
Appleyard, Peter	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Namaro, Jimmy	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	What Now My Love	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:38
Cuesta, Henry	Way Down Deep	Plays Favourites	02:06
Bickert, Ed	It Might as Well Be Spring	ST	05:50
Namaro, Jimmy	Nightingale	Driftwood	03:05
Arpin, John	Augustan Club Waltzes (1901)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:45
Toth, Jerry	Tara's Theme .. Erich Traugott trumpet solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:21
Laurie Bower Singers	Here's That Rainy Day	Feelin'	02:13
Appleyard, Peter	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
Laurie Bower Singers	Rainy Day People	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:12
Koffman, Moe	Alone Together	The Shepherd Swings Again	04:09
Arpin, John	You Are What I Am	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:52
McPeek, Ben	Goodbye	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:25
Laurie Bower Singers	What is Christmas	Danielle b/w What is Christmas	01:39
Nimmons, Phil Group	In a Mellotone	Take 10	06:49
Hardy, Hagood	I Won't Last a Day without You	The Homecoming	03:55
Basso, Guido	Ramblin	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Browne, Brian Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

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Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra - ST

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Breau, Lenny - ST

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Namaro, Jimmy - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Badgley, Bill - Blue-Ribbon Badgley

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Badgley, Bill - At the Ports of Call

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Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Collier, Ron Tentet - ST

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Amaro, Eugene - Warm

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Agostini, Lucio - Action With Agostini

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Schofield, Pete and the Canadians - It’s a Sign of the Times

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Laurie Bower Singers - You

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Toth, Jerry - The Twelve Sides Of

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Hardy, Hagood & the Montage - ST

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Wilkins, Rick - From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)

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McPeek, Ben - Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease

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Hardy, Hagood - As Time Goes By

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Sanderlings - With The Jim Pirie Orchestra

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Hoffert, Paul - The Jazz Roots of

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Zaza, Paul - Faces and Places

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Namaro, Jimmy - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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McPeek, Ben - The Original Sounds of

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Laurie Bower Singers - Take Me Home Country Roads

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Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six - Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64

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Bickert, Ed - ST

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Basso, Guido - Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

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Randle, Doug - Songs for the New Industrial State

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Richardson, Jackie - Woman's View... Through Child Eyes

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Breau, Lenny - Minor's Aloud

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Basso, Guido - It's Happening (re-issue)

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