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
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mirage	ST	03:56
John Arpin	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Guido Basso	Fascinating Rhythm	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	03:43
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
Jimmy Namaro	Babylon	At the Westbury	03:44
Rick Wilkins	Ballad for Carolyn	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:48
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Eugene Amaro	Didn’t We	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:54
Henry Cuesta	The Promised Land	Plays Favourites	02:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:15
Ben McPeek	Alouette	The Original Sounds of	02:20
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Scarboro Fair (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	02:29
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There'll be Some Changes Made	CBC Comp 409	02:09
Henry Cuesta	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
Jackie Richardson	If I Could	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:28
Teddy Roderman	Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias)	Stay Awhile	02:58
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Ben McPeek	Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
Moe Koffman	Do You Know the Way to San Jose	Turned on	02:32
Moe Koffman	Soul Finger	Turned on	02:20
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Blue Jade	Sailin' Home	04:12
Hagood Hardy	Travellin' On	The Homecoming	03:04
Johnny Cowell	I've Gotta Feeling	Hot Brass	01:49
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Guido Basso	Liberated Brother	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	09:25
Lenny Breau	Claude (Free Song)	ST	11:01
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
John Arpin	Gladiolus Rag (1907)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:11
Guido Basso	Do You Hear What I Hear?	Christmas Today	02:53
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Just You, Just Me (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:45
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Waltz	The Christmas Album	02:58
Johnny Cowell	Gymnopedie #3	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:39
Denny Vaughan	Northern Dancer	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:43
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
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Moe Koffman	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Goes Electric	02:43
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Rockin' Good Way	Bluesprint	04:32
Ben McPeek	Superstar	Peace Train	03:34
Eugene Amaro	What's Goin' On	Twilight Time	03:38
Hagood Hardy	Silent Sky	Tell Me My Name	02:42
Jimmy Namaro	Anna Maria Waltz	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:17
Pat Riccio	Sympatico (Mascheroni-Engvick) Babs Babineau: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:10
The Mutual Understanding	Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion	In Wonderland	02:32
Ben McPeek	Blue Cha Cha	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:06
Herb Marshall	Make it With You (David Gates - Bread)	Toronto Vocalist	01:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Guitar Man	Wish I Was A Plane	03:19
Jimmy Namaro	Love For Sale	At the Westbury	04:02
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Yorkville Avenue Band	Tonight	"Moving Day"	03:07
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Yorkville Avenue Band	Quite Contrary	"Moving Day"	03:17
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Bauble Bangles And Beads	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:33
Johnny Cowell	Sangre De Toro Bravo	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:28
Phil Nimmons Group	Squeeze Play	Take 10	03:58
Wally Koster	Alberta Trail	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:33
Eugene Amaro	Am I Blue	Twilight Time	02:23
Knights of the Round Flugel	Toot-Suite (Grosney)	Bye Bye Love	03:02
Terry Watada	Maverick Chinaman	Night's Disgrace	10:36
Moe Koffman	Tangerine (Bossa Nova)	Tales of Koffman	03:19
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Do Something Nice Today!	02:26
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	ST	03:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:29
Jimmy Namaro	Venezuela	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:04
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Denny Vaughan	Wake Up	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:08
Johnny Cowell	Antigua	It's Gotta Be Love	02:08
Doug Crosley	Pisces Child (Dolores Claman)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
Swing Sisters	Girl Talk	Davenport Blues	03:54
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Lucio Agostini	Voyageur Canoe Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	What is Christmas	Danielle b/w What is Christmas	01:39
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sign of the Times	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:39
Moe Koffman	Coaster	Cool and Hot Sax	04:03
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Caribbean Moonlight	ST	03:09
Norman Amadio Trio	Oh Lady Be Good	ST	02:49
Compilation	Ted Komar - Kalinka	CBC Comp 409	01:58
Bill Butler	Violets for Your Furs	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:55
Tommy Ambrose	Margie	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:04
Johnny Cowell	Anatomy of a Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:18
Hagood Hardy	Watching Through the Night	Maybe Tomorrow	03:40
Ben McPeek	Gymnopedie (Erik's Theme)	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:19
Guido Basso	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Today	02:42
Hogtown Trumpets	Ludwig's Bugle	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:14
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Rick Wilkins	Swinging On a Star	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:57
Moe Koffman	Harvest Festival (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	05:40
Doug Crosley	You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:30
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How Insensitive	Montage	03:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Got a Name	Back Home Again	02:51
Rick Wilkins	(Our) Love is Here to Stay	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Ready To Take A Chance	You	03:19
Phil Nimmons Group	Chim chim cheree	Mary Popppins Swings	03:55
Moe Koffman	Dance Of The Leaves (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:30
Wally Koster	Sunset Waltz	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:46
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
Jimmy Namaro	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
Phil Nimmons Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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