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
Peter Appleyard Only For Lovers The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Bill Badgley Lady Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Introducin' My Man It’s a Sign of the Times
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Nameless Hour Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
John Arpin The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Direct to Disc
Rick Wilkins Lowdown My Heart Belongs to Me
The Laurie Bower Singers Una Paloma Got a Feelin' for Love
Ben McPeek Superstar Peace Train
The Laurie Bower Singers Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End Laurie Bower
Peter Appleyard Passion Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Jimmy Namaro Lonely One featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Ben McPeek Both Sides Now Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
The Laurie Bower Singers You Don't Bring Me Flowers You
Lucio Agostini Brazil Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Hagood Hardy And When I See You Smile, My Day Begins Maybe Tomorrow
Eugene Amaro I Left My Heart In San Francisco The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues Strictly Nimmons
Johnny Cowell Stardust The Virtuoso Trumpet
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Fair Wind Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Peter Appleyard Avalon The Vibe Sound Of
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty I Feel the Earth Move Do Something Nice Today!
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
The Laurie Bower Singers Come To Mother Got a Feelin' for Love
Jimmy Namaro Lazy Afternoon We Gotta Get It All Together
Jimmy Namaro Good Morning Annie Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Bill Badgley Moon Love At the Ports of Call
Moe Koffman Trains and Boats and Planes Goes Electric
Compilation Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue Jazz Toronto
Johnny Cowell Je reviens (I'm Coming Back) Hot Brass
Ben McPeek Early Autumn His Voices and His Orchestra
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Look Of Love The Now Sound
Lucio Agostini Tutti Flutti Action With Agostini
Lucio Agostini Skiing in Québec Once Upon a Hundred Years
Lenny Breau Minors Aloud Minor's Aloud
Lenny Breau Long Way To Go Minor's Aloud
Jerry Toth Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady The Classic Jerry Toth
Lenny Breau She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Doug Crosley You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Rick Wilkins Just The Way You Are For the Sake of Music
The Laurie Bower Singers Magnificent Sanctuary Band Morning Has Broken
Bill Butler June in January The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Compilation Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Bill Butler Manhattan Serenade Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Lenny Breau You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' 12th Street Rag (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Peter Appleyard The P.E.I. Polka The Lincolnshire Poacher
Hagood Hardy You Needed Me Reflections
Johnny Cowell Winds of Chance Our Winter Love
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Up, Up & Away The Now Sound
Rick Wilkins Tetra Tetra From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Lucio Agostini Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Hagood Hardy No Good On My Own As Time Goes By
Johnny Cowell (These Are) The Young Years Our Winter Love
Henry Cuesta Forever April Clarinet With Strings
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Lush Life Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Doug Randle London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Johnny Cowell His Girl His Girl
Johnny Cowell Keep Yourself Together Hot Brass
Kathryn Moses Midnight ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Papa Joe Wish I Was A Plane
Compilation Ted Komar - Papirossew CBC Comp 409
The Laurie Bower Singers You Are What I Am Wish I Was A Plane
Guido Basso Christina And All That Latin Jazz!
Johnny Cowell Presto From Vivaldi's Concerto In A Major (Maurice Andre) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Johnny Cowell Sangre De Toro Bravo The Virtuoso Trumpet
Jerry Toth Portrait of Caroline The Classic Jerry Toth
Phil Nimmons Group Open Country Nimmons 'N' Nine
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Blue Mantilla ST
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Come Saturday Morning Montage
Jimmy Namaro Bossa Nova Para Que Jaime featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Bill Badgley How Insensitive At the Ports of Call
Henry Cuesta Help Me Make It Through The Night Plays Favourites
The Brian Browne Trio Browne Sugar The Toronto Scene
Eugene Amaro Something About You Twilight Time
Pete Schofield and the Canadians What Now My Love It’s a Sign of the Times
Jimmy Dale Could it be Magic Profiles
Hagood Hardy Send in the Clowns Maybe Tomorrow
Don Gillis Baby It's Alright Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Sleeping Beauty Waltz Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Swing Sisters Davenport Blues Davenport Blues
Ivy Steel Easy Living Reincarnation
Wally Koster L-O-V-E The Songs of Wally Koster
Moe Koffman Flute Salad The Shepherd Swings Again
Jimmy Namaro Moanin' Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Eugene Amaro Send In The Clowns Warm
Bill Badgley Music to Watch the Girls By At the Ports of Call
Hagood Hardy When We Were Young As Time Goes By
John Arpin Sunburst Rag (1909) Other Side Of Ragtime
Hagood Hardy Les Arrivants (Theme from the Newcomers) Tell Me My Name
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sanford & Son Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Ron Collier Tentet Just About Now ST
Peter Appleyard The Blue Room The Vibe Sound Of
Guido Basso Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered And All That Latin Jazz!
Guido Basso All the Sad Young Men One More for the Road
Bill Butler Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Johnny Cowell Song of Joy The Virtuoso Trumpet
Jerry Toth The Singer The Twelve Sides Of
Doug Randle You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Room at the Back Strictly Nimmons

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

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

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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