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
Lenny Breau	My Funny Valentine	Guitar Sounds From	04:54
Ed Bickert	Nica's Dream	Out of the Past	09:46
John Arpin	Toronto Blues (1965)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:40
Moe Koffman	Forest Flower	Goes Electric	02:51
Jimmy Dale	Beautiful	Toronto Instrumental	02:29
Jackie Richardson	Too Beautiful to Know	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:56
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Find a Sad Song	Back Home Again	03:00
Denny Vaughan	Windy	Girls I Knew	02:31
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Teddy Roderman	Oops	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:42
Dr. Music	Ain't That a Groove	Doug Riley Transcription	07:52
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
John Arpin	Great Scott Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	Back Home Again	Back Home Again	03:29
Lenny Breau	That's All	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:53
Ben McPeek	That Old Black Magic	The Original Sounds of	02:50
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You're Here	Montage	03:32
Moe Koffman	Twist That Thing	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Crooked Mile	Wish I Was A Plane	02:43
The Laurie Bower Singers	Angie Baby	Back Home Again	03:32
Moe Koffman	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Goes Electric	02:43
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
The Brian Browne Trio	Georgia on My Mind	The Toronto Scene	05:38
Phil Nimmons Group	Open Country	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Espana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:56
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where Are You	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:09
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Unchained Melody (Tommy Common, vocals)	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:51
Ed Bickert	A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing	Bye Bye Baby	05:32
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Goodbye	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	08:02
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Moon River	Toronto Instrumental	02:13
Ben McPeek	Never My Love	Peace Train	03:27
Ben McPeek	Get Out of Town	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:33
Peter Appleyard	Tenderly	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:01
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Post Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:46
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Nosey	Strictly Nimmons	05:38
Ben McPeek	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
Sanderlings	Roller Coaster Ride (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	02:32
Lenny Breau	Music to Watch Girls By	Guitar Sounds From	04:29
Ben McPeek	Fascinating Rhythm	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:05
Compilation	Eve Smith - I Care	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:13
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:34
Paul Zaza	Song of the Stars	Images	02:47
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
Johnny Cowell	Still Feeling Blue	It's Gotta Be Love	02:42
Moe Koffman	Twist the Hully Gully	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Lucio Agostini	Golden Earrings	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:51
Bill Butler	I'll Remember April	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	03:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sundown	Back Home Again	03:13
Carol McCartney	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	A Night in Tunisia	04:46
Compilation	Autumn Leaves (arranged by Orville Hoover)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	03:18
Lenny Breau	Scrapple From The Apple	Minor's Aloud	07:12
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	01:59
Rick Wilkins	Neat!	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:13
The Laurie Bower Singers	Papa Joe	Wish I Was A Plane	02:54
Jimmy Namaro	Pubba and The Puddy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:12
Ed Bickert	Manha de Carnaval	ST	09:46
2B3	Denis Keldie, Rob Gusevs - One Love - People Get Ready	The Toronto Sessions	06:38
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It Takes Time (Shirley Eikhard)	It's Impossible	02:22
Guido Basso	Anniversary Song	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:09
Jimmy Namaro	Cool Fool	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:40
Peter Appleyard	The P.E.I. Polka	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:31
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	The Tender Loving Care	02:54
Phil Nimmons Group	The Perfect Nanny	Mary Popppins Swings	04:06
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:11
Rick Wilkins	Don't Ask Me Why	Discovery	03:04
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Black and Blue	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:45
Hagood Hardy	Jennifer's Song	The Homecoming	02:45
Jackie Richardson	The Lies of Handsome Men	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Thorn In My Shoe	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:34
Bill Badgley	All	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:57
Jimmy Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
Lenny Breau	Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	02:17
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Denny Vaughan	Stranger on the Shore	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:34
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby	Strictly Nimmons	03:50
Guido Basso	Fascinating Rhythm	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	03:43
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:40
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 3 Grave	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:53
Denny Vaughan	Theme from "The Killer of Kildonan"	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:53
Wally Koster	Nice Work if You Can Get It	The Songs of Wally Koster	01:52
Guido Basso	Estate	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	50 Ways	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:31
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:32
Hagood Hardy	As Time Goes By	As Time Goes By	03:14
Tommy Ambrose	Have a Heart	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:16
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
Johnny Cowell	Runnin' Away	Hot Brass	02:20
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Song of the Tropics	ST	03:17
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadian Sunset	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:36
Guido Basso	You Are My Sunshine	It's Happening	01:53
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Doug Randle	Warm in the Sunshine	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:48
Ed Bickert	Things Are Getting Better	Bye Bye Baby	04:34
Denny Vaughan	Love Me Tender	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:44
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Carol McCartney	I Thought About You	A Night in Tunisia	04:51
Denny Vaughan	Ain't We Got Fun	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:57

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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