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
Guido Basso	Christmas Waltz	Christmas Today	02:10
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:24
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I Lived in a Dream	Halifax Instrumental	03:01
Peter Appleyard	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
Peter Appleyard	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Jimmy Namaro	Changing Keys	At the Westbury	02:41
Rick Wilkins	The Way You Look Tonight	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:33
Jimmy Namaro	Blues for Fives	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:22
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon (alternate version)	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Fair Weather	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:57
Peter Appleyard	Rockin' in Rhythm	The Vibraphone Of	02:18
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Blue Velvet	The Old Meets the New	02:49
Ben McPeek	Kapuskasing Kaper	The Original Sounds of	02:57
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Peter Appleyard	Streets of London	ST	03:31
Jimmy Dale	Sun Goes By	Toronto Instrumental	03:21
Compilation	Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:53
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
Moe Koffman	The Storm (Presto)	The Four Seasons	01:54
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Doug Randle	Colored Plastics	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:43
Jimmy Namaro	Good Morning Annie	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:24
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Yellow Fever	03:45
Lucio Agostini	Gold Leaf	Action With Agostini	02:00
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
Ben McPeek	Charade	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:14
Johnny Cowell	Don't Mention My Name	Hot Brass	01:56
Bill Badgley	Aubrey	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	02:34
Teddy Roderman	The Green Grass Starts To Grow	Makin' It With You	02:14
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Teddy Roderman	It's Impossible	Makin' It With You	02:42
Lenny Breau	A Taste of Honey	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:30
Compilation	Pat LaBarbera - Virgo Dance	Jazz Toronto	06:30
Colina Phillips	Trying Times	Toronto Vocalist	03:32
Jerry Toth	It's a Great Life	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:08
Lucio Agostini	Taxi	Action With Agostini	02:12
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	South of Pago Pago	ST	03:13
Peter Appleyard	Feelings	ST	03:29
Henry Cuesta	Thorn in My Shoe	Plays Favourites	02:12
Peter Appleyard	Tell Me A Story	ST	03:22
Doug Randle	Once Upon a Time (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:49
Teddy Roderman	That's Life	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:00
Johnny Cowell	El Condor Pasa	The Tender Loving Care	02:08
Jimmy Dale	All By Myself	Profiles	03:41
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Back On the Bus	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	03:46
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Monkey Music	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:24
Compilation	Dave Young & Oscar Peterson - OP&D	Jazz Toronto	05:45
Jimmy Dale	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Profiles	03:29
Lucio Agostini	Taboo	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:15
Moe Koffman	Hambourg Bound	Cool and Hot Sax	04:05
Ben McPeek	Mame	The Original Sounds of	03:04
The Mutual Understanding	Summer of '42	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:38
Lenny Breau	Long Way To Go	Minor's Aloud	04:32
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Lucio Agostini	Black Rose (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:53
Doug Randle	London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:34
Terry Watada	Cheyenne and the Weasel	Night's Disgrace	03:16
Peter Appleyard	Mi Musica es Parati	The Vibraphone Of	02:58
Eugene Amaro	I Just Fall In Love Again	Warm	03:38
Bill Butler	Canadian Sunset	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:05
Guido Basso	Bye Bye Blues	One More for the Road	03:12
Guido Basso	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Christmas Today	03:02
Tony Quarrington	Princesse en Promenade	One Bright Morning	13:06
Jimmy Dale	Could it be Magic	Profiles	02:45
Johnny Cowell	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	The Tender Loving Care	02:12
Hagood Hardy	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Sanderlings	Roller Coaster Ride (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	02:32
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:50
Moe Koffman	Pretzel Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
Terry Watada	Closing Time	Night's Disgrace	06:14
Jerry Toth	Make Me Rainbows	The Music Of	02:29
Terry Watada	Yellow Fever	Yellow Fever	03:59
Jimmy Namaro	Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:38
Rick Wilkins	Together	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:59
Hagood Hardy	Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly)	The Christmas Album	02:05
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Sounds of Philadelphia	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:14
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	At the Ports of Call	01:48
Hagood Hardy	My Elusive Dreams	The Homecoming	02:45
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:22
Johnny Cowell	Close to You	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
Joyce Sullivan	Speak Low	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:17
Lenny Breau	Autumn Leaves	Mo' Breau	02:01
Wally Koster	Lost in the Stars	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Young New Mexican Pupeteer	Morning Has Broken	03:12
Lucio Agostini	Pedro Pussycat	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:06
Paul Zaza	Superstar	Faces and Places	02:11
Henry Cuesta	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Clarinet With Strings	02:08
Compilation	Ken Steele - Gently	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:31
Lenny Breau	Secret Love	Minor's Aloud	05:10
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Collage #3	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	02:51
Teddy Roderman	The Happening	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:21
Hagood Hardy	Jennifer's Song	The Homecoming	02:45
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Norman Amadio Trio	Lullaby of the Leaves	ST	03:00
Ivy Steel	Prelude to a Kiss	Reincarnation	04:55

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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