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
The Laurie Bower Singers Magnificent Sanctuary Band Morning Has Broken
Johnny Cowell Walk Hand in Hand Our Winter Love
Lucio Agostini Linstead Market Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Ed Bickert It Might as Well Be Spring ST
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado) ST
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Scarborough Fair The Now Sound
Moe Koffman Song for My Father Turned on
Pat Riccio Michelle (Lennon-McCartney) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Hagood Hardy Workin' In L.A. As Time Goes By
Guido Basso Early Morning Rain Love Talk
Lenny Breau Minors Aloud Minor's Aloud
Compilation Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue Jazz Toronto
Paul Zaza Swallow Flight Images
Jackie Richardson Papa Can You Hear Me - Piece of the Sky Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Bill Badgley Lady At the Ports of Call
Wally Koster My Funny Valentine The Songs of Wally Koster
Lucio Agostini La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Don Thompson 'D.T.' I Love You, Yes I Do Bluesprint
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Jerry Toth Heather My Love The Twelve Sides Of
Doug Randle Batteries Not Included Songs for the New Industrial State
Jimmy Dale Never Gonna Fall In Love Again Profiles
Jimmy Namaro So Danco Samba We Gotta Get It All Together
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Ace in the Hole + Horn = Dixie
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets His Girl
Rick Wilkins Lowdown My Heart Belongs to Me
The Laurie Bower Singers Think Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Henry Cuesta The Promised Land Plays Favourites
Bill Badgley In the Arms of Love At the Ports of Call
Phil Nimmons Group Steve's Theme Take 10
Bill Badgley All Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Moe Koffman Exodus Tales of Koffman
Paul Zaza Song of the Stars Images
Bill Butler Violets for Your Furs The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Peter Appleyard Mack The Knife Per-cus-sive Jazz
Lenny Breau Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain (Fred Rose) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Compilation Jane Bunnett - Rendez-Vous Jazz Toronto
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Look What They've Done to My Song It's Impossible
Guido Basso Mia Mia It's Happening (re-issue)
Jimmy Namaro Westside Story (Medley): Maria - Cool - America - I Feel Pretty - To-night - Dance in the Gym Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
The Laurie Bower Singers What is Christmas Danielle b/w What is Christmas
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 3 Grave The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Johnny Cowell Our Winter Love Our Winter Love
Henry Cuesta Forever April Clarinet With Strings
Robert Tennison Troupe Cause You Are Here Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here
Lucio Agostini Pedro Pussycat Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Bill Badgley After The Lovin' Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Hagood Hardy Christmas Waltz The Christmas Album
Peter Appleyard Conversation Toronto Instrumental
Peter Appleyard Cinderella Rockefeller The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Coasting (with Isaacs)
Jimmy Dale Guanabara Soft and Groovy
Jerry Toth The Importance of the Rose The Music Of
Lenny Breau Taranta Guitar Sounds From
Johnny Cowell Blood of the Brave Bull The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Jimmy Namaro Love For Sale At the Westbury
The Laurie Bower Singers Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On Take Me Home Country Roads
Ed Bickert I Like To Recognize the Tune I Like To Recognize the Tune
Bill Butler My Heart at thy Sweet Voice Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Moe Koffman If I Were a Carpenter Turned on
Lucio Agostini Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Rick Wilkins If You Remember Me Discovery
Lenny Breau Mister Night ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
Ben McPeek Happy Talk His Voices and His Orchestra
Bill Badgley Gonna Fly Now - Theme From Rocky Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Johnny Cowell Lonely Trumpet The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
The Laurie Bower Singers When I Need You Looks Like We Made It
Lucio Agostini Carey (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby Strictly Nimmons
Denny Vaughan Hi-Lili Hi-Lo Girls I Knew
Hagood Hardy Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love
The Laurie Bower Singers A Love Song Laurie Bower
Teddy Roderman It's Impossible Makin' It With You
Guido Basso Lush Life A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Peter Appleyard Mambo #V Peter Appleyard Presents
Jimmy Namaro When the World Was Young featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Lucio Agostini The Partisan (Marley - Zaret) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Doug Randle A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Ben McPeek Only God Knows Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
Denny Vaughan Lucky Day (This Is My Lucky Day) Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Ben McPeek Never My Love Peace Train
Guido Basso All the Sad Young Men One More for the Road
The Laurie Bower Singers Country Fair Looks Like We Made It
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra I Love You And I Love Her
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Doug Randle London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Moe Koffman When the Saints Go Marching In Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Hagood Hardy Words Maybe Tomorrow
Hagood Hardy Feelin' Good Stop 33 Sutton Place
Norman Amadio Trio Nica's Dream ST
Moe Koffman Le Reveil (Largo) The Four Seasons
The Laurie Bower Singers American Music Laurie Bower
Jimmy Namaro Lara's Theme Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Guido Basso Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour) Lost in the Stars
Lucio Agostini Dundurn Castle Once Upon a Hundred Years
Paul Zaza Superstar Faces and Places
Rick Wilkins A Wish Away For the Sake of Music

FEATURED

Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

My Heart Belongs to Me

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

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