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
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Medley: It's Too Late-I Feel the Grass Grow Beneath My Feet Montage
Jerry Toth A Rock Madrigal For Mehitabel The Twelve Sides Of
Phil Nimmons Group Step in Time Mary Popppins Swings
Carol McCartney The Shadow of Your Smile A Night in Tunisia
2B3 Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat The Toronto Sessions
The Laurie Bower Singers Song Sung Blue Morning Has Broken
Jimmy Namaro Love With Mallets A 4 Thought
Ivy Steel What a Little Moonlight Can Do Reincarnation
Teddy Roderman What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons) Stay Awhile
Paul Zaza Follow the Sun Faces and Places
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Baby Elephant Walk The Old Meets the New
Guido Basso Anniversary Song It's Happening (re-issue)
Johnny Cowell Quiet Girl The Tender Loving Care
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Doug Randle Warm in the Sunshine Songs for the New Industrial State
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Castle Rock Bluesprint
Guido Basso S'Wonderful And All That Latin Jazz!
Lucio Agostini Tico-Tico Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Johnny Cowell Arioso The Virtuoso Trumpet
Pat Riccio Michelle (Lennon-McCartney) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
The Laurie Bower Singers When You Find a Sad Song Back Home Again
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Cry Out Loud It Goes Like It Goes
Rick Wilkins My Heart Belongs to Me My Heart Belongs to Me
Lucio Agostini Guadalajara Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Fred Stone Elissa The Music of Fred Stone
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!) Now!
Peter Appleyard Mambo #V Peter Appleyard Presents
Guido Basso Trust in Me And All That Latin Jazz!
Johnny Cowell Roller Coaster The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Coasting (with Isaacs)
Moe Koffman Soul Finger Turned on
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale We Gotta Get It All Together
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Goin' Out Of My Head The Now Sound
Carol McCartney Dat Dere A Night in Tunisia
Peter Appleyard Why Don't You Do Right Per-cus-sive Jazz
Paul Zaza Expresso Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Jimmy Namaro Sonny’s Daze Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Robert Tennison Troupe I Can See (Instrumental) Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - This Can't Be Love Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Guido Basso Ten Little Indians It's Happening (re-issue)
Hagood Hardy Quorum The Homecoming
The Laurie Bower Singers Love Will Turn You Around Laurie Bower
Moe Koffman Goin' Out of My Head Turned on
Lenny Breau Hard Day's Night Guitar Sounds From
Dr. Music Bright Lights Doug Riley Transcription
Lucio Agostini Gold Leaf Action With Agostini
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One 'O' Nine Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
John Arpin Dead Man Blues Other Side Of Ragtime
Moe Koffman Paniano Goes Electric
Ed Bickert Things Are Getting Better Bye Bye Baby
Jerry Toth The Last Rhapsody The Classic Jerry Toth
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Bill Butler Theme from "The Pathetique" Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Ed Bickert Come Rain or Come Shine ST
John Arpin Augustan Club Waltzes (1901) Other Side Of Ragtime
Guido Basso Jingle Bells Christmas Today
Ben McPeek Big Red The Original Sounds of
Johnny Cowell Anatomy of a Girl It's Gotta Be Love
Johnny Cowell I Can't Get Started (Al Hirt & Bunny Berigan) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' South + Horn = Dixie
The Laurie Bower Singers Key Largo Laurie Bower
Paul Hoffert Grotto Walk The Jazz Roots of
Compilation Teach Me Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Compilation One of Those Songs (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Bill Butler Violets for Your Furs The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Bill Badgley How Insensitive Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Denny Vaughan A Very Precious Love Girls I Knew
Paul Zaza Fine and Dandy Faces and Places
Moe Koffman Coaster Cool and Hot Sax
Denny Vaughan Moonlight Rendezvous A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Lenny Breau Marlborough Street Mo' Breau
Lucio Agostini Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jimmy Namaro With Mallets Towards Some With Mallets A 4 Thought
Peter Appleyard Swinging Shepherd Blues Peter Appleyard Presents
Moe Koffman Train Whistle Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Peter Appleyard Conversation The Vibraphone Of
Wally Koster Time Was The Songs of Wally Koster
Lucio Agostini Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme) Once Upon a Hundred Years
Knights of the Round Flugel Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams) Bye Bye Love
Moe Koffman You Are My Sunshine Moe's Curried Soul
Ed Bickert Nobody Else But Me Bye Bye Baby
Peter Appleyard Pavanne pour une infante défunte Peter Appleyard Presents
Moe Koffman Swingin' Explorer Goes Electric
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Knock Three Times Do Something Nice Today!
Ron Collier Tentet Come Sunday ST
Ben McPeek Charade His Voices and His Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers It Goes Like It Goes It Goes Like It Goes
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Bass-ically Yours Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Rick Wilkins Junk My Heart Belongs to Me
Lenny Breau Emily Mo' Breau
Bill Butler I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Johnny Cowell Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Phil Nimmons Group Last Night When We Were Young Take 10
Peter Appleyard Who Needs It ST
Joyce Sullivan Friendly Star The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Rick Wilkins Just The Way You Are For the Sake of Music
Rick Wilkins Lowdown My Heart Belongs to Me
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Watch Out for the Little People Strictly Nimmons
Guido Basso Noelle Love Talk

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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

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

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

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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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The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

It's Gotta Be Love

Johnny Cowell / It's Gotta Be Love LABELS

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Night's Disgrace

Yellow Fever

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Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 01

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace INLAY

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Terry Watada / Yellow Fever LABELS

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The Vibraphone Of

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of LABELS

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of BACK

Peter Appleyard Presents

Toronto Instrumental

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Vibe Sound Of

Per-cus-sive Jazz

ST

The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Doug Riley Transcription

Doug Riley

Freedom

Doug Riley Transcription BACK

Compilation

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)

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