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
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek) Monkey Music Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music
Peter Appleyard Telephone Song The Lincolnshire Poacher
Moe Koffman Windy Turned on
Jimmy Namaro Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Ed Bickert Pensativa Bye Bye Baby
Doug Crosley Away from You (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
The Laurie Bower Singers I've Found a New Baby Feelin'
Moe Koffman Sleep (Adagio) The Four Seasons
2B3 Denis Keldie, Michael Fonfara - Gimme Some Lovin' The Toronto Sessions
Jimmy Namaro Bossa Nova Para Que Jaime featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Do Something Nice Today!
Jimmy Namaro Driftwood Driftwood
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Castle Rock Bluesprint
Pat Riccio Matchmaker (Bock-Harnick) Doug Crosley: vocals From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Jackie Richardson Too Beautiful to Know Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jimmy Dale Night Song Soft and Groovy
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Ben McPeek Alouette The Original Sounds of
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
The Laurie Bower Singers Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard Morning Has Broken
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Adios Muchachos Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Denny Vaughan Dolores Girls I Knew
Denny Vaughan The Goldiger's Song (With Plenty of Money and You) Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Peter Appleyard 'S Wonderful The Vibe Sound Of
Peter Appleyard Fascinating Rhythm The Vibe Sound Of
Jerry Toth Last Tango In Paris The Twelve Sides Of
Guido Basso Give Her My Love It's Happening
Compilation Norma Locke - I Need You So 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Bill Butler Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Moe Koffman Swingin' Explorer Goes Electric
Moe Koffman The Swingin' Shepherd Blues Cool and Hot Sax
Paul Zaza Canon in D Images
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Gone With the Blues Strictly Nimmons
Ivy Steel Willow Weep for Me Reincarnation
Guido Basso Trust in Me And All That Latin Jazz!
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Guido Basso Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Lost in the Stars
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Rag Medley (Rogers) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 2nd movement Transformations - Invocations
Wally Koster Alberta Trail Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six I Love to Play (Opening Theme) Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Paul Zaza Fandango Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Guido Basso Early Morning Rain Love Talk
Johnny Cowell Don't Look Back It's Gotta Be Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Tell No Lies You
Eugene Amaro Send In The Clowns Warm
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith View from Paddy's Head Sailin' Home
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 3 Grave The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Denny Vaughan Abergavenny Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Doug Randle One Way Swimming Songs for the New Industrial State
Johnny Cowell Presto From Vivaldi's Concerto In A Major (Maurice Andre) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Paul Hoffert Phoenix The Jazz Roots of
Jerry Toth Eye Level The Classic Jerry Toth
Denny Vaughan Stranger on the Shore A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Bill Butler Canadian Sunset Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
The Laurie Bower Singers How The Singers Sing Morning Has Broken
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro) ST
Hogtown Trumpets Back Bacon Blues CBC Comp 434 comp
Hagood Hardy Feliz Navidad The Christmas Album
Jimmy Namaro Hammering Home With Mallets A 4 Thought
The Laurie Bower Singers Is Someone Listening? Morning Has Broken
Moe Koffman Twist That Thing Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Doug Randle Nicolston Dam Songs for the New Industrial State
Hagood Hardy Oh Holy Night The Christmas Album
Lenny Breau You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Moe Koffman The Swingin' Shepherd Blues Goes Electric
Guido Basso Jingle Bells Christmas Today
Paul Zaza Warm Breezes Coasting (with Isaacs)
Moe Koffman Sahara Tales of Koffman
Hagood Hardy Winter Wonderland The Christmas Album
Henry Cuesta Proud Mary Plays Favourites
The Laurie Bower Singers Crooked Mile Wish I Was A Plane
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Rockin' Good Way Bluesprint
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Do Something Nice Today Do Something Nice Today!
Lucio Agostini Pedro Pussycat Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Auf Widersehn The Old Meets the New
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Midnight Cowboy (John Barry) Now!
Moe Koffman Sure It Is The Shepherd Swings Again
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Canadian Sunset It’s a Sign of the Times
The Laurie Bower Singers Sweet Ginger Bread Man Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
The Laurie Bower Singers You Never Done It Like That You
Ed Bickert 'Tis Autumn I Like To Recognize the Tune
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' My Best Girl + Horn = Dixie
The Laurie Bower Singers Wedding Cake Feelin'
Denny Vaughan Let a Smile be Your Umbrella Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Guido Basso What a Friend It's Happening (re-issue)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I Lived in a Dream Halifax Instrumental
Eugene Amaro Twilight Time Twilight Time
Peter Appleyard Liza The Vibe Sound Of
Jackie Richardson I'm In Love Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Compilation Lizzie Simcoe Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Peter Appleyard Streets of London ST
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Summer Love Do Something Nice Today!
Lucio Agostini Help Yourself Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass

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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