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
Colina Phillips	Trying Times	Toronto Vocalist	03:32
Jerry Toth	Who Are You Now? .. Nicholas Fiore flute solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:19
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Boogus	Roller Queen	CBC Comp 403 comp	03:11
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	The Music Of	02:49
Ben McPeek	Leave Tenderly	Thinking of You	02:34
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:41
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
Ron Collier Tentet	Walking Out	ST	02:28
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bali Ha'I	ST	03:42
Jerry Toth	The Worst That Could Happen	The Music Of	02:34
Hagood Hardy	Samba de Orfeu	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:19
Johnny Cowell	Blood of the Brave Bull	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:12
Peter Appleyard	Cinderella Rockefeller	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Silver (A Prayer)	Transformations - Invocations	12:22
Lucio Agostini	Up, Up and a Bull	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:22
Lucio Agostini	Brazil	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:32
Jimmy Namaro	This is My Song	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:05
Eugene Amaro	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
Doug Crosley	Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:54
Jimmy Namaro	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
Johnny Cowell	Flight of the Bumblebee (Wynton Marsalis)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
Jimmy Namaro	Baia	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:04
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Johnny Cowell	Like No Other Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:21
Doug Crosley	In the Forest (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:56
Lucio Agostini	Chuck Wagon Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:51
Rick Wilkins	Ballad for Carolyn	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:48
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
Norman Amadio Trio	Lullaby of the Leaves	ST	03:00
Peter Appleyard	Midnight Sun	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:22
Hagood Hardy	Oh Holy Night	The Christmas Album	04:37
Lenny Breau	King of the Road	Guitar Sounds From	02:29
Johnny Cowell	Runnin' Away	Hot Brass	02:20
Compilation	This Train	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:13
Teddy Roderman	A Gliss to Build a Gleam On	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:55
Ben McPeek	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	Thinking of You	03:20
Jerry Toth	I've Got My Eyes On You	The Music Of	02:42
Peter Appleyard	Spanish Pearls	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Gitana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:23
Herb Marshall	Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)	Toronto Vocalist	01:53
Eugene Amaro	Blame It On My Youth	Warm	03:04
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch the Girls By	At the Ports of Call	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	Shadow Song	Wish I Was A Plane	03:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Decorated My Life	When You Say Goodbye	03:38
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Rick Wilkins	My Heart Belongs to Me	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:16
The Laurie Bower Singers	What is Christmas	Danielle b/w What is Christmas	01:39
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Maxwell’s Silver Hammer	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:46
Guido Basso	Do You Hear What I Hear?	Christmas Today	02:53
Johnny Cowell	Arioso	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:00
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:18
Peter Appleyard	The Man That Got Away	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:37
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:50
Henry Cuesta	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
Hagood Hardy	I'll Remember You	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:10
Lenny Breau	Secret Love	Minor's Aloud	05:10
Peter Appleyard	Ben	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:17
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Waltz	The Christmas Album	02:58
Jimmy Namaro	Lonely One	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:46
Jimmy Namaro	Nothing in This World (Compares With You)	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:37
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	View from Paddy's Head	Sailin' Home	03:10
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	If You Could Read My Mind	Do Something Nice Today!	02:26
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Bass-ically Yours	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:19
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Rick Wilkins	Should I Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:35
Moe Koffman	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
Teddy Roderman	What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons)	Stay Awhile	02:49
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Henry Cuesta	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just To Be Alone With You	You	02:39
Peter Appleyard	If	ST	03:29
Tommy Ambrose	You're Driving Me Crazy	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:54
Wally Koster	Lost in the Stars	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:49
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Ray	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil)	Now!	05:38
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - It Ain't Necessarily So	CBC Comp 409	02:49
Rick Wilkins	Discovery	Discovery	03:39
Ben McPeek	Superstar	Peace Train	03:34
Lucio Agostini	March Wind	Action With Agostini	03:19
John Arpin	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
Guido Basso	Sleigh Ride	Christmas Today	02:20
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Struttin' Your Stuff	Sailin' Home	03:45
Johnny Cowell	Moonshine	Hot Brass	02:03
Moe Koffman	If I Were a Carpenter	Turned on	02:32
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Lenny Breau	New York City	Mo' Breau	05:04
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Carol McCartney	A Night in Tunisia	A Night in Tunisia	05:31
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening	02:07
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

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Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

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Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

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Guido Basso - Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

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Guido Basso - Love Talk

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Guido Basso - Put Your Hand in the Hand

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Guido Basso - It's Happening (re-issue)

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Guido Basso - Christmas Today

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Guido Basso - It's Happening

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