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
Lucio Agostini La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Lenny Breau No Greater Love The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Tommy Ambrose A Cottage for Sale Young Tommy Ambrose
Wally Koster Time Was The Songs of Wally Koster
Jerry Toth The Last Rhapsody The Classic Jerry Toth
Peter Appleyard If ST
Jimmy Namaro Laura With Mallets A 4 Thought
Rick Wilkins Quiescence For the Sake of Music
Herb Marshall Make it With You (David Gates - Bread) Toronto Vocalist
Compilation Teach Me Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Hagood Hardy Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love
Moe Koffman Monks Monastery Tales of Koffman
The Laurie Bower Singers Glitter Queen Got a Feelin' for Love
John Arpin Ragtime Nightingale Concert In Ragtime
Jimmy Namaro Call Me Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Paul Zaza Spring Song Faces and Places
The Laurie Bower Singers Lotta Love When You Say Goodbye
Phil Nimmons Group Fascinating Rhythm Nimmons 'N' Nine
The Laurie Bower Singers Early Morning Rain Feelin'
Ed Bickert It’s Time Bye Bye Baby
Doug Randle Alley Cat Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Guido Basso Suite P.E.I. Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Jimmy Namaro Too Marvellous For Words At the Westbury
Teddy Roderman Hard as I Try (Gene LacLellan) Stay Awhile
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Destino And I Love Her
Jimmy Namaro One of a Kind Mambo With Mallets A 4 Thought
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!) Now!
Bill Badgley Georgy Girl Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Phil Nimmons Group On the Autobahn Take 10
Moe Koffman Now is the Time Goes Electric
Ed Bickert Pensativa Bye Bye Baby
Rick Wilkins Lowdown My Heart Belongs to Me
Guido Basso Lush Life A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Hagood Hardy Silent Sky Tell Me My Name
Guido Basso Liberated Brother Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Ben McPeek Keyboard Grease Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
The Brian Browne Trio Toot That Whistle The Toronto Scene
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 1st movement Transformations - Invocations
Ben McPeek Big Red The Original Sounds of
Lenny Breau Mister Night ST
Compilation Indian Summer City Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Jerry Toth Tell Me Now The Music Of
Moe Koffman Exodus Tales of Koffman
Jerry Toth Gymnopedie The Classic Jerry Toth
Paul Hoffert The Song is You The Jazz Roots of
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Guido Basso Give Her My Love It's Happening (re-issue)
Hagood Hardy Wintertime The Homecoming
Lenny Breau Minors Aloud Minor's Aloud
2B3 Denis Keldie, Michael Fonfara - Gimme Some Lovin' The Toronto Sessions
Ben McPeek Kapuskasing Kaper The Original Sounds of
Boogus Roller Queen CBC Comp 403 comp
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Look Of Love The Now Sound
Compilation Hogtown Hoe-Down Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Hagood Hardy Words Maybe Tomorrow
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Just You, Just Me (vocals Dianne Brooks) Bluesprint
Ben McPeek Happy Talk His Voices and His Orchestra
Carol McCartney I Concentrate On You A Night in Tunisia
The Laurie Bower Singers Just To Be Alone With You You
Eugene Amaro Midnight Blue Twilight Time
Ivy Steel Now or Never Reincarnation
Moe Koffman The Calm (Adagio) The Four Seasons
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues Strictly Nimmons
Lenny Breau She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Hagood Hardy Jingle Bells The Christmas Album
Jerry Toth It's a Great Life The Music Of
Hagood Hardy Gary - A Remembrance As Time Goes By
Ed Bickert I'll Follow the Sun I Like To Recognize the Tune
Paul Hoffert Grotto Walk The Jazz Roots of
Lucio Agostini Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Lucio Agostini Canadians at Work Once Upon a Hundred Years
Guido Basso Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour) Lost in the Stars
Ron Collier Tentet Just About Now ST
Doug Randle Isn't it a Pity Songs for the New Industrial State
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Room at the Back Strictly Nimmons
Jimmy Dale I Should Care Soft and Groovy
Guido Basso Mia Mia It's Happening (re-issue)
Peter Appleyard Soulful Strut The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Moe Koffman Jeannine Tales of Koffman
Moe Koffman Funky Monkey Turned on
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Canada (A Centennial Song) It’s a Sign of the Times
Ben McPeek Only God Knows Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
Guido Basso Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez) Lost in the Stars
Guido Basso Sleigh Ride Christmas Today
Jimmy Namaro Tahiti Boat Driftwood
Bill Butler Chopin Nocturne In E Flat Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Jackie Richardson My Baby Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Eugene Amaro Sans Souci The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Guido Basso Goofus It's Happening
Moe Koffman L'il Bitty Pretty One Moe's Curried Soul
Jimmy Namaro Baia featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Wedding Cake Feelin'
Hagood Hardy When the First Snow Falls The Christmas Album
Ed Bickert Keeping Myself For You Bye Bye Baby
Bill Badgley Music to Watch the Girls By At the Ports of Call
Phil Nimmons Group Jasper Take 10
Guido Basso I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh) Lost in the Stars
Hagood Hardy Joy, Joy The Christmas Album
Peter Appleyard Just In Time The Vibe Sound Of

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, 🇨🇦

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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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