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
Joyce Sullivan	As Long as He Needs Me	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:34
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	King of the Road	The Old Meets the New	03:32
Hagood Hardy	Watching Through the Night	Maybe Tomorrow	03:40
Ben McPeek	Kapuskasing Kaper	The Original Sounds of	02:57
Rick Wilkins	Just The Way You Are	For the Sake of Music	04:05
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Eugene Amaro	I Found My Love Last Summer	Warm	03:38
Hagood Hardy	Jingle Bells	The Christmas Album	02:07
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ace in the Hole	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	50 Ways	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:31
Johnny Cowell	Winds of Chance	Our Winter Love	01:47
Johnny Cowell	Genevieve	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:54
Compilation	Fifes and Feathers	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:54
Guido Basso	Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein)	Lost in the Stars	04:57
The Brian Browne Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
Moe Koffman	If I Were a Carpenter	Turned on	02:32
Peter Appleyard	If	ST	03:29
Fred Stone	Elissa	The Music of Fred Stone	07:25
Teddy Roderman	Up-Up and Away	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Auf Widersehn	The Old Meets the New	03:04
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Back On the Bus	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	03:46
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	The Vibraphone Of	02:31
Joyce Sullivan	You'll Never Know	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:47
Ivy Steel	Robbin’s Nest	Reincarnation	03:27
Paul Zaza	Lake Louise	Images	03:02
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:06
Tony Quarrington	One Bright Morning	One Bright Morning	06:32
Henry Cuesta	Rose Garden	Plays Favourites	02:12
Jimmy Namaro	Love For Sale	At the Westbury	04:02
Hagood Hardy	Travellin' On	The Homecoming	03:04
Jimmy Dale	Alone Again, Naturally	Toronto Instrumental	02:55
Ed Bickert	Manha de Carnaval	ST	09:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:32
Compilation	Rhonda Silver - I Saw It Happen	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:18
Johnny Cowell	Arioso	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:00
Jimmy Namaro	Man of La Mancha	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:04
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Ed Bickert	Barbados	Bye Bye Baby	04:11
Ed Bickert	I'll Follow the Sun	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:07
Guido Basso	Lush Life	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:26
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Blue Jade	Sailin' Home	04:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:29
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sneaky	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	10:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Got a Name	Back Home Again	02:51
Boogus	Take Your Clothes Off	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:49
Henry Cuesta	Way Down Deep	Plays Favourites	02:06
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - What Now My Love	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:26
2B3	Denis Keldie, Rob Gusevs - One Love - People Get Ready	The Toronto Sessions	06:38
Ivy Steel	Travelling Light	Reincarnation	03:59
Terry Watada	Cheyenne and the Weasel	Night's Disgrace	03:16
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rainy Day People	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:12
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
Lucio Agostini	St. Thomas	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:17
Jimmy Dale	Baubles, Bangles and Beads	Profiles	03:15
Paul Zaza	Blue Lagoon	Images	02:33
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
John Arpin	Bird-Brain Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:08
Teddy Roderman	The Drifter	Makin' It With You	02:19
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	And I Love Her	02:14
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	One Cylinder	Bluesprint	04:47
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Jackie Richardson	My Baby	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:07
Doug Randle	Cote d´Azur	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:33
Moe Koffman	Sure It Is	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:37
John Arpin	Toronto Blues (1965)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:40
Ivy Steel	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Collage #3	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	02:51
Jerry Toth	To Wait for Love	The Music Of	02:14
Hagood Hardy	Silent Sky	Tell Me My Name	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sunshine On My Shoulders	Back Home Again	02:58
Moe Koffman	Bermuda Schwartz	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:47
Ed Bickert	Where Are You	ST	04:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:06
Tommy Ambrose	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:48
Lenny Breau	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Doug Crosley	Pisces Child (Dolores Claman)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
Lenny Breau	Indian Reflections For Ravi	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	03:16
Terry Watada	Crying the Blues Away	Yellow Fever	04:46
Norman Amadio Trio	Hallelujah	ST	02:03
Johnny Cowell	High on a Flagpole	It's Gotta Be Love	02:40
Johnny Cowell	Don't Look Back	It's Gotta Be Love	02:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Boogus	Cow Cow Boogie	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:24
Johnny Cowell	Satchmo (Louis Armstrong)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sign of the Times	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:39
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
Paul Zaza	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Fanny	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Battle Of New Orleans	Wish I Was A Plane	02:54
Pat Riccio	Sympatico (Mascheroni-Engvick) Babs Babineau: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:10

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

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Hagood Hardy - Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

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Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love

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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

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

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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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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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