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
Johnny Cowell	Pretty Girl	Our Winter Love	02:09
Dr. Music	Pastorale	Doug Riley Transcription	07:38
Compilation	Bernie Senensky - New Life Blues	Jazz Toronto	06:28
Doug Crosley	Frances (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	01:56
Hagood Hardy	You Needed Me	Reflections	04:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:41
Jimmy Namaro	When the World Was Young	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:13
John Arpin	Jenny's Tune	Direct to Disc	02:54
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Peter & The Wolf	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:43
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:54
Teddy Roderman	Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias)	Stay Awhile	02:58
Jerry Toth	Here's That Rainy Day	The Music Of	02:30
John Arpin	The Most Beautiful Girl in the World	Direct to Disc	02:57
Eugene Amaro	Didn’t We	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:54
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Caribbean Moonlight	ST	03:09
Eugene Amaro	Last Time I Felt Like This	Warm	03:19
Henry Cuesta	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
Paul Zaza	Flight to the Sun	Faces and Places	04:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	Got A Feelin'	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:32
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When Ragtime Alex Plays the Humoresque (vocal by Trump Davidson) (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:24
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Taste of Honey	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:59
Jackie Richardson	My Baby	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:07
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Guido Basso	Too Late Now	Love Talk	03:19
Denny Vaughan	Let a Smile be Your Umbrella	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:51
Peter Appleyard	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
Hagood Hardy	Never-Never Land	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:00
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There'll be Some Changes Made	CBC Comp 409	02:09
Hagood Hardy	Workin' In L.A.	As Time Goes By	04:00
Jimmy Namaro	Jimmy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:50
Terry Watada	Little Geisha	Night's Disgrace	03:08
Jerry Toth	It's a Great Life	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:08
The Mutual Understanding	Summer of '42	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:38
Paul Zaza	Blue Porcelain	Faces and Places	02:18
Denny Vaughan	Can't Help Falling in Love With You	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:38
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Love Talk	03:20
Peter Appleyard	The Man That Got Away	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:37
Ben McPeek	Soon It's Gonna Rain	The Original Sounds of	03:09
Jimmy Dale	Beautiful	Toronto Instrumental	02:29
Hagood Hardy	No Good On My Own	As Time Goes By	03:31
Johnny Cowell	Keep Yourself Together	Hot Brass	02:07
Sanderlings	Roller Coaster Ride (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	02:32
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:32
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One Long Song	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:52
Jimmy Namaro	Bossa Nova Para Que Jaime	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:33
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Sailin' Home	Sailin' Home	04:15
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Just You, Just Me (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:45
Tommy Ambrose	You're Driving Me Crazy	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:54
Ben McPeek	Goodbye	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:25
Moe Koffman	Monks Monastery	Tales of Koffman	02:55
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	What Now My Love	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:38
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David)	Now!	03:14
Ben McPeek	Thinking of You	Thinking of You	02:15
Hagood Hardy	Words	Maybe Tomorrow	03:04
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Shadow Of Your Smile	The Now Sound	02:51
Jimmy Namaro	Driftwood	Driftwood	02:12
Lenny Breau	That's All	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:53
Johnny Cowell	Angel of the Morning	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
Tommy Ambrose	That's the Way it Was	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	02:46
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Jimmy Namaro	I Cover The Waterfront	At the Westbury	02:15
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	+ Horn = Dixie	04:40
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
Compilation	This Train	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:13
Moe Koffman	Hambourg Bound	Cool and Hot Sax	04:05
Johnny Cowell	Just One More Time	His Girl	02:15
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Peter Appleyard	Why Don't You Do Right	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:35
Hagood Hardy	Juarez '62	Reflections	03:13
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Black and Blue	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:45
Peter Appleyard	Flamingo	The Vibraphone Of	02:36
Jimmy Namaro	Cha Cha Chimes	Driftwood	02:14
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	007 Medley (Dr. No, Goldfinger)	The Old Meets the New	02:51
Lenny Breau	Killer Joe	Minor's Aloud	06:12
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24
Peter Appleyard	The Linconshire Poacher	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Compilation	Ted Komar - Papirossew	CBC Comp 409	02:23
Bill Badgley	Nadia's Theme	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:00
Eugene Amaro	I Just Fall In Love Again	Warm	03:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Rick Wilkins	If You Remember Me	Discovery	02:48
Hagood Hardy	Jingle Bells	The Christmas Album	02:07
Ron Collier Tentet	I Believe In You	ST	02:59
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Hagood Hardy	Oh Holy Night	The Christmas Album	04:37
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:51
Doug Crosley	When I Met You (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:38
Moe Koffman	Growing Up	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Lucio Agostini	Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	Simple Song	Back Home Again	02:20
The Brian Browne Trio	Killing Me Softly	Toronto Instrumental	02:20
Peter Appleyard	Theme from Black Orpheus	The Vibraphone Of	02:13
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	And I Love Her	The Old Meets the New	03:11

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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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