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
Dr. Music	Time for Goodbye	Doug Riley Transcription	05:01
Henry Cuesta	We're at Home	Clarinet With Strings	02:10
Moe Koffman	Inverno Furioso (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	02:44
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:25
Paul Zaza	Summertime Drive	Faces and Places	02:19
Paul Hoffert	Growing Up	The Jazz Roots of	05:13
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Ray	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Johnny Cowell	Rejoice	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:05
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 2	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	02:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Boney Fingers	Back Home Again	02:26
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Scarborough Fair	The Now Sound	02:32
Bill Badgley	Fernando	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love	Laurie Bower	03:38
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02
Peter Appleyard	Midnight Sun	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:22
Bill Butler	Autummn Nocturne	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:17
Moe Koffman	Overture To Spring (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	03:49
Jimmy Namaro	Lamento Marimba	Driftwood	03:43
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:24
Hagood Hardy	Silent Sky	Tell Me My Name	02:42
Peter Appleyard	Where is the Love	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:17
Johnny Cowell	W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:38
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Guido Basso	Christina	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:44
Guido Basso	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Christmas Today	03:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sku-Ba-Doo	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Squits	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:24
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mirage	ST	03:56
Jerry Toth	Say Goodbye To Your Cash	The Twelve Sides Of	02:47
Peter Appleyard	Apres Toi	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:58
Jimmy Namaro	Dansero	At the Westbury	02:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Too Much Is On The Line	When You Say Goodbye	03:49
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:21
Paul Zaza	Superstar	Faces and Places	02:11
Rick Wilkins	Tomorrow	For the Sake of Music	02:40
Lenny Breau	Minors Aloud	Minor's Aloud	03:46
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Night's Disgrace	03:58
Denny Vaughan	(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:03
Hagood Hardy	The Looking Glass	As Time Goes By	03:19
Denny Vaughan	Happy Days Are Here Again	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:54
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:06
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Killing Me Softly (With This Song)	Do Something Nice Today!	03:10
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Guido Basso	Anniversary Song	It's Happening	02:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	Stop And Smell The Roses	Back Home Again	02:54
Paul Zaza	Malaguena	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:51
Moe Koffman	Lord Have Mercy	Goes Electric	02:24
Moe Koffman	Funky Monkey	Turned on	02:50
Hagood Hardy	Jingle Bells	The Christmas Album	02:07
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Lucio Agostini	Sulkey Race	Action With Agostini	02:55
Doug Riley	Hymn to Freedom	Freedom	04:50
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Angie Baby	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:43
Bill Butler	Intermezzo	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:44
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canada	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	02:23
Jimmy Namaro	Sand and Sandals	Driftwood	03:19
Bill Butler	I'll Remember April	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	03:08
Jimmy Namaro	I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin'	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:51
Jimmy Namaro	With Mallets Towards Some	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:56
Terry Watada	City of Lights	Night's Disgrace	03:59
Guido Basso	Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	05:48
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	A Garden in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:09
Compilation	Carol Welsman - Lucky to be Me	Jazz Toronto	03:55
Jimmy Namaro	Love	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:21
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Not Soon Enough	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:32
Eugene Amaro	More Than You Know	Twilight Time	02:02
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Moon River	Toronto Instrumental	02:13
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Ed Bickert	'Tis Autumn	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:44
Tommy Ambrose	Just Like a Man	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	03:23
Moe Koffman	Hey There	Cool and Hot Sax	03:42
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Pagan Love Song	ST	02:55
Rick Wilkins	A Wish Away	For the Sake of Music	03:17
Ed Bickert	You’re In Love With Someone	Bye Bye Baby	04:21
Denny Vaughan	The Girl Next Door	Girls I Knew	02:49
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:27
Peter Appleyard	Angel Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	03:14
Compilation	Talk to the Animals (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:23
Teddy Roderman	It's Impossible	Makin' It With You	02:42
Hagood Hardy	Winter Time	The Christmas Album	02:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Thorn In My Shoe	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:34
Moe Koffman	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
Tony Quarrington	Eclipse	One Bright Morning	06:51
Guido Basso	Bye Bye Blues	One More for the Road	03:12
Hagood Hardy	Beauty	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:18
Moe Koffman	Sure It Is	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	Pretty Lady	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:16
Lenny Breau	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Ed Bickert	Where Is the One	Out of the Past	05:26
Moe Koffman	Nature's Banquet (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	07:45
Rick Wilkins	Together	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:59
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Jerry Toth	Guitar Concerto: Adagio	The Music Of	04:07
Rick Wilkins	Discovery	Discovery	03:39
Ben McPeek	Early Autumn	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:47
Peter Appleyard	Get Happy	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
Moe Koffman	Train Whistle Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:16
John Arpin	Love and Maple Syrup	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:37

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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