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
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Got a Name	Back Home Again	02:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Together	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:23
Doug Riley	Jazz Etude	Freedom	00:56
Bill Badgley	Amanda	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
Rick Wilkins	Somewhere Along the Way	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:57
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:29
Boogus	Cow Cow Boogie	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:24
Lucio Agostini	Help Yourself	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:22
Doug Randle	A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:09
Peter Appleyard	Cinderella Rockefeller	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:19
Lenny Breau	Please Release Me (Horton & Peck)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:30
Guido Basso	Two Bourees	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	06:07
Compilation	Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:17
Herb Marshall	Make it With You (David Gates - Bread)	Toronto Vocalist	01:48
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Angie Baby	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:43
Peter Appleyard	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Rick Wilkins	Together	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:59
Lucio Agostini	Black Rose (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:53
Peter Appleyard	China Boy (To Sleep)	The Vibraphone Of	02:34
Lucio Agostini	Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:27
Hagood Hardy	Oh Holy Night	The Christmas Album	04:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	How The Singers Sing	Morning Has Broken	03:06
Compilation	Roy Patterson - Inland Passages Suite: Part II: The Road Song	Jazz Toronto	04:19
Lenny Breau	Long Way To Go	Minor's Aloud	04:32
John Arpin	Cotton Jenny	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:14
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Far Away Places	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:56
Kathryn Moses	Oleo	ST	04:28
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	At the Ports of Call	02:34
Phil Nimmons Group	On the Autobahn	Take 10	06:55
Paul Zaza	Peace River	Images	02:46
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:18
Ed Bickert	Come Rain or Come Shine	ST	09:46
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
Doug Randle	Song for the Middle Aged	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:06
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Kiss Me in the Rain	It Goes Like It Goes	04:01
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Jimmy Namaro	Late Late Blues	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:30
Johnny Cowell	Satchmo (Louis Armstrong)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:44
Moe Koffman	If I Were a Carpenter	Turned on	02:32
Jerry Toth	Here's That Rainy Day	The Music Of	02:30
Jimmy Dale	Sun Goes By	Toronto Instrumental	03:21
Bill Butler	I'll Remember April	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	03:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Pretty Lady	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:16
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Look Of Love	The Now Sound	02:45
The Mutual Understanding	Summer of '42	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:38
Denny Vaughan	Put a Little Love in Your Heart	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	01:54
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 2nd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:39
Lucio Agostini	Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:20
Lenny Breau	Music to Watch Girls By	Guitar Sounds From	04:29
John Arpin	Beautiful	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:16
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
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Struttin' Your Stuff	Sailin' Home	03:45
Lenny Breau	Don't Think Twice (It's All Right)	ST	06:36
Johnny Cowell	Anatomy of a Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:18
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
Peter Appleyard	Midnight Sun	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	Shadow Song	Wish I Was A Plane	03:14
Swing Sisters	I Believe In Miracles	Davenport Blues	02:29
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!)	Now!	04:46
Hogtown Trumpets	Ludwig's Bugle	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:14
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02
Lucio Agostini	Gazpacho	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:09
Ben McPeek	Both Sides Now	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:07
John Arpin	Alaskan Rag (1959)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:33
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:22
Jimmy Namaro	Sonny’s Daze	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:33
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Pink Panther	The Old Meets the New	03:24
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:11
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:08
Guido Basso	Cry	Love Talk	02:57
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	+ Horn = Dixie	02:44
Hagood Hardy	Love is in the Air	Reflections	03:36
Terry Watada	Crying the Blues Away	Yellow Fever	04:46
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Love Talk	03:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight)	Laurie Bower	03:17
Denny Vaughan	Cheerful Little Earful	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	02:15
Denny Vaughan	Hi Neighbor	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:46
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Shuffle Boogie, Swamp, Groove Blue	Toronto Instrumental	02:35
Peter Appleyard	The Blue Room	The Vibe Sound Of	02:35
The Laurie Bower Singers	Circle Round The Sky	Back Home Again	02:30
Moe Koffman	Soul Finger	Turned on	02:20
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Peter Appleyard	Soulful Strut	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:53
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Rick Wilkins	Len's Den	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:33
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	If You Could Read My Mind	Do Something Nice Today!	02:26
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sweet Leilani	ST	02:39
Hagood Hardy	Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly)	The Christmas Album	02:05
Jackie Richardson	If I Could	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:28
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill)	Lost in the Stars	06:08
Knights of the Round Flugel	Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams)	Bye Bye Love	02:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	(Do You Know The Way To) San Jose	The Now Sound	03:05
Hagood Hardy	Silent Sky	Tell Me My Name	02:42
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Johnny Cowell	Air On a G String	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:15

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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