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
Doug Crosley	For All We Know	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:49
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canadian Theme	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	03:55
Lenny Breau	Autumn Leaves	Mo' Breau	02:01
Moe Koffman	Hey There	Cool and Hot Sax	03:42
Bill Badgley	After The Lovin'	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:06
Moe Koffman	Shimmy Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:07
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Midnight Cowboy (John Barry)	Now!	04:55
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I'll be Waiting	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:05
Jerry Toth	The Worst That Could Happen	The Music Of	02:34
Ed Bickert	I'm Just a Lucky So and So	Out of the Past	05:28
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Comfort	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:56
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Paul Zaza	The Magic Island	Images	02:51
Tony Quarrington	Princesse en Promenade	One Bright Morning	13:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	What is Christmas	Danielle b/w What is Christmas	01:39
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadow	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Doug Randle	Vive La Company	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:51
Lenny Breau	King of the Road	Guitar Sounds From	02:29
Ron Collier Tentet	The Thrill is Gone	ST	02:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sundown	Back Home Again	03:13
Eugene Amaro	Sans Souci	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love Will Turn You Around	Laurie Bower	03:48
Johnny Cowell	Sangre De Toro Bravo	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:28
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Phil Nimmons Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27
Phil Nimmons Group	My Old Flame	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:39
Moe Koffman	Now is the Time	Goes Electric	02:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Got a Name	Back Home Again	02:51
Johnny Cowell	Valley of the Six Hundred	It's Gotta Be Love	02:06
Jimmy Dale	Music To Watch Girls By	Soft and Groovy	03:09
Hogtown Trumpets	Bustling	CBC Comp 434 comp	02:40
Terry Watada	Jazz On a Rainy Day	Night's Disgrace	03:37
Jimmy Namaro	Westside Story (Medley): Maria - Cool - America - I Feel Pretty - To-night - Dance in the Gym	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:40
Ben McPeek	Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves	Peace Train	02:47
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sing Me a Rainbow	Feelin'	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Battle Of New Orleans	Wish I Was A Plane	02:54
Rick Wilkins	Just The Way You Are	For the Sake of Music	04:05
Moe Koffman	Exodus	Tales of Koffman	04:29
Johnny Cowell	To Love Somebody	The Tender Loving Care	02:37
Lucio Agostini	Black Rose (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:53
Johnny Cowell	Roller Coaster	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:13
Paul Zaza	Sailing High	Images	02:51
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Jimmy Namaro	Blues for Fives	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:22
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	(Do You Know The Way To) San Jose	The Now Sound	03:05
Johnny Cowell	Stawberry Jam	His Girl	02:04
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Face the Music and Dance	And I Love Her	02:25
Doug Riley	Freedom	Freedom	04:34
Hagood Hardy	Jennifer's Song	The Homecoming	02:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just a Little Song	Back Home Again	02:29
Bill Butler	June in January	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
John Arpin	Cannonball Blues	Concert In Ragtime	02:16
Eugene Amaro	Another Time	Warm	03:21
Doug Crosley	Pisces Child (Dolores Claman)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
Guido Basso	Two for the Road (H. Mancini)	One More for the Road	06:53
Claman Richard Morris & Jerry Toth	St. Lawrence Centre Song	St. Lawrence Centre Song	03:41
Rick Wilkins	Let Me be the One	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:31
Moe Koffman	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
Peter Appleyard	You Put the Shine on Me	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:16
Rick Wilkins	Swinging On a Star	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:57
Lenny Breau	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:34
Peter Appleyard	Rock's Push	Toronto Instrumental	02:16
Jimmy Dale	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	Toronto Instrumental	02:34
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Guantanamera	Montage	03:09
Peter Appleyard	We'll Never Know	The Vibraphone Of	02:14
Moe Koffman	James Brown's Bag	Turned on	02:48
Ben McPeek	Fascinating Rhythm	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:05
Johnny Cowell	Close to You	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:40
Guido Basso	My Ideal	One More for the Road	02:00
Joyce Sullivan	As Long as He Needs Me	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sweet Ginger Bread Man	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:52
Jimmy Dale	Strange Music	Profiles	03:29
Swing Sisters	Royal Garden Blues	Davenport Blues	02:52
Bill Butler	I Love You	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Peter Appleyard	Midnight Sun	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:22
Guido Basso	Blue Monk	One More for the Road	05:09
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	01:59
Henry Cuesta	Fate	Clarinet With Strings	02:30
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where or When	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:32
Jimmy Namaro	We Gotta Get it All Together	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:50
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
Ed Bickert	Polkadots & Moonbeams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:27
John Arpin	At Long Last Love it's Alright With Me	Direct to Disc	03:05
Guido Basso	The Continental (Con Conrad)	Lost in the Stars	06:00
John Arpin	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Moe Koffman	Coaster	Cool and Hot Sax	04:03
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening (re-issue)	01:54
Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill)	Lost in the Stars	06:08
Jimmy Namaro	On a Little Street in Singapore	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:47
Guido Basso	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:03
Guido Basso	East of the Sun	One More for the Road	07:21

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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