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
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	01:59
Johnny Cowell	Song of Joy	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:07
Peter Appleyard	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
The Laurie Bower Singers	Daybreak	Looks Like We Made It	02:45
Ben McPeek	Get Out of Town	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:33
Ed Bickert	I'll Follow the Sun	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:07
Johnny Cowell	Don't Mention My Name	Hot Brass	01:56
Eugene Amaro	Last Time I Felt Like This	Warm	03:19
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Eugene Amaro	Another Time	Warm	03:21
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It's Impossible	It's Impossible	03:16
Jimmy Namaro	Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha	Driftwood	02:54
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	01:04
Carol McCartney	I Concentrate On You	A Night in Tunisia	05:14
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life	03:19
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Auf Widersehn	The Old Meets the New	03:04
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:40
Jimmy Namaro	Pubba and The Puddy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:12
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Midnight Bells	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:22
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Cool and Hot Sax	03:57
Hagood Hardy	Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly)	The Christmas Album	02:05
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wichita Lineman	The Now Sound	02:25
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme #2	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	02:33
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Jerry Toth	The Importance of the Rose	The Music Of	02:09
Doug Randle	Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:20
Russ Little	Autumn in New York	Snapshot	06:10
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Aurora Borealis	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	10:16
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:34
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
Compilation	Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:16
Jerry Toth	I've Got My Eyes On You	The Music Of	02:42
Moe Koffman	Battering Ram	Goes Electric	02:34
Henry Cuesta	Singin' My Song	Plays Favourites	02:23
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Once I Loved (Gilbert/Jobim/DeMoraes)	ST	02:52
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out	+ Horn = Dixie	03:17
Terry Watada	Cheyenne and the Weasel	Night's Disgrace	03:16
Jackie Richardson	I Like Your Company - Old Friends	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rock With You	When You Say Goodbye	03:18
Dr. Music	Bright Lights	Doug Riley Transcription	03:11
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	My Best Girl	+ Horn = Dixie	03:31
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Lujon	ST	02:42
Wally Koster	Home in Canada (Pat Riccio)	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:28
Ben McPeek	Laughing	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:25
Yorkville Avenue Band	Takin' Me Through the Night	"Moving Day"	03:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Sounds of Philadelphia	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:14
Teddy Roderman	Yellow Days	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:46
Bill Badgley	All	At the Ports of Call	01:58
Teddy Roderman	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Makin' It With You	02:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Decorated My Life	When You Say Goodbye	03:38
Paul Zaza	Sailing High	Images	02:51
Jerry Toth	I Am In Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:24
Compilation	Rhonda Silver - I Saw It Happen	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:18
Henry Cuesta	Proud Mary	Plays Favourites	02:47
Boogus	Take Your Clothes Off	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:49
Johnny Cowell	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	The Tender Loving Care	02:12
Rick Wilkins	Emotion	For the Sake of Music	03:28
Guido Basso	I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh)	Lost in the Stars	05:11
Hagood Hardy	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
Johnny Cowell	Winds of Chance	Our Winter Love	01:47
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Perfect Day	Sailin' Home	02:25
Jimmy Dale	Sun Goes By	Toronto Instrumental	03:21
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Sable Island	CBC Comp 409	02:07
Ron Collier Tentet	The Days of Wine And Roses	ST	02:39
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Rhumba	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:14
Ed Bickert	Manha de Carnaval	ST	09:46
Teddy Roderman	The Happening	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:21
Moe Koffman	Swinging' Shepherd Blues Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
Colina Phillips	Never Had it So Good	Toronto Vocalist	03:23
Terry Watada	City of Lights	Night's Disgrace	03:59
Lenny Breau	Bluesette	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:46
Ed Bickert	Nobody Else But Me	Bye Bye Baby	04:58
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Phil Nimmons Group	Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious	Mary Popppins Swings	03:08
Peter Appleyard	Passion Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:59
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz (Valse Brilliante)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	05:30
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Guido Basso	Never Let Me Go	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:00
Moe Koffman	Cantelope Island	Moe's Curried Soul	06:56
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Winchester Cathedral	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:22
Bill Badgley	All	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:57
Kathryn Moses	Midnight	ST	08:32
Henry Cuesta	Me And You And A Dog Named Boo	Plays Favourites	01:48
Paul Zaza	Fine and Dandy	Faces and Places	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rainy Day People	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:12
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
Peter Appleyard	Theme from Black Orpheus	The Vibraphone Of	02:13
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Are What I Am	Wish I Was A Plane	02:23
Paul Zaza	Welcome Home	Faces and Places	02:22
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
Peter Appleyard	Happiness is a Thing Called Joe	The Vibraphone Of	02:59
Hagood Hardy	Jennifer's Song	The Homecoming	02:45
Lucio Agostini	La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summertime	The Old Meets the New	03:21
Peter Appleyard	Satin Doll	Toronto Instrumental	02:39
Jimmy Dale	My Reverie	Profiles	03:57

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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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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