The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
Jerry Toth One (from a Chorus Line) The Classic Jerry Toth
Lucio Agostini La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Compilation Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River Jazz Toronto
John Arpin Leola Concert In Ragtime
Doug Wilson Quartet Canadian Theme Canada b/w Canadian Theme
Joyce Sullivan Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Midnight Bells Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Knights of the Round Flugel Toot-Suite (Grosney) Bye Bye Love
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Ron Collier Tentet Charade ST
Ben McPeek Gymnopedie (Erik's Theme) Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Compilation Woodland City Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Jimmy Namaro Love For Sale At the Westbury
Phil Nimmons Group Chim chim cheree Mary Popppins Swings
Jackie Richardson I'm In Love Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Compilation Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Ben McPeek Get Out of Town His Voices and His Orchestra
Wally Koster Home in Canada (Pat Riccio) The Songs of Wally Koster
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Cast Your Fate to the Wind Montage
Guido Basso Suite P.E.I. Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Ron Collier Tentet The Days of Wine And Roses ST
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When My Sugar Walks Down the Street + Horn = Dixie
Guido Basso Blue Monk One More for the Road
Hagood Hardy Les Arrivants (Theme from the Newcomers) Tell Me My Name
Yorkville Avenue Band Alexander's Ragtime Band "Moving Day"
Jimmy Namaro The Man I Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Jimmy Dale Alone Again, Naturally Toronto Instrumental
Tommy Ambrose Just for a Thrill Young Tommy Ambrose
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup Take Me Home Country Roads
Compilation Pat LaBarbera - Virgo Dance Jazz Toronto
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Let's Call the Whole Thing Off And I Love Her
Moe Koffman Cloud Nine The Shepherd Swings Again
Paul Zaza Expresso Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Moe Koffman Coaster Cool and Hot Sax
Guido Basso Take the 'A' Train And All That Latin Jazz!
Hagood Hardy I Feel It Stop 33 Sutton Place
Paul Hoffert With a Wiggle The Jazz Roots of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Loves Theme Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I'll be Waiting Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Guido Basso Christina And All That Latin Jazz!
Moe Koffman The Baron Cool and Hot Sax
Doug Randle One Way Swimming Songs for the New Industrial State
Jimmy Namaro Similau With Mallets A 4 Thought
Jackie Richardson Finer Wine Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Moe Koffman Mein Shtetel Belz Tales of Koffman
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp Strictly Nimmons
Moe Koffman Francesca Cool and Hot Sax
Lenny Breau Blues Theme #2 The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Paul Hoffert Grotto Walk The Jazz Roots of
Lucio Agostini Taboo Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty If You Could Read My Mind Do Something Nice Today!
Moe Koffman Battering Ram Goes Electric
Doug Crosley Away from You (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Let's Face the Music and Dance And I Love Her
Lucio Agostini Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme) Once Upon a Hundred Years
Moe Koffman Dance Of The Leaves (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Denny Vaughan Then I'll Be Happy Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Henry Cuesta Just a Closer Walk with Thee Clarinet With Strings
Wally Koster My One and Only Love The Songs of Wally Koster
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Ivy Steel Don’t Explain Reincarnation
Lucio Agostini Gazpacho Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Colina Phillips River Jordan Toronto Vocalist
Hagood Hardy When Joanne Loved Me Maybe Tomorrow
Guido Basso Never Let Me Go A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Hagood Hardy After You've Gone Stop 33 Sutton Place
Denny Vaughan Wake Up Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Love for Sale Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Compilation Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life Motorcars In Concert 1970
Hagood Hardy Sonny's Ragtime Reflections
Hagood Hardy Samba de Orfeu Stop 33 Sutton Place
The Laurie Bower Singers Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Moe Koffman The Swingin' Shepherd Blues Cool and Hot Sax
Lenny Breau Claude (Free Song) ST
Rick Wilkins Just The Way You Are For the Sake of Music
Bill Badgley All Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Jimmy Namaro Lazy Afternoon We Gotta Get It All Together
Doug Crosley Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Moe Koffman Sleep (Adagio) The Four Seasons
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six I Told You So Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro) ST
Bill Butler Chopin Nocturne In E Flat Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Cape St Marys CBC Comp 409
Bill Butler The Girl that I Marry (mono version) The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Teddy Roderman Hard as I Try (Gene LacLellan) Stay Awhile
Jackie Richardson Thank You Lord Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Moe Koffman Forest Flower Goes Electric
Herb Marshall Make it With You (David Gates - Bread) Toronto Vocalist
Phil Nimmons Group Swing Softly Nimmons 'N' Nine
The Laurie Bower Singers Fool That I Am It Goes Like It Goes
Compilation Ben McPeek - For Lovin' Me Motorcars In Concert 1970
Henry Cuesta Thorn in My Shoe Plays Favourites
Denny Vaughan (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Denny Vaughan Ramona Girls I Knew
Phil Nimmons Group Last Night When We Were Young Take 10
Jimmy Namaro Body and Soul featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Hagood Hardy The Children's Song As Time Goes By
Peter Appleyard Donald's Duck The Lincolnshire Poacher
The Mutual Understanding When The World Was Young In Wonderland
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Killing Me Softly (With This Song) Do Something Nice Today!

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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