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
Hagood Hardy Beauty Stop 33 Sutton Place
Paul Hoffert Grotto Walk The Jazz Roots of
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Hagood Hardy Winter Time The Christmas Album
Lucio Agostini Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Lenny Breau Autumn Leaves Mo' Breau
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Sweet Leilani ST
Moe Koffman Dr. Swahili Goes Electric
Lucio Agostini Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Johnny Cowell Stardust The Virtuoso Trumpet
Hagood Hardy Never-Never Land Stop 33 Sutton Place
Eugene Amaro Didn’t We The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - What Now My Love Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
The Laurie Bower Singers Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End Laurie Bower
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Do Something Nice Today Do Something Nice Today!
Tommy Ambrose Just Like a Man Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was
Peter Appleyard Conversation Toronto Instrumental
Wally Koster Time Was The Songs of Wally Koster
Compilation Bernie Senensky - New Life Blues Jazz Toronto
Guido Basso Sweet Georgia Fame A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Lucio Agostini Heart of Gold (Neil Young) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Peter Appleyard The Last Blues Song The Lincolnshire Poacher
Lenny Breau But Beautiful Mo' Breau
Lucio Agostini Hoedown Action With Agostini
John Arpin You Are What I Am Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Bill Badgley All At the Ports of Call
Rick Wilkins Tomorrow For the Sake of Music
Jerry Toth The Moth .. Peter Appleyard vibes solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Hagood Hardy Maybe Tomorrow Maybe Tomorrow
Jimmy Dale Wave Soft and Groovy
Don Thompson 'D.T.' I Cried for You Bluesprint
Ben McPeek Admiral Halsey Peace Train
Fred Stone Elissa The Music of Fred Stone
Hagood Hardy I'll Take Love Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Didn't We The Rose And The Rain
Rick Wilkins Lowdown My Heart Belongs to Me
The Laurie Bower Singers Kiss Me in the Rain It Goes Like It Goes
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Baby I'm a Want You Montage
Ron Collier Tentet Relaxin' ST
Jerry Toth The Last Rhapsody The Classic Jerry Toth
Ron Collier Tentet Come Sunday ST
Eugene Amaro Love Theme (Gone With The Wind) Warm
Hagood Hardy & the Montage If Montage
Compilation Norma Locke - I Need You So 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Herb Marshall Make it With You (David Gates - Bread) Toronto Vocalist
Colina Phillips Never Had it So Good Toronto Vocalist
Peter Appleyard Streets of London ST
Ed Bickert Nobody Else But Me Bye Bye Baby
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Vinaroz Halifax Instrumental
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Copenhagen Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Mirage ST
Peter Appleyard Where is the Love The Lincolnshire Poacher
Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Fair Weather The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Hagood Hardy Travellin' On The Homecoming
Ben McPeek Soon It's Gonna Rain The Original Sounds of
Phil Nimmons Group Just You, Just Me Nimmons 'N' Nine
Wally Koster L-O-V-E The Songs of Wally Koster
Bill Butler Autummn Nocturne The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Bronze (The Contest) Transformations - Invocations
Compilation Ted Komar - Bela Bimba CBC Comp 409
Phil Nimmons Group Swing Softly Nimmons 'N' Nine
Bill Badgley After The Lovin' Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Doug Crosley Pisces Child (Dolores Claman) With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Teddy Roderman The Happening Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Hagood Hardy It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else Tell Me My Name
Jerry Toth Here's That Rainy Day The Music Of
Jimmy Namaro Beachcomber's Blues Driftwood
Compilation L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Johnny Cowell Winds of Chance Our Winter Love
Moe Koffman The Swingin' Shepherd Blues Goes Electric
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Cry Out Loud It Goes Like It Goes
Paul Zaza Portrait of a Rose Faces and Places
The Laurie Bower Singers Sundown Back Home Again
Jimmy Namaro Too Marvellous For Words At the Westbury
Guido Basso Gentle Rain One More for the Road
The Laurie Bower Singers You Decorated My Life When You Say Goodbye
Jimmy Dale Never Gonna Fall In Love Again Profiles
Hagood Hardy Reunion (Theme from Rituals) Tell Me My Name
The Laurie Bower Singers Rain Brings People Together Wish I Was A Plane
Compilation Dave Young & Oscar Peterson - OP&D Jazz Toronto
Hagood Hardy Just the Way You Are Reflections
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Sable Island CBC Comp 409
Jimmy Dale My Reverie Profiles
Compilation Hogtown Hoe-Down Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Bill Badgley In the Arms of Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Jerry Toth Portrait of Caroline The Classic Jerry Toth
Peter Appleyard The P.E.I. Polka The Lincolnshire Poacher
Moe Koffman What Can You Do The Shepherd Swings Again
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Georgia Camp Meeting + Horn = Dixie
Hagood Hardy Silent Sky Tell Me My Name
Ed Bickert Skylark I Like To Recognize the Tune
Guido Basso What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Christmas Today
Tommy Ambrose Margie Young Tommy Ambrose
Denny Vaughan Je Reviens Chez-Nous Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Moe Koffman Overture To Spring (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Jimmy Namaro Jimmy Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Bill Badgley Moon Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six The Getaway Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets His Girl
The Laurie Bower Singers Do You Think I'd Call It Love When You Say Goodbye

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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