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
Lucio Agostini Captain Bacardi Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Compilation Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas Motorcars In Concert 1970
Compilation Jane Bunnett - Rendez-Vous Jazz Toronto
Phil Nimmons Group As a Rully Take 10
Lenny Breau I Remember Hank Mo' Breau
Ben McPeek Charade His Voices and His Orchestra
Johnny Cowell Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Ben McPeek Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves Peace Train
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
Guido Basso Noelle Love Talk
Eugene Amaro My Love Twilight Time
Johnny Cowell Darling Mama His Girl
Lenny Breau That's All The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
The Laurie Bower Singers Evergreen Looks Like We Made It
John Arpin King Porter Stomp Concert In Ragtime
Jimmy Namaro When the World Was Young featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Peter Appleyard Don't Get Around Much Anymore The Vibe Sound Of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Harlem Nocturne The Old Meets the New
Johnny Cowell Air On a G String The Virtuoso Trumpet
Hagood Hardy & the Montage You (Doug Riley) ST
John Arpin Wild Cherries Rag (1908) Other Side Of Ragtime
Compilation Ted Komar - Papirossew CBC Comp 409
Peter Appleyard The Man That Got Away Per-cus-sive Jazz
Denny Vaughan The Goldiger's Song (With Plenty of Money and You) Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I Feel the Earth Move Do Something Nice Today!
Henry Cuesta Forever April Clarinet With Strings
Ben McPeek Gymnopedie (Erik's Theme) Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
The Laurie Bower Singers El Condor Pasa Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - How Insensitive The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Moe Koffman Train Whistle Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Yorkville Avenue Band All of You "Moving Day"
Lenny Breau Marlborough Street Mo' Breau
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Kicks (Closing Theme) Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Breezin' Along With the Breeze Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Oh Didn't He Ramble Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Jimmy Namaro Night Sounds At the Westbury
Ivy Steel Robbin’s Nest Reincarnation
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Scarborough Fair The Now Sound
Lenny Breau Bonaparte's Retreat (King & Stewart) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Don Gillis Baby It's Alright Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
Jimmy Namaro Love For Sale At the Westbury
Bill Butler Chopin Nocturne In E Flat Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon/Garfunkel) ST
Ed Bickert They All Laughed I Like To Recognize the Tune
John Arpin Excelsior Rag (1909) Other Side Of Ragtime
The Laurie Bower Singers Crooked Mile Wish I Was A Plane
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Auf Widersehn The Old Meets the New
Hagood Hardy The Homecoming The Homecoming
Lenny Breau Hard Day's Night Guitar Sounds From
Teddy Roderman That's Life Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Rick Wilkins Holiday Discovery
Jerry Toth Eye Level The Classic Jerry Toth
Denny Vaughan Good Morning Starshine Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Bill Badgley Theme from "The Sand Pebbles" Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Peter Appleyard You Put the Shine on Me Peter Appleyard Presents
John Arpin Jenny's Tune Direct to Disc
Doug Crosley In the Forest (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Blue Mantilla ST
Guido Basso Christina And All That Latin Jazz!
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Lenny Breau Blues Theme #2 The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Peter Appleyard Open the Gates of Love Peter Appleyard Presents
Hagood Hardy It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else Tell Me My Name
Hagood Hardy As Time Goes By As Time Goes By
Paul Zaza Canadian Express Faces and Places
John Arpin Your Love's Return Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Copenhagen Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Guido Basso Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer) Lost in the Stars
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra A Garden in the Rain Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Bill Badgley Wednesday's Child At the Ports of Call
Hagood Hardy When Joanne Loved Me Maybe Tomorrow
Moe Koffman Growing Up Tales of Koffman
Hagood Hardy Silent Night, Holy Night The Christmas Album
Hagood Hardy Love of Life Tell Me My Name
Rick Wilkins Songbird For the Sake of Music
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Vera Cruz ST
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Fidgety Feet + Horn = Dixie
Phil Nimmons Group Jasper Take 10
Johnny Cowell Just One More Time His Girl
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Goin' Out Of My Head The Now Sound
Ivy Steel Travelling Light Reincarnation
Norman Amadio Trio Lullaby of the Leaves ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Ask Me Why It Goes Like It Goes
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek) Peter & The Wolf Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music
Johnny Cowell Walk Hand in Hand Our Winter Love
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Phil Nimmons Group Little Poppy Nimmons 'N' Nine
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Espresso Sailin' Home
Moe Koffman Coaster Cool and Hot Sax
Denny Vaughan Happy Days Are Here Again Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
The Laurie Bower Singers What is Christmas Danielle b/w What is Christmas
Compilation Talk to the Animals (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Knock Three Times Do Something Nice Today!
Phil Nimmons Group On the Autobahn Take 10
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Struttin' Your Stuff Sailin' Home
Johnny Cowell High on a Flagpole It's Gotta Be Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Brand New Key Morning Has Broken

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

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The 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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