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
Lenny Breau	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:34
Ben McPeek	Blue Cha Cha	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:06
Rick Wilkins	If You Remember Me	Discovery	02:48
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24
Jimmy Namaro	Laura	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:52
John Arpin	Efficiency Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:54
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Cried for You	Bluesprint	05:41
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Jerry Toth	If We Try	The Twelve Sides Of	03:04
Peter Appleyard	Mi Musica es Parati	The Vibraphone Of	02:58
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	Montage	03:19
Lucio Agostini	Chuck Wagon Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight)	Laurie Bower	03:17
The Mutual Understanding	San Jose	In Wonderland	02:41
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sir Duke	Looks Like We Made It	03:00
John Arpin	Ragtime Nightingale	Concert In Ragtime	03:04
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:11
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Don Gillis	Baby It's Alright	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:10
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Pink Panther	The Old Meets the New	03:24
Ed Bickert	Skating in Central Park	Out of the Past	07:34
Ben McPeek	Both Sides Now	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:07
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:19
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Goes Electric	02:51
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Sailin' Home	Sailin' Home	04:15
Ivy Steel	Robbin’s Nest	Reincarnation	03:27
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
Wally Koster	Alberta Trail	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	When I Need You	Looks Like We Made It	03:45
Colina Phillips	Never Had it So Good	Toronto Vocalist	03:23
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ballin' the Jack	+ Horn = Dixie	03:37
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Rhumba	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:14
Johnny Cowell	Genevieve	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Peter Appleyard	This Masquerade	ST	03:01
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Ben McPeek	Never My Love	Peace Train	03:27
Jerry Toth	The Importance of the Rose	The Music Of	02:09
The Mutual Understanding	Out of This World	In Wonderland	02:33
Tony Quarrington	Hi Lilly Hi Lo	One Bright Morning	06:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out For Someone	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:38
Russ Little	Out On a Limb	Snapshot	04:05
Sanderlings	Love One Another (Trevor Jones)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:08
Jimmy Namaro	Carnival Brasiliero	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:03
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - It Ain't Necessarily So	CBC Comp 409	02:49
Bill Badgley	All	At the Ports of Call	01:58
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby	Strictly Nimmons	03:50
Lenny Breau	On A Bach Bouree	Minor's Aloud	06:29
Peter Appleyard	Fascinating Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:45
Compilation	L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:17
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Chips & Gravy (Nimmons)	Now!	04:40
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:22
John Arpin	Meadowlark Rag (1916)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:03
Denny Vaughan	Dolores	Girls I Knew	02:44
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where Are You	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:09
John Arpin	Leola	Concert In Ragtime	03:16
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 1 - A Woman's View	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:26
John Arpin	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	Tell No Lies	You	03:31
Jimmy Namaro	This is My Song	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:05
Bill Butler	Spring Will be a Little Late This Year	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:51
Ben McPeek	Colonel Bogey	The Original Sounds of	02:43
Yorkville Avenue Band	Tonight	"Moving Day"	03:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	Feelin'	Feelin'	02:33
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
Compilation	Norma Locke - I Need You So	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:07
Johnny Cowell	Air On a G String	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:15
Jackie Richardson	If I Could	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:28
Hagood Hardy	You and Me Against the World	The Homecoming	03:31
Terry Watada	Jazz On a Rainy Day	Night's Disgrace	03:37
Compilation	Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T.	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Joyce Sullivan	You'll Never Know	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:47
Robert Tennison Troupe	I Can See (Instrumental)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:44
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Eugene Amaro	I Just Fall In Love Again	Warm	03:38
Ed Bickert	Nobody Else But Me	Bye Bye Baby	04:58
Johnny Cowell	Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:15
Paul Zaza	High Spirits	Faces and Places	02:30
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!)	Now!	04:46
Paul Zaza	Malaguena	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:51
Lucio Agostini	Leah's Latin Lover (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:39
Bill Badgley	Moonlight Sonata	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	05:02
Boogus	Gemini Rag	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:37
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Taste of Honey	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:59
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:24
Lenny Breau	New York City	Mo' Breau	05:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	Una Paloma	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:23
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:08
Phil Nimmons Group	A Spoonful of Sugar	Mary Popppins Swings	04:07
Ben McPeek	Keyboard Grease	Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease	02:31
Bill Butler	Summertime	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Johnny Cowell	Silver Thread & Golden Needles	The Tender Loving Care	02:39
Bill Butler	Intermezzo	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:44

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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