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 Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Yorkville Avenue Band	All of You	"Moving Day"	03:22
Lucio Agostini	Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:20
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Post Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:46
Terry Watada	The 505	Night's Disgrace	04:17
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Henry Cuesta	Glamorous Night	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Rick Wilkins	The Way You Look Tonight	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot)	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:54
Joyce Sullivan	Speak Low	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:17
Moe Koffman	Curried Sole	Moe's Curried Soul	03:17
Denny Vaughan	Fine and Dandy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:38
Bill Butler	Autummn Nocturne	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:17
Johnny Cowell	(These Are) The Young Years	Our Winter Love	02:24
Sanderlings	Roller Coaster Ride (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	02:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canada (A Centennial Song)	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:15
John Arpin	Wild Cherries Rag (1908)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:13
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	At the Ports of Call	02:34
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks (Outro)	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:33
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Jimmy Namaro	The Man I Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:53
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Jimmy Dale	Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Norman Amadio Trio	Enchantment	ST	02:28
John Arpin	If You Could Read My Mind	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:55
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We?	Feelin'	01:59
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Mellotone	Take 10	06:49
Jimmy Namaro	Sonny’s Daze	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:33
Johnny Cowell	Butterscotch	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:23
John Arpin	Augustan Club Waltzes (1901)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Fool That I Am	It Goes Like It Goes	02:51
Moe Koffman	Overture To Spring (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	03:49
Lenny Breau	Indian Reflections For Ravi	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	03:16
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
Hagood Hardy	Something in Your Smile	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:44
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Killing Me Softly (With His Song)	Do Something Nice Today!	03:10
Rick Wilkins	Emotion	For the Sake of Music	03:28
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Robert Tennison Troupe	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:51
Bill Badgley	Lady	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Jimmy Dale	The Lamp Is Low	Profiles	03:49
Rick Wilkins	I Could Have Been a Sailor	Discovery	02:59
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp	Strictly Nimmons	06:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We	The Rose And The Rain	03:23
Doug Crosley	For All We Know	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Could I Have This Dance	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
Jerry Toth	Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:30
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ace in the Hole	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
Hagood Hardy	As Time Goes By	As Time Goes By	03:14
Denny Vaughan	Mary in the Morning	Girls I Knew	02:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	Nine to Five	It Goes Like It Goes	02:34
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Georgy Girl	The Now Sound	02:24
Herb Marshall	Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)	Toronto Vocalist	01:53
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
2B3	Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest	The Toronto Sessions	03:50
Lenny Breau	She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:23
Hagood Hardy	Rain, Rain	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:50
Ben McPeek	Someday Soon	The Original Sounds of	01:53
Moe Koffman	Sunshine Superman	Moe's Curried Soul	04:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Importance of the Rose	Feelin'	02:07
Jimmy Namaro	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
Boogus	Take Your Clothes Off	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:49
Moe Koffman	Up, Up and Away	Turned on	02:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:15
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
Compilation	Eve Smith - I Care	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:13
Phil Nimmons Group	On the Autobahn	Take 10	06:55
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Not Soon Enough	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:32
Henry Cuesta	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Clarinet With Strings	02:08
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Bianca	Sailin' Home	04:37
Lucio Agostini	Jolly Jumping Jack	Action With Agostini	01:36
Peter Appleyard	Feelings	ST	03:29
The Brian Browne Trio	Browne Sugar	The Toronto Scene	02:50
The Mutual Understanding	You Fascinate Me	In Wonderland	03:12
Eugene Amaro	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Rick Wilkins	Blues for Helene	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	07:00
Johnny Cowell	Summertime Sunshine	Hot Brass	02:28
Jerry Toth	Last Tango In Paris	The Twelve Sides Of	02:38
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
Denny Vaughan	The Girl Next Door	Girls I Knew	02:49
Compilation	Talk to the Animals (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:23
The Mutual Understanding	San Jose	In Wonderland	02:41
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Pink Panther	The Old Meets the New	03:24
Paul Hoffert	Grotto Walk	The Jazz Roots of	02:48
Jimmy Dale	Wave	Soft and Groovy	02:43
Moe Koffman	Lord Have Mercy	Goes Electric	02:24
Jerry Toth	Here's That Rainy Day	The Music Of	02:30
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Jimmy Namaro	We Three	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Denny Vaughan	Lonely Evening Time	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:13

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

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

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

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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