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
Doug Randle	Get Happy	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:03
Guido Basso	Trust in Me	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:35
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sweet Leilani	ST	02:39
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:11
Phil Nimmons Group	Just You, Just Me	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:22
Paul Zaza	Sunday Morning	Images	02:40
Tommy Ambrose	This Song Is Ended	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:18
Jimmy Dale	Wave	Soft and Groovy	02:43
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wise Guys	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
Rick Wilkins	Neat!	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:13
Rick Wilkins	Jazz Gavotte	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:26
2B3	Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy	The Toronto Sessions	03:48
Compilation	Ben McPeek - For Lovin' Me	Motorcars In Concert 1970	01:52
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Baby Elephant Walk	The Old Meets the New	04:32
Henry Cuesta	Way Down Deep	Plays Favourites	02:06
Robert Tennison Troupe	Cause You Are Here	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:38
Lucio Agostini	Reel	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:07
Lucio Agostini	La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Eugene Amaro	More Than You Know	Twilight Time	02:02
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Johnny Cowell	Just One More Time	His Girl	02:15
Henry Cuesta	Lonely Girl	Clarinet With Strings	02:29
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Look What They've Done to My Song	It's Impossible	02:34
Moe Koffman	Forest Flower	Goes Electric	02:51
Ben McPeek	Kapuskasing Kaper	The Original Sounds of	02:57
Paul Hoffert	The Song is You	The Jazz Roots of	06:40
Hagood Hardy	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Ben McPeek	For Lovin Me	The Original Sounds of	01:52
Rick Wilkins	How Deep Is Your Love	For the Sake of Music	02:50
2B3	Bill Payne, Rob Gusevs - Hip Hug-her	The Toronto Sessions	04:57
Jimmy Dale	The Lamp Is Low	Profiles	03:49
Moe Koffman	Funky Monkey	Turned on	02:50
Paul Zaza	Mellow Moments	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:11
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening	02:21
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Colina Phillips	River Jordan	Toronto Vocalist	03:05
Guido Basso	Ramblin'	It's Happening	02:16
Wally Koster	Wagon Wheels	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:40
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Candida	It's Impossible	03:08
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	At the Ports of Call	02:34
Ed Bickert	It Might As Well Be Spring	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:30
Wally Koster	April in Paris	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:02
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Jimmy Namaro	Night Sounds	At the Westbury	02:54
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One 'O' Nine	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:53
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Ivy Steel	Easy Living	Reincarnation	05:03
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:29
Ron Collier Tentet	Hockey Theme	ST	02:18
Hagood Hardy	Balloons	The Homecoming	02:54
Ben McPeek	Something Better to Do	Thinking of You	03:18
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
Ben McPeek	Ramblin' Rose	The Original Sounds of	01:54
Lenny Breau	Back In Indiana (Hanley & MacDonald)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:01
Guido Basso	Cry	Love Talk	02:57
Moe Koffman	Windy	Turned on	02:35
Phil Nimmons Group	The Perfect Nanny	Mary Popppins Swings	04:06
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Ben McPeek	Leave Tenderly	Thinking of You	02:34
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - Drown in My Own Tears	The Toronto Sessions	03:41
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning	Montage	02:57
Guido Basso	Christmas Waltz	Christmas Today	02:10
Johnny Cowell	Anatomy of a Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:41
Lenny Breau	Long Way To Go	Minor's Aloud	04:32
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Jimmy Namaro	Misty	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	01:49
Jerry Toth	The Last Rhapsody	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:43
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Jimmy Dale	Alone Again, Naturally	Toronto Instrumental	02:55
Compilation	Carol Welsman - Lucky to be Me	Jazz Toronto	03:55
Compilation	Pat LaBarbera - Virgo Dance	Jazz Toronto	06:30
Moe Koffman	Goin' Out of My Head	Turned on	02:20
Jackie Richardson	I Like Your Company - Old Friends	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:32
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:24
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Fred Stone	Maera	The Music of Fred Stone	04:21
Paul Zaza	Granada Fantasia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	05:34
Denny Vaughan	Fine and Dandy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:38
Jimmy Namaro	Love	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:21
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Lenny Breau	On A Bach Bouree	Minor's Aloud	06:29
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
Hagood Hardy	(Theme from) Second Wind	Maybe Tomorrow	02:58
Hagood Hardy	Just the Way You Are	Reflections	04:01
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wichita Lineman	The Now Sound	02:25
Norman Amadio Trio	Blues For Yna Yna	ST	02:31
Denny Vaughan	Put a Little Love in Your Heart	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	01:54
Peter Appleyard	Cinderella Rockefeller	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:19
Johnny Cowell	For What it's Worth	It's Gotta Be Love	02:35
Hagood Hardy	Watching Through the Night	Maybe Tomorrow	03:40
Ivy Steel	Boudoirs	Reincarnation	02:50

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

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Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

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Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

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