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
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sweet Ginger Bread Man	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:52
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Hagood Hardy	Cold on the Shoulder	The Homecoming	03:31
Eugene Amaro	Afterglow	Warm	03:38
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Johnny Cowell	Caesar's Palace	Hot Brass	03:22
Johnny Cowell	Goodbye My Love	The Tender Loving Care	02:04
Eugene Amaro	My Love	Twilight Time	02:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Feelin'	Feelin'	02:33
Phil Nimmons Group	Band Call	Take 10	04:54
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Delta Dawn	Do Something Nice Today!	02:35
Ben McPeek	Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:17
Hagood Hardy	Love is in the Air	Reflections	03:36
Rick Wilkins	We Will Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:48
Paul Zaza	Fandango	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Guido Basso	Let It Snow	Christmas Today	02:47
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Peaches and Brandy	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:01
Eugene Amaro	I Left My Heart In San Francisco	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:50
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Night's Disgrace	03:58
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Lenny Breau	Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad	Mo' Breau	07:30
Jimmy Namaro	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
Lucio Agostini	Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme)	Once Upon a Hundred Years	07:24
Hagood Hardy	Balloons	The Homecoming	02:54
Lenny Breau	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:34
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Do Something Nice Today!	03:14
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take Me Home Country Roads	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:40
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
Johnny Cowell	Oops	His Girl	01:47
Doug Riley	Jump for Joy	Freedom	05:10
Paul Zaza	Granada Fantasia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	05:34
Lenny Breau	Music to Watch Girls By	Guitar Sounds From	04:29
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Kiss Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:20
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Way You Look Tonight	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	Hey Look	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:22
Doug Crosley	For All We Know	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:49
Doug Crosley	Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:47
Rick Wilkins	Even Now	For the Sake of Music	02:33
Teddy Roderman	Beautiful Second Hand Man	Makin' It With You	02:34
Don Gillis	Beautiful	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	02:26
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Candida	It's Impossible	03:08
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Theme for Susan	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:40
Lenny Breau	On A Bach Bouree	Minor's Aloud	06:29
Bill Badgley	Theme from "The Sand Pebbles"	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:17
Jackie Richardson	Here's to Life	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:57
Herb Marshall	Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)	Toronto Vocalist	01:53
Boogus	Gemini Rag	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:37
Ben McPeek	Laughing	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:25
Lenny Breau	Minors Aloud	Minor's Aloud	03:46
Norman Amadio Trio	Lullaby of the Leaves	ST	03:00
Compilation	Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River	Jazz Toronto	03:45
Lenny Breau	Secret Love	Minor's Aloud	05:10
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where Are You	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:09
Guido Basso	Windmills of Your Mind	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Hagood Hardy	Feelin' Good	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:14
John Arpin	The Last Time I Saw Her Face	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:09
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Rockin' Good Way	Bluesprint	04:32
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	I Enjoy Being a Girl	And I Love Her	02:07
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where or When	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:32
Kathryn Moses	Ready or Not	ST	03:39
Jimmy Namaro	Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:38
Eugene Amaro	Blame It On My Youth	Warm	03:04
Ben McPeek	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	Thinking of You	02:11
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Henry Cuesta	Skyline Stomp	Plays Favourites	02:08
Johnny Cowell	Summertime Sunshine	Hot Brass	02:28
Knights of the Round Flugel	Toot-Suite (Grosney)	Bye Bye Love	03:02
Peter Appleyard	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:46
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Rhumba	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:14
Paul Zaza	Blue Lagoon	Images	02:33
Doug Randle	One Way Swimming	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:04
Jimmy Dale	Triste	Soft and Groovy	03:05
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	At the Ports of Call	01:48
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Give Up On Us Baby	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Loves Theme	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:45
Guido Basso	Two Bass Hit	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	08:02
The Mutual Understanding	When The World Was Young	In Wonderland	03:49
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:43
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vinaroz	Halifax Instrumental	02:58
Doug Randle	Colored Plastics	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:43
Jerry Toth	To Wait for Love	The Music Of	02:14
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Look What They've Done to My Song	It's Impossible	02:34
Guido Basso	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Christmas Today	03:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Magnificent Sanctuary Band	Morning Has Broken	03:10
Ben McPeek	Something Better to Do	Thinking of You	03:18
Moe Koffman	You Are My Sunshine	Moe's Curried Soul	03:16
Paul Zaza	Autumn Reflections	Images	02:56
Doug Riley	Theme for Adele	Freedom	07:05
Jackie Richardson	My Baby	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:07
Denny Vaughan	Yesterday When I Was Young	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:51
Rick Wilkins	The Way You Look Tonight	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:33
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 2nd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:39

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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