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
Peter Appleyard Undecided Per-cus-sive Jazz
Bill Badgley Wednesday's Child At the Ports of Call
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro) ST
Guido Basso Windmills of Your Mind And All That Latin Jazz!
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When Ragtime Alex Plays the Humoresque (vocal by Trump Davidson) (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Moe Koffman The Storm (Presto) The Four Seasons
Jimmy Namaro So Danco Samba We Gotta Get It All Together
Hagood Hardy Winter Time The Christmas Album
Hagood Hardy Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly) The Christmas Album
Compilation Hang On Sloopy (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Eugene Amaro Send In The Clowns Warm
The Laurie Bower Singers Minute To Minute When You Say Goodbye
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wolverine Blues Original Toronto Dixieland Band
Hagood Hardy Joy to the World The Christmas Album
Boogus Take Your Clothes Off CBC Comp 403 comp
Paul Zaza Blue Porcelain Faces and Places
Jackie Richardson I Like Your Company - Old Friends Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Phil Nimmons Group Open Country Nimmons 'N' Nine
Lucio Agostini Guadalajara Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Doug Randle Nicolston Dam Songs for the New Industrial State
Peter Appleyard Conversation Toronto Instrumental
Ed Bickert Street of Dreams I Like To Recognize the Tune
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Love for Sale Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Canadian Sunset It’s a Sign of the Times
Bill Badgley Music to Watch the Girls By At the Ports of Call
Eugene Amaro More Than You Know Twilight Time
Hagood Hardy & the Montage My Love Montage
Moe Koffman Hey There Cool and Hot Sax
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Summer Love Do Something Nice Today!
Moe Koffman Tangerine (Bossa Nova) Tales of Koffman
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Fidgety Feet + Horn = Dixie
Bill Butler Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Compilation Pat LaBarbera - Virgo Dance Jazz Toronto
Herb Marshall Make it With You (David Gates - Bread) Toronto Vocalist
Johnny Cowell W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Moe Koffman Now is the Time Goes Electric
Compilation Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River Jazz Toronto
The Laurie Bower Singers Cotton Jenny Morning Has Broken
Hagood Hardy Workin' In L.A. As Time Goes By
Hagood Hardy & the Montage How I Think of You Montage
Moe Koffman Train Whistle Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Compilation Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue Jazz Toronto
Carol McCartney You Don't Know What Love Is A Night in Tunisia
The Laurie Bower Singers Is Someone Listening? Morning Has Broken
Paul Zaza Sun Ranch Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Laurie Bower Singers Simple Song Back Home Again
Johnny Cowell I Can't Get Started (Al Hirt & Bunny Berigan) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Compilation L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
The Laurie Bower Singers Just To Be Alone With You You
Moe Koffman House of Green Lights Tales of Koffman
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David) Now!
Jerry Toth Who Are You Now? .. Nicholas Fiore flute solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Bill Butler June in January The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
The Laurie Bower Singers Do You Know Got a Feelin' for Love
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra A Garden in the Rain Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
The Laurie Bower Singers Together Take Me Home Country Roads
Jimmy Namaro Climax We Gotta Get It All Together
Jimmy Dale On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Profiles
Henry Cuesta Brand New Morning Clarinet With Strings
Jimmy Namaro Afro-Rock We Gotta Get It All Together
Denny Vaughan Northern Dancer A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Lenny Breau Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad Mo' Breau
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Knock Three Times Do Something Nice Today!
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Moe Koffman Monks Monastery Tales of Koffman
Johnny Cowell Kornig - Post Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Tommy Ambrose You're Driving Me Crazy Young Tommy Ambrose
Peter Appleyard Crazy Rhythm The Vibe Sound Of
Jimmy Dale If Toronto Instrumental
Hagood Hardy You Needed Me Reflections
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Jackie Richardson A Single Woman Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Moe Koffman Up, Up and Away Turned on
Hagood Hardy Feelin' Good Stop 33 Sutton Place
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Summer Love Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love
Compilation Ted Komar - My Beloved CBC Comp 409
Guido Basso Gentle Rain One More for the Road
Hagood Hardy & the Montage If I Could ST
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Angie Baby Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
The Laurie Bower Singers You Don't Bring Me Flowers You
Ben McPeek Blue Cha Cha His Voices and His Orchestra
Jimmy Namaro Soft Hands Driftwood
Moe Koffman Windy Turned on
Lucio Agostini Coastin' Action With Agostini
The Laurie Bower Singers Didn't We? Feelin'
Ben McPeek Goodbye If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye
Compilation Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha Motorcars In Concert 1970
Ben McPeek Track 17 Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Lenny Breau Back In Indiana (Hanley & MacDonald) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Eugene Amaro Love Theme (Gone With The Wind) Warm
Rick Wilkins Should I Love Again From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Doug Randle Get Happy Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Compilation Ted Komar - Bela Bimba CBC Comp 409
Jerry Toth Little Boy Blue The Twelve Sides Of
Colina Phillips Never Had it So Good Toronto Vocalist
Jerry Toth It's a Great Life The Music Of
Moe Koffman Twistin' and Bumpin' Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Hagood Hardy It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else Tell Me My Name
Phil Nimmons Group Squeeze Play Take 10
Wally Koster September Song The Songs of Wally Koster

My Heart Belongs to Me

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

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