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
The Laurie Bower Singers You Decorated My Life When You Say Goodbye
The Laurie Bower Singers Here's That Rainy Day Feelin'
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 4th movement Transformations - Invocations
Herb Marshall Love Music (Sergio Mendez) Toronto Vocalist
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Bass-ically Yours Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Johnny Cowell Genevieve The Tender Loving Care
Hagood Hardy Gary - A Remembrance As Time Goes By
Moe Koffman Sahara Tales of Koffman
Rick Wilkins Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars) For the Sake of Music
Yorkville Avenue Band Takin' Me Through the Night "Moving Day"
Jimmy Namaro Babylon At the Westbury
Jimmy Namaro Driftwood Driftwood
Peter Appleyard What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? The Lincolnshire Poacher
The Laurie Bower Singers Wish I Was A Plane Wish I Was A Plane
Moe Koffman If I Were a Carpenter Turned on
The Mutual Understanding Wonderland In Wonderland
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 2nd movement Transformations - Invocations
The Laurie Bower Singers The Young New Mexican Pupeteer Morning Has Broken
Johnny Cowell Stay With Me The Tender Loving Care
Paul Zaza Warm Breezes Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks) Bluesprint
Doug Randle You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Peter Appleyard Tico Tico ST
Peter Appleyard Avalon The Vibe Sound Of
Teddy Roderman Dance Of A Hip Gypsy Makin' It With You
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Phil Nimmons Group Steve's Theme Take 10
Jerry Toth Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Peter Appleyard Alone Again, Naturally The Lincolnshire Poacher
John Arpin You Are What I Am Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Peter Appleyard Tenderly Per-cus-sive Jazz
Peter Appleyard Witchcraft Per-cus-sive Jazz
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Coasting (with Isaacs)
2B3 Denis Keldie, Bill Payne - Life is a Carnival The Toronto Sessions
The Brian Browne Trio Blue Hair The Toronto Scene
Fred Stone Troika The Music of Fred Stone
The Laurie Bower Singers Morning Has Broken Morning Has Broken
Denny Vaughan Have You Ever Been Lonely? A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Jimmy Namaro St. Louis Blues Pachanga Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Hagood Hardy Daniel Tell Me My Name
Jerry Toth Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady The Classic Jerry Toth
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Lip Flap (For Fred) Now!
Ivy Steel God Bless the Child Reincarnation
Guido Basso Love Talk Love Talk
Compilation Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up Motorcars In Concert 1970
Guido Basso Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour) Lost in the Stars
Hagood Hardy Folks Who Live on the Hill Stop 33 Sutton Place
Guido Basso Ramblin It's Happening (re-issue)
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
2B3 Bill Payne, Rob Gusevs - Hip Hug-her The Toronto Sessions
Eugene Amaro Afterglow Warm
2B3 Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake The Toronto Sessions
The Laurie Bower Singers El Condor Pasa Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Breezin' Along With the Breeze Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Henry Cuesta Forever April Clarinet With Strings
Doug Crosley Frances (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
John Arpin Efficiency Rag Concert In Ragtime
Sanderlings Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin) With The Jim Pirie Orchestra
Phil Nimmons Group Last Night When We Were Young Take 10
Hagood Hardy Clouds The Homecoming
Ben McPeek Concerto for Toy Piano Thinking of You
Henry Cuesta Just a Closer Walk with Thee Clarinet With Strings
Bill Badgley Moon Love At the Ports of Call
Bill Butler June in January The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Nica's Dream (Horace Silver) ST
Peter Appleyard You've Got Your Troubles The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Johnny Cowell W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Jerry Toth Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Hagood Hardy & the Montage You're Here Montage
Bill Badgley Sand and Sea At the Ports of Call
Paul Zaza For Julia Coasting (with Isaacs)
Johnny Cowell Anatomy of a Girl It's Gotta Be Love
Rick Wilkins The Very Thought of You From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Bill Badgley June At the Ports of Call
Doug Crosley Pisces Child (Dolores Claman) With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Tommy Ambrose I Don't Hurt Anymore Young Tommy Ambrose
Rick Wilkins Neat! My Heart Belongs to Me
Ben McPeek Baked Apple Rag Thinking of You
The Laurie Bower Singers Sunshine On My Shoulders Back Home Again
Henry Cuesta Royal Garden Blues Plays Favourites
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Paul Zaza Blue Lagoon Images
Ben McPeek Big Red The Original Sounds of
Moe Koffman Sunshower (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Lucio Agostini Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Lenny Breau Tuning Time The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Hagood Hardy Just the Way You Are Reflections
Eugene Amaro Am I Blue Twilight Time
Moe Koffman Marty's Morgue The Shepherd Swings Again
Rick Wilkins Tetra Tetra From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Compilation Lizzie Simcoe Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Yorkville Avenue Band All of You "Moving Day"
Johnny Cowell Hora Stacatto (Doc Severinson and Raphael Mendez) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Bill Butler Violets for Your Furs The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Rick Wilkins The Way You Look Tonight From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Hagood Hardy Watching Through the Night Maybe Tomorrow
Ben McPeek A Taste of Honey His Voices and His Orchestra
Johnny Cowell Antigua It's Gotta Be Love
Ben McPeek Happy Talk His Voices and His Orchestra
Bill Butler The Dream of Olwen Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler

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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