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
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks (Outro)	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:33
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening	02:21
Ben McPeek	Blue Cha Cha	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:06
Dr. Music	Time for Goodbye	Doug Riley Transcription	05:01
Tommy Ambrose	I Don't Hurt Anymore	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:31
Jimmy Namaro	Venezuela	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:04
Doug Crosley	(theme from) Love Story	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:39
Peter Appleyard	Streets of London	ST	03:31
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Sound of Silver	ST	03:20
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ballin' the Jack	+ Horn = Dixie	03:37
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Eugene Amaro	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
Tommy Ambrose	Just for a Thrill	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:10
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
Swing Sisters	I Believe In Miracles	Davenport Blues	02:29
Moe Koffman	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
Eugene Amaro	I Didn't Know What Time It Was	Warm	02:38
Herb Marshall	Make it With You (David Gates - Bread)	Toronto Vocalist	01:48
Rick Wilkins	Together	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:59
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
Paul Zaza	Fiesta Romantica	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	04:35
Bill Badgley	Nadia's Theme	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rain Brings People Together	Wish I Was A Plane	03:12
Peter Appleyard	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Johnny Cowell	Oops	His Girl	01:47
Jimmy Namaro	Changing Keys	At the Westbury	02:41
Ivy Steel	Boudoirs	Reincarnation	02:50
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake	The Toronto Sessions	04:59
Moe Koffman	When the Saints Go Marching In	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:11
Johnny Cowell	Marcella	It's Gotta Be Love	02:22
Claman Richard Morris & Jerry Toth	St. Lawrence Centre Song	St. Lawrence Centre Song	03:41
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everything Old is New Again	Looks Like We Made It	02:26
Hagood Hardy	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Johnny Cowell	Carmichael & Parrish (arranged by Johnny Cowell) - Stardust	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:49
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:40
Compilation	Ted Komar - My Beloved	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Paul Hoffert	The Song is You	The Jazz Roots of	06:40
Dr. Music	Shoot	Doug Riley Transcription	06:55
Teddy Roderman	Oops	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:42
Yorkville Avenue Band	St. Louis Blues	"Moving Day"	03:13
Compilation	Episode 7-Oh!	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:19
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
Compilation	Tommy Ambrose - Annie Is Back	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:10
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Give Up On Us Baby	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Denny Vaughan	Three For Two	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:51
Bill Butler	The Girl that I Marry (mono version)	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:33
Lucio Agostini	Canadians on the Go-Go	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:49
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Jimmy Namaro	Lonely One	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:46
Jackie Richardson	If I Could	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:28
Jerry Toth	Heather My Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:58
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Ben McPeek	Laughing	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:25
Jimmy Dale	Touch Her Soft Lips	Profiles	02:48
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Baby I'm a Want You	Montage	04:24
Ron Collier Tentet	Hockey Theme	ST	02:18
Jimmy Dale	Alone Again, Naturally	Toronto Instrumental	02:55
Ben McPeek	Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:17
Johnny Cowell	Freeze!	Our Winter Love	02:07
Moe Koffman	L'il Bitty Pretty One	Moe's Curried Soul	03:56
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Nameless Hour	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	09:21
Ed Bickert	Polkadots & Moonbeams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:27
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
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
Terry Watada	3439 North Sheffield	Night's Disgrace	06:08
Peter Appleyard	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
Peter Appleyard	Wave	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:27
Guido Basso	You are My Sunshine	It's Happening (re-issue)	01:53
Denny Vaughan	Have You Ever Been Lonely?	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:49
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Night's Disgrace	03:58
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
Ben McPeek	If Only We Could See	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:32
Jimmy Namaro	Sonny’s Daze	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:33
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Scarborough Fair	The Now Sound	02:32
John Arpin	Go My Way	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:49
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	Epilogue	Morning Has Broken	00:37
Guido Basso	Ramblin'	It's Happening	02:16
Paul Hoffert	6 Bar Theme	The Jazz Roots of	05:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:37
Jimmy Namaro	Call Me	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:38
Guido Basso	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Today	02:42
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	She's Always A Woman	You	03:37
Guido Basso	I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh)	Lost in the Stars	05:11
Hagood Hardy	Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home	Tell Me My Name	03:49
Yorkville Avenue Band	The Big Noise From Vinnetka	"Moving Day"	02:49
Moe Koffman	Backbone Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:21
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Silver (A Prayer)	Transformations - Invocations	12:22
Moe Koffman	Cantelope Island	Moe's Curried Soul	06:56
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Terry Watada	The Hawk Cries a Bitter Blue	Night's Disgrace	05:53
Joyce Sullivan	The Anniversary Song	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:46
Ed Bickert	A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing	Bye Bye Baby	05:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sanford & Son	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:38
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	02:24

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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