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
Jimmy Namaro Yesterdays At the Westbury
Compilation Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T. Jazz Toronto
Jimmy Namaro Sonny’s Daze Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Ben McPeek Thinking of You Thinking of You
Guido Basso Second Chance One More for the Road
Tommy Ambrose Just for a Thrill Young Tommy Ambrose
Moe Koffman Lord Have Mercy Goes Electric
Phil Nimmons Group Jasper Take 10
Moe Koffman When the Saints Go Marching In Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Jimmy Namaro Street of Dreams featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Norman Amadio Trio Blues For Yna Yna ST
Johnny Cowell Siberian Love Song Our Winter Love
Paul Zaza Blue Shadow Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree Do Something Nice Today!
Paul Zaza Granada Fantasia Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Ben McPeek Leave Tenderly Thinking of You
Johnny Cowell Hora Stacatto (Doc Severinson and Raphael Mendez) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Peter Appleyard Mack The Knife Per-cus-sive Jazz
2B3 Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake The Toronto Sessions
Eugene Amaro Girl From Ipanema The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Won't You Step Into My Life Montage
Guido Basso Jingle Bells Christmas Today
Wally Koster My One and Only Love The Songs of Wally Koster
Hagood Hardy Promenade Reflections
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Laughter in the Rain Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Lenny Breau Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Peter Appleyard A Face Like Yours Peter Appleyard Presents
Jimmy Namaro Late Late Blues With Mallets A 4 Thought
Rick Wilkins Emotion For the Sake of Music
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' 12th Street Rag (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Johnny Cowell Stardust The Virtuoso Trumpet
The Laurie Bower Singers Cotton Jenny Morning Has Broken
Hagood Hardy Christmas Waltz The Christmas Album
Ben McPeek Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! His Voices and His Orchestra
Peter Appleyard Just In Time The Vibe Sound Of
Johnny Cowell Still Feeling Blue It's Gotta Be Love
Compilation Teach Me Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Ed Bickert Street of Dreams I Like To Recognize the Tune
Hagood Hardy Let Me Love Again As Time Goes By
Yorkville Avenue Band Moving Day "Moving Day"
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty If You Could Read My Mind Do Something Nice Today!
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow CBC Comp 409
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Fanny Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Pat Riccio Michelle (Lennon-McCartney) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Fidgety Feet + Horn = Dixie
Doug Randle Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All Songs for the New Industrial State
Jackie Richardson If I Could Only Sleep Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Cry Out Loud It Goes Like It Goes
The Laurie Bower Singers Love Will Turn You Around Laurie Bower
The Laurie Bower Singers She's Always A Woman You
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Sable Island CBC Comp 409
Guido Basso Nightcap It's Happening (re-issue)
Guido Basso Mia Mia It's Happening (re-issue)
Denny Vaughan Then I'll Be Happy Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Canadiana 67 It’s a Sign of the Times
Bill Badgley Theme from the Sand Pebbles At the Ports of Call
The Laurie Bower Singers Ready To Take A Chance You
Hagood Hardy Feelin' Good Stop 33 Sutton Place
Ben McPeek Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves Peace Train
Ron Collier Tentet Charade ST
Lenny Breau Mercy, Mercy, Mercy The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Rockin' Good Way Bluesprint
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six It Takes Time (Shirley Eikhard) It's Impossible
Jerry Toth If We Try The Twelve Sides Of
Jimmy Namaro Laura With Mallets A 4 Thought
Johnny Cowell The Eternal Flame Our Winter Love
Ben McPeek Concerto for Toy Piano Thinking of You
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Guantanamera Montage
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Gold (The Challenge) Transformations - Invocations
Moe Koffman Song for My Father Turned on
Robert Tennison Troupe Just Like a Fool Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here
Eugene Amaro I Just Fall In Love Again Warm
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Rick Wilkins Amarillo My Heart Belongs to Me
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Bronze (The Contest) Transformations - Invocations
Guido Basso Do You Hear What I Hear? Christmas Today
Moe Koffman Le Reveil (Largo) The Four Seasons
Compilation Jane Bunnett - Rendez-Vous Jazz Toronto
The Laurie Bower Singers Early Morning Rain Feelin'
Paul Zaza Sunday Morning Images
The Laurie Bower Singers Wish I Was A Plane Wish I Was A Plane
The Brian Browne Trio After Midnight Toronto Instrumental
Guido Basso Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez) Lost in the Stars
Jimmy Dale Music To Watch Girls By Soft and Groovy
Eugene Amaro Sans Souci The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Jimmy Dale Guanabara Soft and Groovy
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Sailin' Home Sailin' Home
2B3 Denis Keldie, Bill Payne - Life is a Carnival The Toronto Sessions
Ben McPeek Goodbye If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye
Paul Zaza Warm Breezes Coasting (with Isaacs)
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Bacharach-David) Now!
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Let's Call the Whole Thing Off And I Love Her
Paul Zaza Welcome Home Faces and Places
John Arpin The Last Time I Saw Her Face Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Bill Badgley In the Arms of Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Jerry Toth Make Me Rainbows The Music Of
Jimmy Namaro Lonely One featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Peter Appleyard Witchcraft Per-cus-sive Jazz
Hagood Hardy (Theme from) Second Wind Maybe Tomorrow

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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