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
Moe Koffman	Doxy	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:44
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	A Brand New Scene	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:53
Wally Koster	Alberta Trail	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:33
Paul Zaza	The Magic Island	Images	02:51
Russ Little	Autumn in New York	Snapshot	06:10
Phil Nimmons Group	Band Call	Take 10	04:54
Hagood Hardy	Rain, Rain	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:50
Ben McPeek	A Taste of Honey	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:42
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
Jimmy Dale	Cidade Vazia	Soft and Groovy	02:24
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Song And Dance	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	09:28
Johnny Cowell	Runnin' Away	Hot Brass	02:20
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ace in the Hole	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
Peter Appleyard	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
Eugene Amaro	More Than You Know	Twilight Time	02:02
Jimmy Namaro	Blues for Fives	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:22
Jimmy Namaro	Night Sounds	At the Westbury	02:54
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadiana 67	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:04
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke	Jazz Toronto	04:00
Phil Nimmons Group	The Perfect Nanny	Mary Popppins Swings	04:06
Lenny Breau	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life	03:19
Phil Nimmons Group	Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious	Mary Popppins Swings	03:08
Doug Randle	Martin of Her Mind	Songs for the New Industrial State	05:01
Ben McPeek	Share the Land	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:09
John Arpin	Alaskan Rag (1959)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:33
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sign of the Times	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:39
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me	ST	04:33
Guido Basso	Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:21
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Twooch	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	09:15
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Introducin' My Man	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:05
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Doug Randle	Song for the Middle Aged	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:06
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	A Summer Place	And I Love Her	02:36
Hagood Hardy	Love Song	Reflections	02:54
Eugene Amaro	Another Time	Warm	03:21
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
Paul Zaza	High Spirits	Faces and Places	02:30
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Kiss Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:20
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	The Vibraphone Of	02:31
Swing Sisters	Royal Garden Blues	Davenport Blues	02:52
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Tommy Ambrose	Time After Time	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:05
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:25
Ben McPeek	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	Thinking of You	03:20
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Knights of the Round Flugel	Bye Bye Love (B. Bryant)	Bye Bye Love	02:13
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:47
Lenny Breau	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:25
Doug Crosley	Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:44
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	12th Street Rag (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Jimmy Namaro	I Wanna Know	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	Simple Song	Back Home Again	02:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Too Late Now	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:59
Lenny Breau	Bluesette	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:46
Johnny Cowell	To Love Somebody	The Tender Loving Care	02:37
Tommy Ambrose	Margie	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:04
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
John Arpin	Your Love's Return	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:58
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Phil Nimmons Group	Just You, Just Me	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:22
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Gitana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:23
Lucio Agostini	Gazpacho	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:09
Denny Vaughan	Then I'll Be Happy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:42
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Auf Widersehn	The Old Meets the New	03:04
Jerry Toth	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Scarboro Fair (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	02:29
Moe Koffman	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Rick Wilkins	Let Me be the One	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:31
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Petite Waltz	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yesterday	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:10
Doug Crosley	Pisces Child (Dolores Claman)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
Eugene Amaro	My Love	Twilight Time	02:56
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Gone With the Blues	Strictly Nimmons	06:05
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Guido Basso	Cry	Love Talk	02:57
Peter Appleyard	Telephone Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:37
Ben McPeek	Talk It Over In The Morning	Peace Train	02:21
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Nica's Dream (Horace Silver)	ST	03:03
Ed Bickert	Keeping Myself For You	Bye Bye Baby	06:14
Norman Amadio Trio	Taboo	ST	02:55
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Doug Randle	Vive La Company	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:51
Russ Little	Nikki's Grin	Footwork	06:22
Norman Amadio Trio	The Very Thought of You	ST	03:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
The Brian Browne Trio	After Midnight	Toronto Instrumental	01:37
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Norman Amadio Trio	Hallelujah	ST	02:03
Guido Basso	Early Morning Rain	Love Talk	02:21

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

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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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