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
Colina Phillips Trying Times Toronto Vocalist
Johnny Cowell Carnival of Venice (Herbert L. Clarke) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
John Arpin Laughter in the Rain Direct to Disc
The Laurie Bower Singers When You Say Goodbye When You Say Goodbye
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 4th movement Transformations - Invocations
The Laurie Bower Singers Looks Like We Made It Looks Like We Made It
Jerry Toth Tell Me Now Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks Strictly Nimmons
Jimmy Namaro Too Marvellous For Words At the Westbury
Guido Basso Two Bass Hit Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Jackie Richardson The Lies of Handsome Men Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Ben McPeek Talk It Over In The Morning Peace Train
Rick Wilkins Déjà vu Discovery
Kathryn Moses I Met a Special Man ST
Hagood Hardy Misty Reflections
Phil Nimmons Group My Old Flame Nimmons 'N' Nine
Paul Zaza Blue Shadow Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Denny Vaughan An Affair to Remember Girls I Knew
Peter Appleyard Mack The Knife Per-cus-sive Jazz
Tommy Ambrose While We're Young Young Tommy Ambrose
Jimmy Namaro East of the Sun Driftwood
Paul Zaza Mimosa Coasting (with Isaacs)
Jackie Richardson Too Beautiful to Know Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Doug Crosley For All We Know With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Canadian Sunset It’s a Sign of the Times
John Arpin Beautiful Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Moonlight Serenade It’s a Sign of the Times
The Laurie Bower Singers Peaceful Wish I Was A Plane
Lucio Agostini Introduction Once Upon a Hundred Years
The Laurie Bower Singers Got A Feelin' Got a Feelin' for Love
Hagood Hardy Watching Through the Night Maybe Tomorrow
Ed Bickert Things Are Getting Better Bye Bye Baby
Lucio Agostini Que Sera Sera Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Peter Appleyard Wave The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Moe Koffman James Brown's Bag Turned on
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
The Laurie Bower Singers Shadow Song Wish I Was A Plane
Teddy Roderman That's Life Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Doug Crosley Somewhere, Sometime (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Compilation Rhonda Silver - I Saw It Happen 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Rick Wilkins Let Me be the One My Heart Belongs to Me
Lenny Breau New York City Mo' Breau
Guido Basso You Are My Sunshine It's Happening
Moe Koffman Flute Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Phil Nimmons Group A Spoonful of Sugar Mary Popppins Swings
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Ace in the Hole + Horn = Dixie
The Laurie Bower Singers Battle Of New Orleans Wish I Was A Plane
Guido Basso Give Her My Love It's Happening
Denny Vaughan The Girl I Left Behind Me Girls I Knew
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!) Now!
Jimmy Dale The Lamp Is Low Profiles
Moe Koffman Tangerine (Bossa Nova) Tales of Koffman
Hagood Hardy Love of Life Tell Me My Name
Tommy Ambrose That's the Way it Was Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was
Jerry Toth Moment of Love The Classic Jerry Toth
Peter Appleyard The Blue Room The Vibe Sound Of
Ben McPeek Alouette The Original Sounds of
Bill Badgley Georgy Girl At the Ports of Call
Teddy Roderman Beautiful Second Hand Man Makin' It With You
Compilation Ken Steele - Gently 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Peter Appleyard Undecided Per-cus-sive Jazz
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Blue Jade Sailin' Home
Denny Vaughan A Very Precious Love Girls I Knew
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Lucio Agostini World of Music Action With Agostini
Guido Basso Cuminha Cruzado And All That Latin Jazz!
The Laurie Bower Singers Sir Duke Looks Like We Made It
The Laurie Bower Singers Morning Has Broken Morning Has Broken
Bill Butler Chopin Nocturne In E Flat Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Jackie Richardson Child Eyes Part 2 Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? Do Something Nice Today!
Eugene Amaro I Left My Heart In San Francisco The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Denny Vaughan May All Your Troubles be Little Ones Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Denny Vaughan Love Me Tender A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
The Laurie Bower Singers The Rose Laurie Bower
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp Strictly Nimmons
Jimmy Namaro Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Ben McPeek Only God Knows Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
The Brian Browne Trio Georgia on My Mind The Toronto Scene
Peter Appleyard Feelings ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Epilogue Morning Has Broken
Compilation L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Moe Koffman Jeannine Tales of Koffman
John Arpin Wild Cherries Rag (1908) Other Side Of Ragtime
Lucio Agostini Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Peter Appleyard Open the Gates of Love Peter Appleyard Presents
Hagood Hardy Rain, Rain Stop 33 Sutton Place
Jimmy Dale On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Profiles
Doug Crosley In the Forest (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Rick Wilkins Weekend in New England My Heart Belongs to Me
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Do Something Nice Today!
Colina Phillips Never Had it So Good Toronto Vocalist
Eugene Amaro More Than You Know Twilight Time
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale We Gotta Get It All Together
Wally Koster L-O-V-E The Songs of Wally Koster
Teddy Roderman Oops Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Bill Badgley Music to Watch the Girls By At the Ports of Call
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
The Mutual Understanding Little Girl Blue In Wonderland
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Bauble Bangles And Beads Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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