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
Joyce Sullivan	Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:21
Ron Collier Tentet	Walking Out	ST	02:28
Moe Koffman	The Mighty Quinn	Turned on	02:01
Rick Wilkins	Sometimes When We Touch	For the Sake of Music	03:10
John Arpin	If You Could Read My Mind	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:55
Moe Koffman	Inverno Furioso (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	02:44
Ben McPeek	Share the Land	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:09
Compilation	Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:00
Lucio Agostini	La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Johnny Cowell	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	The Tender Loving Care	02:12
Rick Wilkins	Weekend in New England	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:38
Ben McPeek	Get Out of Town	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:33
Ed Bickert	'Tis Autumn	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:44
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	If I Could	ST	02:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Paul Zaza	Blue Porcelain	Faces and Places	02:18
Rick Wilkins	Tomorrow	For the Sake of Music	02:40
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:08
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Guido Basso	What A Friend	It's Happening	02:31
John Arpin	Jenny's Tune	Direct to Disc	02:54
Swing Sisters	Davenport Blues	Davenport Blues	03:20
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Voices of Spring	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:09
Wally Koster	April in Paris	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:02
Lucio Agostini	Guadalajara	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:37
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening (re-issue)	01:54
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Moe Koffman	Funky Monkey	Turned on	02:50
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Rag Medley (Rogers)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:00
Jerry Toth	Picasso Summer	The Twelve Sides Of	02:32
Jerry Toth	Guitar Concerto: Adagio	The Music Of	04:07
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:21
Rick Wilkins	Just The Way You Are	For the Sake of Music	04:05
Johnny Cowell	Sangre De Toro Bravo	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:28
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Johnny Cowell	Sweet and Sour Chop Chop	Hot Brass	02:00
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One Long Song	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:52
Johnny Cowell	Road of Love	Our Winter Love	02:22
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Guido Basso	Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Lost in the Stars	05:25
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Doug Crosley	Somewhere, Sometime (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Guido Basso	S'Wonderful	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:10
Lucio Agostini	Golden Earrings	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:51
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Fanny	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:32
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening	02:32
Phil Nimmons Group	Who Walks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:16
Paul Hoffert	Lover Man	The Jazz Roots of	11:00
Paul Zaza	Summer Evening	Images	02:36
Kathryn Moses	Ready or Not	ST	03:39
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:08
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Baby Elephant Walk	The Old Meets the New	04:32
Hagood Hardy	The Children's Song	As Time Goes By	02:21
Guido Basso	Trust in Me	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:35
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
Peter Appleyard	Soft Summer Breeze	The Vibraphone Of	01:59
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Jimmy Namaro	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:31
Lenny Breau	Bonaparte's Retreat (King & Stewart)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:02
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Paul Zaza	High Spirits	Faces and Places	02:30
Bill Badgley	June	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:26
Jimmy Dale	Beautiful	Toronto Instrumental	02:29
Peter Appleyard	Get Happy	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
The Laurie Bower Singers	Together	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:23
Lucio Agostini	A Banda	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:48
Hagood Hardy	Silent Night, Holy Night	The Christmas Album	02:48
John Arpin	Tickled to Death	Concert In Ragtime	01:57
Ed Bickert	It Might As Well Be Spring	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:30
Lucio Agostini	Watch What Happens	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:29
Denny Vaughan	Have You Ever Been Lonely?	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:49
Hagood Hardy	Feliz Navidad	The Christmas Album	02:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Brand New Key	Morning Has Broken	02:32
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	Our Winter Love	02:36
Paul Zaza	Sailing High	Images	02:51
The Mutual Understanding	Out of This World	In Wonderland	02:33
Tommy Ambrose	Have a Heart	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:16
2B3	Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest	The Toronto Sessions	03:50
Peter Appleyard	Moon Glow	The Vibe Sound Of	02:59
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening	02:16
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
Peter Appleyard	Just In Time	The Vibe Sound Of	02:40
Terry Watada	The Hawk (Reprise)	Night's Disgrace	02:08
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	01:04
Dr. Music	Time for Goodbye	Doug Riley Transcription	05:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Don't Bring Me Flowers	You	03:13
Johnny Cowell	Oops	His Girl	01:47
Denny Vaughan	Windy	Girls I Knew	02:31
Peter Appleyard	Pavanne pour une infante défunte	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:29
Ed Bickert	Nancy With the Laughing Face	ST	04:46
Lenny Breau	On A Bach Bouree	Minor's Aloud	06:29
Peter Appleyard	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:38
John Arpin	At Long Last Love it's Alright With Me	Direct to Disc	03:05
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:08
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:22
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Mrs. Robinson	The Now Sound	03:08

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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