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	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Goes Electric	02:43
Guido Basso	Cry	Love Talk	02:57
Moe Koffman	Flute Salad	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:38
Moe Koffman	Dr. Swahili	Goes Electric	02:42
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
Hagood Hardy	Words	Maybe Tomorrow	03:04
Bill Butler	Summertime	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Johnny Cowell	Air On a G String	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:15
Johnny Cowell	Pickin' Plums	Hot Brass	02:10
Paul Zaza	Granada Fantasia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	05:34
Lucio Agostini	World of Music	Action With Agostini	02:59
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Delta Dawn	Do Something Nice Today!	02:35
Paul Zaza	Sevillianas	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:13
Guido Basso	Polka Dots & Moonbeams	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	04:34
Lenny Breau	A Taste of Honey	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:30
Jerry Toth	Guitar Concerto: Adagio	The Music Of	04:07
Compilation	Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T.	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Wally Koster	Wagon Wheels	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:40
Peter Appleyard	Mi Musica es Parati	The Vibraphone Of	02:58
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:52
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:41
Johnny Cowell	Song of Joy	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:07
Guido Basso	Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Lost in the Stars	05:25
Denny Vaughan	Wake Up	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:08
Lucio Agostini	Tico-Tico	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:35
Johnny Cowell	High on a Flagpole	It's Gotta Be Love	02:40
Denny Vaughan	Cheerful Little Earful	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	02:15
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp	Strictly Nimmons	06:15
Ivy Steel	Prelude to a Kiss	Reincarnation	04:55
Jimmy Namaro	Venezuela	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:04
Ben McPeek	Everything's Alright	Peace Train	02:46
Ben McPeek	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Goin' Out Of My Head	The Now Sound	03:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Nine to Five	It Goes Like It Goes	02:34
Johnny Cowell	Butterscotch	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:23
Compilation	Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:53
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:34
Doug Crosley	When I Met You (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:38
Bill Butler	I'll Remember April	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	03:08
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	And I Love Her	The Old Meets the New	03:11
Guido Basso	Do You Hear What I Hear?	Christmas Today	02:53
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Back Home Again	Back Home Again	03:29
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Look Of Love	The Now Sound	02:45
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
Lucio Agostini	Coastin'	Action With Agostini	02:40
Ben McPeek	Peace Train	Peace Train	03:49
Robert Tennison Troupe	Cause You Are Here	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:38
Terry Watada	3439 North Sheffield	Night's Disgrace	06:08
Hagood Hardy	Silent Night, Holy Night	The Christmas Album	02:48
Johnny Cowell	El Condor Pasa	The Tender Loving Care	02:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're The One That I Want	You	02:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
Moe Koffman	Comin' Home Baby	Goes Electric	02:24
Ed Bickert	Street of Dreams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	When I Need You	Looks Like We Made It	03:45
Denny Vaughan	The French Song	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	03:00
Hagood Hardy	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 2nd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:39
Ben McPeek	Soon It's Gonna Rain	The Original Sounds of	03:09
Eugene Amaro	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Peter Appleyard	Old Dave	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Hagood Hardy	Love is in the Air	Reflections	03:36
The Mutual Understanding	If You Say Goodbye	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	03:45
Peter Appleyard	Crazy Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:36
Hagood Hardy	Watching Through the Night	Maybe Tomorrow	03:40
Johnny Cowell	I've Gotta Feeling	Hot Brass	01:49
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Baby Elephant Walk	The Old Meets the New	04:32
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Jimmy Dale	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Profiles	03:29
Lenny Breau	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	Guitar Sounds From	04:31
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:24
Guido Basso	My Ideal	One More for the Road	02:00
Jimmy Dale	Touch Her Soft Lips	Profiles	02:48
Moe Koffman	In the Mood	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:09
Guido Basso	Estate	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:33
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Paul Zaza	Fandango	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Bill Badgley	Amanda	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:05
Rick Wilkins	If You Remember Me	Discovery	02:48
Jimmy Namaro	Stranger in Paradise	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:43
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Carol McCartney	No More Blues	A Night in Tunisia	05:05
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Way You Look Tonight	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:23
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Rey	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canada	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	02:23
Lenny Breau	Georgia on My Mind	Guitar Sounds From	05:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love	Laurie Bower	03:38
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Dolly Medley (Herman)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	03:11
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Do Something Nice Today!	03:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Bauble Bangles And Beads	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:33
Lenny Breau	Marlborough Street	Mo' Breau	02:06
Doug Randle	Vive La Company	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:51
Johnny Cowell	I Have the Pleasure	Hot Brass	02:09

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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