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
Guido Basso Sweet Georgia Fame A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Joyce Sullivan Speak Low The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Bill Badgley Wednesday's Child Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Ben McPeek Only God Knows Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
Lenny Breau Freight Train Guitar Sounds From
Eugene Amaro Midnight Blue Twilight Time
The Laurie Bower Singers Just a Little Song Back Home Again
Herb Marshall Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis) Toronto Vocalist
Ivy Steel Prelude to a Kiss Reincarnation
Lenny Breau Neptune ST
Denny Vaughan Northern Dancer A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Eugene Amaro Send In The Clowns Warm
Henry Cuesta Fate Clarinet With Strings
Johnny Cowell Stardust The Virtuoso Trumpet
Johnny Cowell Roller Coaster The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Lenny Breau That's All The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Loves Theme Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Paul Zaza Portrait of a Rose Faces and Places
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One Long Song Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Ben McPeek Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars His Voices and His Orchestra
Johnny Cowell Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Tommy Ambrose I Don't Hurt Anymore Young Tommy Ambrose
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Nosey Strictly Nimmons
Rick Wilkins If You Remember Me Discovery
Phil Nimmons Group The Perfect Nanny Mary Popppins Swings
Hagood Hardy A Time for Us As Time Goes By
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wolverine Blues Original Toronto Dixieland Band
Joyce Sullivan I'll Give My Love an Apple The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Jackie Richardson You've Got to Give Me Room Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Denny Vaughan Can't Help Falling in Love With You A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Lucio Agostini Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Blue Jade Sailin' Home
The Laurie Bower Singers Country Fair Looks Like We Made It
Guido Basso Last Night When We Were Young One More for the Road
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I'll be Waiting Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Teddy Roderman That's Life Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
John Arpin Bird-Brain Rag Concert In Ragtime
Rick Wilkins Ballad for Carolyn My Heart Belongs to Me
Paul Zaza Foxy Lady Coasting (with Isaacs)
Johnny Cowell Pretty Girl Our Winter Love
Jimmy Namaro Afro-Rock We Gotta Get It All Together
Ben McPeek Someday Soon The Original Sounds of
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Phil Nimmons Group Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag) Mary Popppins Swings
Rick Wilkins Even Now For the Sake of Music
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Bass-ically Yours Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Jackie Richardson I Alone Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jimmy Namaro I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin' With Mallets A 4 Thought
Compilation Bill Badgley - Walk On By Motorcars In Concert 1970
Peter Appleyard Crazy Rhythm The Vibe Sound Of
Ivy Steel Now or Never Reincarnation
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Rick Wilkins Neat! My Heart Belongs to Me
Doug Randle London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Guido Basso Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw) Love Talk
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale Driftwood
Bill Badgley Tiny Bubbles At the Ports of Call
Johnny Cowell Marcella It's Gotta Be Love
John Arpin Dance in the Old Fashioned Way Direct to Disc
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wise Guys + Horn = Dixie
The Laurie Bower Singers I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight) Laurie Bower
Jimmy Namaro The Moon is Low featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
The Mutual Understanding Wonderland In Wonderland
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Wichita Lineman The Now Sound
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Jimmy Namaro Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha Driftwood
Boogus Take Your Clothes Off CBC Comp 403 comp
The Laurie Bower Singers Everything Old is New Again Looks Like We Made It
The Laurie Bower Singers Sir Duke Looks Like We Made It
Lucio Agostini Pedro Pussycat Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Ed Bickert Pensativa Bye Bye Baby
The Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley) ST
Lucio Agostini Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Hagood Hardy Jingle Bells The Christmas Album
Denny Vaughan Three For Two A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Moe Koffman Train Whistle Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Paul Zaza Sailing By Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Jackie Richardson Green Lies and Man Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Bill Badgley In the Arms of Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Bill Badgley Nadia's Theme Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Eugene Amaro On Days Like These The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Peter Appleyard Harlem Nocturne Per-cus-sive Jazz
Guido Basso Tour de Force (live) (Dizzy Gillespie) Lost in the Stars
Jimmy Namaro Lazy Afternoon We Gotta Get It All Together
Johnny Cowell Air On a G String The Virtuoso Trumpet
Paul Hoffert With a Wiggle The Jazz Roots of
Lucio Agostini Guadalajara Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Compilation Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Hagood Hardy Maybe Tomorrow Maybe Tomorrow
Compilation Norma Locke - I Need You So 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Peter Appleyard Mambo Inn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Peter Appleyard You Put the Shine on Me Peter Appleyard Presents
Jerry Toth Say Goodbye To Your Cash The Twelve Sides Of
Ed Bickert Things Are Getting Better Bye Bye Baby
John Arpin Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Direct to Disc
Denny Vaughan Then I'll Be Happy Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Robert Tennison Troupe Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

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

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

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

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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

FEATURED

Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

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

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

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

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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