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
Tommy Ambrose	Goodbye	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:27
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Phil Nimmons Group	Stay Awake	Mary Popppins Swings	03:01
Ed Bickert	You’re In Love With Someone	Bye Bye Baby	04:21
Moe Koffman	Swinging' Shepherd Blues Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	Montage	03:19
The Mutual Understanding	Summer of '42	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Song Sung Blue	Morning Has Broken	03:11
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:41
Peter Appleyard	Angel Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	03:14
Lenny Breau	Mister Night	ST	04:45
Rick Wilkins	Tomorrow	For the Sake of Music	02:40
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Mellotone	Take 10	06:49
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Moe Koffman	Up, Up and Away	Turned on	02:28
Bill Badgley	June	At the Ports of Call	02:26
Boogus	Cow Cow Boogie	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:24
Tony Quarrington	Eclipse	One Bright Morning	06:51
Guido Basso	Anniversary Song	It's Happening	02:09
Ben McPeek	Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves	Peace Train	02:47
Tommy Ambrose	Margie	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:04
Compilation	Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T.	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Doug Randle	London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:34
John Arpin	The Chevy Chase (1914)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:10
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	03:10
Henry Cuesta	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
John Arpin	Bird-Brain Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:08
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Delta Dawn	Do Something Nice Today!	02:35
Jimmy Namaro	When the World Was Young	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:13
Hagood Hardy	You Needed Me	Reflections	04:00
Doug Randle	You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:18
Ben McPeek	Charade	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:14
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Sable Island	CBC Comp 409	02:07
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Cool and Hot Sax	03:57
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It's Impossible	It's Impossible	03:16
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadows	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:12
Lenny Breau	On A Bach Bouree	Minor's Aloud	06:29
Compilation	Ted Komar - My Beloved	CBC Comp 409	02:26
John Arpin	Dance in the Old Fashioned Way	Direct to Disc	02:48
Moe Koffman	Train Whistle Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:16
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	My Love	Montage	02:26
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:40
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Jimmy Namaro	Nothing in This World (Compares With You)	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:37
The Mutual Understanding	When The World Was Young	In Wonderland	03:49
Ben McPeek	Colonel Bogey	The Original Sounds of	02:43
Bill Butler	Canadian Sunset	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:05
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Yorkville Avenue Band	Quite Contrary	"Moving Day"	03:17
Bill Butler	Summertime	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
John Arpin	Jenny's Tune	Direct to Disc	02:54
Guido Basso	Gentle Rain	One More for the Road	04:58
Peter Appleyard	Ben	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:17
Peter Appleyard	A Face Like Yours	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Boney Fingers	Back Home Again	02:26
Lenny Breau	I Love You Because (Leon Payne)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:17
Eugene Amaro	I Found My Love Last Summer	Warm	03:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look and See	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:44
John Arpin	King Porter Stomp	Concert In Ragtime	02:42
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Baby I'm a Want You	Montage	04:24
Robert Tennison Troupe	I Can See (Instrumental)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Ready To Take A Chance	You	03:19
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me	ST	04:33
Jerry Toth	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out	+ Horn = Dixie	03:17
Guido Basso	Never Let Me Go	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:00
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues	Strictly Nimmons	02:59
Eugene Amaro	Danny Boy	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:09
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	My Best Girl	+ Horn = Dixie	03:31
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Guido Basso	Blue Monk	One More for the Road	05:09
Doug Crosley	You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:30
Ron Collier Tentet	Hockey Theme	ST	02:18
Hagood Hardy	It's Not Unusual	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:00
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard	Morning Has Broken	02:36
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl	The Toronto Sessions	05:09
Jimmy Namaro	Morrocco	At the Westbury	03:23
Hagood Hardy	After You've Gone	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:27
Paul Zaza	Hollywood Hills	Faces and Places	02:30
2B3	Rob Gusevs, Denis Keldie - Hush	The Toronto Sessions	06:12
Don Gillis	Baby It's Alright	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:10
Jerry Toth	It's a Great Life	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:08
Jimmy Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Hagood Hardy	It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else	Tell Me My Name	03:10
Paul Zaza	Granada Fantasia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	05:34
John Arpin	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
Ed Bickert	Come Rain or Come Shine	ST	09:46
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Far Away Places	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:56
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Peter Appleyard	Soulful Strut	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:53
Johnny Cowell	Valley of the Six Hundred	It's Gotta Be Love	02:06
Norman Amadio Trio	Alleluia D.T.'s.	ST	01:57
Doug Crosley	Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:47
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I Lived in a Dream	Halifax Instrumental	03:01

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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