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
Hagood Hardy	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Jerry Toth	Little Boy Blue	The Twelve Sides Of	02:33
Rick Wilkins	Somewhere Along the Way	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:57
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Watch Out for the Little People	Strictly Nimmons	04:25
Lucio Agostini	Voyageur Canoe Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:32
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Bill Butler	I'm Always Chasing Rainbows	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:54
Hagood Hardy	I'll Remember You	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:10
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Perfect Day	Sailin' Home	02:25
The Mutual Understanding	Show Me Your Laughter	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:41
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David)	Now!	03:14
Hagood Hardy	No Good On My Own	As Time Goes By	03:31
Bill Badgley	All	At the Ports of Call	01:58
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Jimmy Namaro	Blues for Fives	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:22
Tommy Ambrose	Just for a Thrill	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:10
Jimmy Namaro	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:31
Bill Butler	Autummn Nocturne	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:17
Terry Watada	The Hawk Cries a Bitter Blue	Night's Disgrace	05:53
Denny Vaughan	Have You Ever Been Lonely?	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:49
Jimmy Namaro	This is My Song	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:05
Moe Koffman	Sahara	Tales of Koffman	05:02
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
Boogus	Cow Cow Boogie	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:24
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canada	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	02:23
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	And I Love Her	The Old Meets the New	03:11
Peter Appleyard	Mi Musica es Parati	The Vibraphone Of	02:58
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	My Love	Montage	02:26
Joyce Sullivan	Love (Can Be a Moment's Sadness)	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:28
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Sailin' Home	Sailin' Home	04:15
Terry Watada	Only for You	Night's Disgrace	03:45
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
Paul Zaza	Fandango	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Peter Appleyard	Sophisticated Lady	ST	02:42
Robert Tennison Troupe	Just Like a Fool	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:39
Jimmy Dale	Stranger in Paradise	Profiles	03:46
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:47
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Johnny Cowell	Anatomy of a Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
Peter Appleyard	Tico Tico	ST	02:25
Jerry Toth	It's a Great Life	The Music Of	02:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love to the People	Looks Like We Made It	02:58
Jimmy Namaro	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
Pat Riccio	Watermelon Man (Hancock)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:11
Ed Bickert	Nobody Else But Me	Bye Bye Baby	04:58
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mirage	ST	03:56
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
Denny Vaughan	My Cherie Amour	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:36
Hagood Hardy	Love is in the Air	Reflections	03:36
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Champagne and Quail	Halifax Instrumental	02:48
Teddy Roderman	Make It With You	Makin' It With You	02:25
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	At the Ports of Call	01:48
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Reminiscing	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rock With You	When You Say Goodbye	03:18
Johnny Cowell	Goodbye My Love	The Tender Loving Care	02:04
Guido Basso	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Christmas Today	03:13
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	02:43
Peter Appleyard	Just In Time	The Vibe Sound Of	02:40
Fred Stone	Theme from Lawrence of Arabia	The Music of Fred Stone	08:32
Doug Riley	Hymn to Freedom	Freedom	04:50
Lenny Breau	Claude (Free Song)	ST	11:01
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadiana 67	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:04
Bill Badgley	Aubrey	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	02:34
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:08
Rick Wilkins	Holiday	Discovery	03:18
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Georgy Girl	The Now Sound	02:24
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 2	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	02:46
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Jimmy Namaro	Lonely One	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:46
Teddy Roderman	Autumn Concerto	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:43
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - What Now My Love	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:26
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:03
Compilation	Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:53
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Post Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:46
Peter Appleyard	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Gitana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:23
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:11
Lucio Agostini	Centennial Caravan	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:06
Tommy Ambrose	Time After Time	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:05
Hagood Hardy	The Homecoming	The Homecoming	02:34
Hagood Hardy	Watching Through the Night	Maybe Tomorrow	03:40
Doug Riley	Jump for Joy	Freedom	05:10
Denny Vaughan	Dolores	Girls I Knew	02:44
Jimmy Namaro	Man of La Mancha	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:04
Guido Basso	My Ideal	One More for the Road	02:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Glitter Queen	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:55
The Mutual Understanding	San Jose	In Wonderland	02:41
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:06
Eugene Amaro	I'll Follow The Sun	Warm	02:44
Moe Koffman	Forest Flower	Goes Electric	02:51
Eugene Amaro	What's Goin' On	Twilight Time	03:38
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Ben McPeek	Goodbye	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:25

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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