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
Bill Badgley Lady Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Paul Hoffert 6 Bar Theme The Jazz Roots of
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Bill Butler June in January The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
The Laurie Bower Singers Here's That Rainy Day Feelin'
Ed Bickert Manha de Carnaval ST
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Do Something Nice Today!
Doug Randle Put On Your Sunday Clothes Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree Do Something Nice Today!
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Silent Night, Lonely Night Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek) Monkey Music Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Room at the Back Strictly Nimmons
The Laurie Bower Singers Put Your Hand In The Hand Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Guido Basso Cry Love Talk
Lenny Breau Long Way To Go Minor's Aloud
The Laurie Bower Singers Tell No Lies You
Paul Zaza Flutey Fuge Faces and Places
Guido Basso Suite P.E.I. Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Johnny Cowell His Girl His Girl
Lenny Breau Freight Train Guitar Sounds From
Jimmy Namaro Misty Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
John Arpin The Chevy Chase (1914) Other Side Of Ragtime
Guido Basso Dale be There And All That Latin Jazz!
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Lenny Breau I Remember Hank Mo' Breau
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Go Breaking My Heart Feelin'
The Laurie Bower Singers You You
The Laurie Bower Singers 50 Ways Got a Feelin' for Love
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wise Guys + Horn = Dixie
John Arpin Augustan Club Waltzes (1901) Other Side Of Ragtime
The Laurie Bower Singers Look and See Take Me Home Country Roads
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Teddy Roderman Mississippi Stay Awhile
The Laurie Bower Singers Song Sung Blue Morning Has Broken
Doug Crosley Somewhere, Sometime (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Bill Badgley Gonna Fly Now - Theme From Rocky Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Rick Wilkins Jazz Gavotte From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley) ST
The Laurie Bower Singers When I Need You Looks Like We Made It
Johnny Cowell Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Hagood Hardy (Love theme from) Missouri breaks Maybe Tomorrow
Paul Zaza Foxy Lady Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - How Insensitive The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Denny Vaughan Good Morning Starshine Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Lenny Breau Autumn Leaves Mo' Breau
Hagood Hardy & the Montage If Montage
Henry Cuesta Me And You And A Dog Named Boo Plays Favourites
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One for Mr. 'B' Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets His Girl
Ben McPeek Get Out of Town His Voices and His Orchestra
Kathryn Moses Oleo ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Angie Baby Back Home Again
Bill Badgley Fernando Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
The Laurie Bower Singers Boney Fingers Back Home Again
Bill Badgley Tiny Bubbles Blue-Ribbon Badgley
John Arpin Gladiolus Rag (1907) Other Side Of Ragtime
Moe Koffman Mrs. Robinson Turned on
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Guido Basso The Continental (Con Conrad) Lost in the Stars
Phil Nimmons Group Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious Mary Popppins Swings
The Laurie Bower Singers Crooked Mile Wish I Was A Plane
Guido Basso Cuminha Cruzado And All That Latin Jazz!
Guido Basso Nightcap It's Happening (re-issue)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Vera Cruz ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Fool That I Am It Goes Like It Goes
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 4th movement Transformations - Invocations
Paul Zaza Wonderman Faces and Places
Hagood Hardy Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The Christmas Album
Ben McPeek Admiral Halsey Peace Train
Ed Bickert They All Laughed I Like To Recognize the Tune
Hagood Hardy Feelin' Good Stop 33 Sutton Place
Ben McPeek Goodbye If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye
The Laurie Bower Singers Think I'll Write a Song Back Home Again
Hagood Hardy Les Arrivants (Theme from the Newcomers) Tell Me My Name
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Struttin' Your Stuff Sailin' Home
Peter Appleyard Only For Lovers The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Compilation Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue Jazz Toronto
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Guitar Sounds From
Johnny Cowell I Have the Pleasure Hot Brass
The Laurie Bower Singers Battle Of New Orleans Wish I Was A Plane
Hagood Hardy Leaside Bridge As Time Goes By
Moe Koffman Do You Know the Way to San Jose Turned on
Doug Randle Get Happy Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Ben McPeek Peace Train Peace Train
Henry Cuesta Skyline Stomp Plays Favourites
Jimmy Dale Baubles, Bangles and Beads Profiles
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Secret Love Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Guido Basso Early Morning Rain Love Talk
Rick Wilkins You Can Have Me Anytime Discovery
Hagood Hardy I'll Remember You Stop 33 Sutton Place
Lucio Agostini Taboo Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Eugene Amaro Last Time I Felt Like This Warm
Phil Nimmons Group Who Walks Nimmons 'N' Nine
Eugene Amaro Didn’t We The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Jerry Toth The Moth .. Peter Appleyard vibes solo The Classic Jerry Toth
The Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Jimmy Dale All By Myself Profiles
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Let's Face the Music and Dance And I Love Her
Paul Zaza Autumn Reflections Images

FEATURED

Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

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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, 🇨🇦

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

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

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

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

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"

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