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
Teddy Roderman Sunny Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Reminiscing Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Compilation One of Those Songs (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
The Laurie Bower Singers Mississippi Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Rick Wilkins Someone I Used to Love Discovery
Paul Zaza Sun Ranch Coasting (with Isaacs)
Lenny Breau Secret Love Minor's Aloud
Denny Vaughan May All Your Troubles be Little Ones Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby Strictly Nimmons
Doug Crosley For All We Know With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Lucio Agostini Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Cast Your Fate to the Wind Montage
Kathryn Moses Midmorning ST
Ben McPeek Downtown His Voices and His Orchestra
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Johnny Cowell Kornig - Garden Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six I Love to Play (Opening Theme) Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Johnny Cowell Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Bill Badgley Tiny Bubbles Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Dr. Music Too High Doug Riley Transcription
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Doug Riley Freedom Freedom
John Arpin Leola Concert In Ragtime
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Teddy Roderman What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons) Stay Awhile
The Mutual Understanding If You Say Goodbye Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye
Moe Koffman Georgia on My Mind Tales of Koffman
Rick Wilkins Quiescence For the Sake of Music
Paul Zaza Mimosa Coasting (with Isaacs)
Guido Basso Jingle Bells Christmas Today
Peter Appleyard Midnight Sun The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Compilation Norma Locke - I Need You So 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Peter Appleyard The Man With The Golden Arm Per-cus-sive Jazz
Paul Zaza Flutey Fuge Faces and Places
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Goodbye Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Jimmy Namaro St. Louis Blues Pachanga Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
John Arpin At Long Last Love it's Alright With Me Direct to Disc
Hagood Hardy Quorum The Homecoming
Phil Nimmons Group Steve's Theme Take 10
The Laurie Bower Singers September Morn When You Say Goodbye
Paul Zaza Fandango Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Ed Bickert I'll Follow the Sun I Like To Recognize the Tune
Rick Wilkins Just The Way You Are For the Sake of Music
The Laurie Bower Singers Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard Morning Has Broken
Peter Appleyard Mambo #V Peter Appleyard Presents
Guido Basso Tequila It's Happening (re-issue)
Compilation Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life Motorcars In Concert 1970
Eugene Amaro All In Love Is Fair Twilight Time
Jerry Toth Eye Level The Classic Jerry Toth
Compilation Episode 7-Oh! Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
John Arpin Cotton Jenny Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Moe Koffman If I Were a Carpenter Turned on
Jackie Richardson You've Got to Give Me Room Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jerry Toth It's a Great Life Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)
Pat Riccio Matchmaker (Bock-Harnick) Doug Crosley: vocals From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Vera Cruz Halifax Instrumental
Guido Basso Goofus It's Happening (re-issue)
Moe Koffman High Heeled Sneakers Moe's Curried Soul
Ben McPeek Share the Land Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell CBC Comp 409
Denny Vaughan Happy Days Are Here Again Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Johnny Cowell Walk Hand in Hand The Tender Loving Care
Jerry Toth Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady The Classic Jerry Toth
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Mrs. Robinson The Now Sound
Peter Appleyard What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? The Lincolnshire Poacher
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 4th movement Transformations - Invocations
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Moe Koffman Backbone Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Peter Appleyard Wave The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Ben McPeek Kapuskasing Kaper The Original Sounds of
Denny Vaughan Stranger on the Shore A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Hagood Hardy Juarez '62 Reflections
Eugene Amaro Love Theme (Gone With The Wind) Warm
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Original Toronto Dixieland Band
Moe Koffman Trains and Boats and Planes Goes Electric
Henry Cuesta Fate Clarinet With Strings
Jimmy Namaro Afro-Rock We Gotta Get It All Together
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Bill Badgley Fernando Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Yesterday It’s a Sign of the Times
Dr. Music Time for Goodbye Doug Riley Transcription
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 2nd movement Transformations - Invocations
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Guido Basso Winter Wonderland Christmas Today
The Laurie Bower Singers She's Always A Woman You
The Laurie Bower Singers Lotta Love When You Say Goodbye
Johnny Cowell Presto From Vivaldi's Concerto In A Major (Maurice Andre) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Jerry Toth Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Jimmy Namaro Call Me Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Jimmy Dale If Toronto Instrumental
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Silver (A Prayer) Transformations - Invocations
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Shadow Of Your Smile The Now Sound
Jimmy Namaro Soft Hands Driftwood
Ed Bickert Ed Bickert - Windows The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)
Joyce Sullivan As Long as He Needs Me The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Doug Wilson Quartet Canadian Theme Canada b/w Canadian Theme

One Bright Morning

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Tony Quarrington

Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

It's Gotta Be Love

Johnny Cowell / It's Gotta Be Love LABELS

Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love MINT BACK

Night's Disgrace

Yellow Fever

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Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 01

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace INLAY

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace BACK

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever LABELS

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever BACK

The Vibraphone Of

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of LABELS

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of BACK

Peter Appleyard Presents

Toronto Instrumental

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Vibe Sound Of

Per-cus-sive Jazz

ST

The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Doug Riley Transcription

Doug Riley

Freedom

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