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
Jimmy Namaro This Could be the Start of Something Big Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Georgia Camp Meeting + Horn = Dixie
Compilation Talk to the Animals (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Lucio Agostini Taxi Action With Agostini
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 5th movement Transformations - Invocations
Johnny Cowell Marcella's Waltz (Valse Brilliante) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Rick Wilkins Ballad for Carolyn My Heart Belongs to Me
Moe Koffman Mein Shtetel Belz Tales of Koffman
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When Ragtime Alex Plays the Humoresque (vocal by Trump Davidson) (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby Strictly Nimmons
Tommy Ambrose Time After Time Young Tommy Ambrose
Johnny Cowell Hora Stacatto (Doc Severinson and Raphael Mendez) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Robert Tennison Troupe Just Like a Fool Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here
Teddy Roderman So Let Our Love Begin Makin' It With You
Lucio Agostini Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme) Once Upon a Hundred Years
Hagood Hardy & the Montage If I Could ST
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra South of Pago Pago ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Daniel Wish I Was A Plane
Hagood Hardy Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly) The Christmas Album
Guido Basso Ill Wind One More for the Road
Norman Amadio Trio Hallelujah ST
Lucio Agostini Brazil Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Moe Koffman Curried Sole Moe's Curried Soul
Carol McCartney A Night in Tunisia A Night in Tunisia
Moe Koffman Jazz Merengue Tales of Koffman
The Laurie Bower Singers Too Much Is On The Line When You Say Goodbye
Hagood Hardy Silent Night, Holy Night The Christmas Album
Paul Zaza Flight to the Sun Faces and Places
Compilation Billy Van - Kiss The Wind 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
The Laurie Bower Singers Take The Long Way Home When You Say Goodbye
Eugene Amaro Send In The Clowns Warm
Guido Basso Windmills of Your Mind And All That Latin Jazz!
Moe Koffman Walk Away Renee Turned on
Joyce Sullivan Bill The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' My Best Girl + Horn = Dixie
Jimmy Namaro East of the Sun Driftwood
Kathryn Moses Touch Me ST
Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Fair Weather The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Guido Basso Love Talk Love Talk
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Bacharach-David) Now!
Rick Wilkins Déjà vu Discovery
Bill Butler I'll Remember April The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Denny Vaughn Miss Wistful Girls I Knew
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Jimmy Namaro Moanin' Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Jimmy Dale Till the End of Time Profiles
Tommy Ambrose A Cottage for Sale Young Tommy Ambrose
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Look Of Love The Now Sound
Bill Butler I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Let's Face the Music and Dance And I Love Her
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 4th movement Transformations - Invocations
Carol McCartney You Don't Know What Love Is A Night in Tunisia
Rick Wilkins Why Think About Tomorrow From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Angie Baby Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Lenny Breau Neptune ST
Guido Basso Embraceable You A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - What Now My Love Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Lenny Breau Bluesette The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Ed Bickert Keeping Myself For You Bye Bye Baby
John Arpin You are the Sunshine of My Life Direct to Disc
Lucio Agostini Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Phil Nimmons Group The Perfect Nanny Mary Popppins Swings
Pat Riccio Then I'll Be Tired of You (Schwarz-Harburg) Doug Crosley: vocals From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Rick Wilkins My Heart Belongs to Me My Heart Belongs to Me
Peter Appleyard Moon Glow The Vibe Sound Of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sing Do Something Nice Today!
Compilation Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper Motorcars In Concert 1970
Guido Basso Winter Wonderland Christmas Today
Jimmy Dale Night Song Soft and Groovy
Hagood Hardy Folks Who Live on the Hill Stop 33 Sutton Place
Moe Koffman Coaster Cool and Hot Sax
Paul Hoffert Grotto Walk The Jazz Roots of
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra I Love You And I Love Her
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Maple Leaf Rag + Horn = Dixie
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Paul Zaza Mellow Moments Coasting (with Isaacs)
Ben McPeek Mynah Merengue The Original Sounds of
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice (It's All Right) ST
Compilation Ted Komar - My Beloved CBC Comp 409
Paul Zaza Sailing High Images
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Do Something Nice Today!
Bill Butler Violets for Your Furs The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Johnny Cowell Caesar's Palace Hot Brass
Peter Appleyard You Put the Shine on Me Peter Appleyard Presents
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Voices of Spring Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Denny Vaughn My Cherie Amour Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Rick Wilkins You Can Have Me Anytime Discovery
Colina Phillips River Jordan Toronto Vocalist
Hagood Hardy As Time Goes By As Time Goes By
Johnny Cowell Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Norman Amadio Trio Nica's Dream ST
Sanderlings Love One Another (Trevor Jones) With The Jim Pirie Orchestra
Ben McPeek Fascinating Rhythm His Voices and His Orchestra
Peter Appleyard The Man That Got Away Per-cus-sive Jazz
Phil Nimmons Group Stay Awake Mary Popppins Swings
Lucio Agostini Voyageur Canoe Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Yorkville Avenue Band Alexander's Ragtime Band "Moving Day"
2B3 Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy The Toronto Sessions

FEATURED

Denny Vaughn - Girls I Knew

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

FEATURED

Denny Vaughn - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

FEATURED

Denny Vaughn - 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 Vaughn - 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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