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
Russ Little More Than You Know Snapshot
Lenny Breau I Remember Hank Mo' Breau
Moe Koffman Cantelope Island Moe's Curried Soul
Eugene Amaro Wheels Of Life Warm
John Arpin King Porter Stomp Concert In Ragtime
The Laurie Bower Singers Do You Know Got a Feelin' for Love
Jimmy Dale Triste Soft and Groovy
Moe Koffman Coaster Cool and Hot Sax
Denny Vaughan The Girl Next Door Girls I Knew
Johnny Burt Society Something Big ….Come Summer
Ron Collier Tentet Walking Out ST
Ron Collier Tentet Just About Now ST
John Arpin I Can't Depend On Love Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Kathryn Moses My Romance ST
Russ Little Nikki's Grin Footwork
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Caribbean Moonlight ST
Johnny Cowell Spring Rain Our Winter Love
The Brian Browne Trio After Midnight Toronto Instrumental
Norman Amadio Trio Oh Lady Be Good ST
Wally Koster My One and Only Love The Songs of Wally Koster
Terry Watada The Hawk (Reprise) Night's Disgrace
Bill Badgley Nadia's Theme Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Peter Appleyard Who Needs It ST
The Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Kiss Waltz Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Guido Basso Second Chance One More for the Road
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra It Might As Well Be Spring Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Rick Wilkins Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars) For the Sake of Music
Guido Basso Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill) Lost in the Stars
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Moe Koffman You Are My Sunshine Moe's Curried Soul
Guido Basso My Foolish Heart A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra A Garden in the Rain Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Jerry Toth It's a Great Life The Music Of
The Laurie Bower Singers Wedding Cake Feelin'
Guido Basso Tara's Theme It's Happening (re-issue)
Hogtown Trumpets Back Bacon Blues CBC Comp 434 comp
Knights of the Round Flugel Walkin' On New Grass (Ray Pennington) Bye Bye Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Minute To Minute When You Say Goodbye
Compilation L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Lucio Agostini Black Rose (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Rick Wilkins Should I Love Again From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Moe Koffman Anteater's Dance Moe's Curried Soul
Russ Little Blue Monk On the Shoulders of Giants
Jimmy Namaro Good Morning Annie Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Compilation Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue Jazz Toronto
Doug Randle Warm in the Sunshine Songs for the New Industrial State
Johnny Cowell Flight of the Bumblebee (Wynton Marsalis) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Rick Wilkins I Could Have Been a Sailor Discovery
Moe Koffman The Swingin' Shepherd Blues Goes Electric
Lenny Breau Spanjazz The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Voices of Spring Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Jimmy Namaro Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Lenny Breau But Beautiful Mo' Breau
The Laurie Bower Singers She's Always A Woman You
Bill Badgley Moonlight Sonata Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Teddy Roderman Up-Up and Away Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Moe Koffman Hey There Cool and Hot Sax
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
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)
Lucio Agostini Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
The Laurie Bower Singers Rhumba Girl It Goes Like It Goes
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sunny The Now Sound
The Laurie Bower Singers Rain Brings People Together Wish I Was A Plane
Hagood Hardy Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly) The Christmas Album
Doug Randle Get Happy Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Bill Butler Chopin Nocturne In E Flat Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Ron Collier Tentet I Feel Pretty ST
Tony Quarrington Savannah (For South Africa) One Bright Morning
The Laurie Bower Singers Do You Think I'd Call It Love When You Say Goodbye
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Candida It's Impossible
John Arpin Tickled to Death Concert In Ragtime
Ben McPeek Happy Talk His Voices and His Orchestra
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek) Peter & The Wolf Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music
The Laurie Bower Singers Wish I Was A Plane Wish I Was A Plane
Compilation Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T. Jazz Toronto
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Rag Medley (Rogers) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Bill Butler I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Ben McPeek Every Bit of Love Thinking of You
Lucio Agostini Gazpacho Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Bill Butler Manhattan Serenade Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Ben McPeek Both Sides Now Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Compilation Ben McPeek - For Lovin' Me Motorcars In Concert 1970
Moe Koffman Pretzel Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Jerry Toth Theme From "Search" The Twelve Sides Of
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Bossa Noto Bluesprint
2B3 Rob Gusevs, Denis Keldie - Hush The Toronto Sessions
Rick Wilkins (Our) Love is Here to Stay From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Johnny Cowell Stay With Me The Tender Loving Care
Ron Collier Tentet Come Sunday ST
Phil Nimmons Group Kicks (Outro) Nimmons 'N' Nine
Guido Basso Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Lost in the Stars
Lucio Agostini Taboo Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Russ Little Friday Night at the Cadillac Club On the Shoulders of Giants
Johnny Cowell Don't Look Back It's Gotta Be Love
The Laurie Bower Singers I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today Take Me Home Country Roads
Hagood Hardy & the Montage My Love Montage
The Laurie Bower Singers Key Largo Laurie Bower

In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along

….Come Summer

Trombone - Teddy Roderman

Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist

ST

Halifax Instrumental

ST

Ed Bickert / ST LABELS

Ed Bickert / ST BACK

Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

45-Jim O'Driscoll - The English Horn Of (CBC LM 151) VINYL 02

45-Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues (CBC LM 150) VINYL 02

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Deeper and Deeper

Footwork

Slow Burn

On the Shoulders of Giants

45-Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough VINYL 02

Snapshot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

Montage

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45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

Out of the Past

back

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together LABEL 02

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together LABEL 01

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together BACK

We Gotta Get It All Together

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