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
Jerry Toth	Tara's Theme .. Erich Traugott trumpet solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:21
Norman Amadio Trio	Frenesi	ST	02:05
Doug Crosley	For All We Know	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:49
Guido Basso	Sweet Georgia Fame	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	05:23
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Tommy Ambrose	Time After Time	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:05
Lucio Agostini	March Wind	Action With Agostini	03:19
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake	The Toronto Sessions	04:59
Peter Appleyard	Mambo #V	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Out Here On My Own	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
Jerry Toth	I Am In Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:24
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Peaches and Brandy	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:01
Jimmy Namaro	When the World Was Young	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:13
Peter Appleyard	The Man That Got Away	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:37
Jerry Toth	Pieces Of Dreams	The Twelve Sides Of	02:36
Doug Crosley	You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:30
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David)	Now!	03:14
Moe Koffman	The Storm (Presto)	The Four Seasons	01:54
Joyce Sullivan	I Could Write a Book	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:54
Johnny Cowell	Hora Stacatto (Doc Severinson and Raphael Mendez)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:23
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Petite Waltz	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
Lucio Agostini	Fiddler's Frolic	Action With Agostini	02:42
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Hagood Hardy	If I Had Nothing But a Dream	Reflections	02:51
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Live & Let Die	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:27
Moe Koffman	The Calm (Adagio)	The Four Seasons	01:59
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
Johnny Cowell	Silver Thread & Golden Needles	The Tender Loving Care	02:39
Ben McPeek	Get Out of Town	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:33
Ben McPeek	Fascinating Rhythm	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:05
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	Got A Feelin'	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:32
Lucio Agostini	Captain Bacardi	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:34
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil)	Now!	05:38
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Paul Zaza	Peace River	Images	02:46
Rick Wilkins	Holiday	Discovery	03:18
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning (Previn/Karlin)	ST	02:18
Guido Basso	Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein)	Lost in the Stars	04:57
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:59
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Guido Basso	Don't Know Why (Jesse Harris)	Lost in the Stars	05:05
Denny Vaughan	Yesterday When I Was Young	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:51
John Arpin	Gladiolus Rag (1907)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:11
Peter Appleyard	This Masquerade	ST	03:01
Denny Vaughan	Windy	Girls I Knew	02:31
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Sanderlings	Love One Another (Trevor Jones)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Fair	Looks Like We Made It	03:54
Teddy Roderman	Autumn Concerto	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:43
Hagood Hardy	Juarez '62	Reflections	03:13
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bali Ha'I	ST	03:42
Robert Tennison Troupe	I Can See (Instrumental)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:44
Paul Hoffert	Phoenix	The Jazz Roots of	04:40
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Denny Vaughan	Love Me Tender	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:44
Peter Appleyard	Ben	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:17
Henry Cuesta	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Guido Basso	You're Nearer	One More for the Road	06:03
Lenny Breau	My Funny Valentine	Guitar Sounds From	04:54
Carol McCartney	I Concentrate On You	A Night in Tunisia	05:14
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	At the Ports of Call	02:04
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Johnny Cowell	Theme from Zorba (Herb Alpert)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:36
Ben McPeek	Everything's Alright	Peace Train	02:46
Terry Watada	Yellow Fever	Yellow Fever	03:59
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	The Getaway	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:27
Compilation	Hogtown Hoe-Down	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:05
Norman Amadio Trio	Mein Shtetele Belz	ST	02:13
The Mutual Understanding	Wonderland	In Wonderland	02:54
Compilation	Roy Patterson - Inland Passages Suite: Part II: The Road Song	Jazz Toronto	04:19
Rick Wilkins	Summer Song	For the Sake of Music	03:34
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Moe Koffman	Sure It Is	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:37
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Castle Rock	Bluesprint	04:45
John Arpin	Tickled to Death	Concert In Ragtime	01:57
Lucio Agostini	Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:27
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:11
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	Shadow Song	Wish I Was A Plane	03:14
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Breezin' Along With the Breeze	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	01:50
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Denny Vaughan	I Love You Because	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:41
Rick Wilkins	Swinging On a Star	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:57
Rick Wilkins	A Wish Away	For the Sake of Music	03:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wedding Cake	Feelin'	02:21
Doug Randle	You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:18
Hagood Hardy	Misty	Reflections	03:45
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yes It's Toronto	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:58
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 2nd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:39
Wally Koster	My Funny Valentine	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:10
Lenny Breau	A Taste of Honey	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:30
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:38
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening	02:16

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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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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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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