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
Doug Riley	Jump for Joy	Freedom	05:10
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yesterday	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:10
Peter Appleyard	Spanish Pearls	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:07
Doug Crosley	Pisces Child (Dolores Claman)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
John Arpin	Jenny's Tune	Direct to Disc	02:54
Moe Koffman	Overture To Summer (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:03
Terry Watada	Jazz On a Rainy Day	Night's Disgrace	03:37
Denny Vaughan	The Goldiger's Song (With Plenty of Money and You)	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:41
Doug Randle	You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:48
Hagood Hardy	A Boy Named Charlie Brown	Maybe Tomorrow	03:14
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Petite Waltz	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
Terry Watada	Maverick Chinaman	Night's Disgrace	10:36
Ben McPeek	Alouette	The Original Sounds of	02:20
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wolverine Blues	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:42
Jimmy Namaro	Night Sounds	At the Westbury	02:54
Paul Hoffert	Lover Man	The Jazz Roots of	11:00
Lucio Agostini	Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:16
Lenny Breau	Killer Joe	Minor's Aloud	06:12
Jerry Toth	Guitar Concerto: Adagio	The Music Of	04:07
The Brian Browne Trio	Careless Love	The Toronto Scene	04:21
Compilation	Autumn Leaves (arranged by Orville Hoover)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	03:18
Hagood Hardy	Reunion (Theme from Rituals)	Tell Me My Name	03:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Johnny Cowell	Runnin' Away	Hot Brass	02:20
Henry Cuesta	Forever April	Clarinet With Strings	02:11
Bill Butler	Summertime	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Peter Appleyard	Passion Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:59
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening	01:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just a Little Song	Back Home Again	02:29
Doug Randle	Song for the Middle Aged	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:06
John Arpin	The Last Time I Saw Her Face	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love	Laurie Bower	03:38
Rick Wilkins	I Could Have Been a Sailor	Discovery	02:59
Eugene Amaro	Send In The Clowns	Warm	03:17
Peter Appleyard	Sophisticated Lady	ST	02:42
Jimmy Namaro	Cool Fool	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:40
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)	02:47
Guido Basso	Take the 'A' Train	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
Denny Vaughan	May All Your Troubles be Little Ones	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	02:36
Johnny Cowell	Road of Love	Our Winter Love	02:22
Russ Little	Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings)	Deeper and Deeper	01:44
Ed Bickert	Keeping Myself For You	Bye Bye Baby	06:14
Jimmy Namaro	The Moon is Low	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:14
Lenny Breau	My Funny Valentine	Guitar Sounds From	04:54
John Arpin	Cannonball Blues	Concert In Ragtime	02:16
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:51
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Medley: It's Too Late-I Feel the Grass Grow Beneath My Feet	Montage	04:28
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Paul Zaza	Portrait of a Rose	Faces and Places	02:47
Swing Sisters	Davenport Blues	Davenport Blues	03:20
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	+ Horn = Dixie	02:44
Lucio Agostini	Up, Up and a Bull	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:22
Eugene Amaro	Another Time	Warm	03:21
Guido Basso	Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans)	Lost in the Stars	06:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	Evergreen	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:11
Phil Nimmons Group	Blue Lou	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Night's Disgrace	03:58
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:08
Teddy Roderman	Dance Of A Hip Gypsy	Makin' It With You	02:31
Ben McPeek	American Woman	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:37
Hagood Hardy	The Children's Song	As Time Goes By	02:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake	The Toronto Sessions	04:59
Jerry Toth	Last Tango In Paris	The Twelve Sides Of	02:38
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Guido Basso	Fascinating Rhythm	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	03:43
Carol McCartney	No More Blues	A Night in Tunisia	05:05
Ron Collier Tentet	I Believe In You	ST	02:59
Ivy Steel	God Bless the Child	Reincarnation	04:58
Colina Phillips	Never Had it So Good	Toronto Vocalist	03:23
Jimmy Namaro	With Mallets Towards Some	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:56
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Struttin' Your Stuff	Sailin' Home	03:45
Paul Hoffert	Grotto Walk	The Jazz Roots of	02:48
Doug Crosley	Good Morning (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Denny Vaughan	Hi Neighbor	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Crooked Mile	Wish I Was A Plane	02:43
Denny Vaughan	The Girl Next Door	Girls I Knew	02:49
Hagood Hardy	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Lucio Agostini	Centennial Caravan	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:06
Paul Zaza	Sunday Morning	Images	02:40
Jimmy Dale	Wave	Soft and Groovy	02:43
Ivy Steel	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
Lenny Breau	Secret Love	Minor's Aloud	05:10
Ron Collier Tentet	Hockey Theme	ST	02:18
Hagood Hardy	Gary - A Remembrance	As Time Goes By	02:52
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Hagood Hardy	Joy, Joy	The Christmas Album	01:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Hold On to a Little Bit of Love	Morning Has Broken	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	September Morn	When You Say Goodbye	03:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rock With You	When You Say Goodbye	03:18
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
The Mutual Understanding	Sunshine Man	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:05
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Bass-ically Yours	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:19
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	Something is Happening	Feelin'	02:16
Ben McPeek	Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:31

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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