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
Guido Basso S'Wonderful And All That Latin Jazz!
Hagood Hardy Juarez '62 Reflections
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Hagood Hardy Rain, Rain Stop 33 Sutton Place
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 1st movement Transformations - Invocations
Guido Basso Early Morning Rain Love Talk
Lenny Breau That's All The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Johnny Cowell Stay With Me The Tender Loving Care
Johnny Cowell The Swagger O' The Kilt His Girl
Guido Basso Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour) Lost in the Stars
The Laurie Bower Singers Country Comfort Take Me Home Country Roads
Ed Bickert Street of Dreams I Like To Recognize the Tune
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Do Something Nice Today!
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Do Something Nice Today Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wang Wang Blues Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Rick Wilkins I Could Have Been a Sailor Discovery
Wally Koster My One and Only Love The Songs of Wally Koster
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 5th movement Transformations - Invocations
Paul Zaza Maid of the Mist Images
John Arpin Love and Maple Syrup Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Brian Browne Trio Waltzing Matilda The Toronto Scene
Ben McPeek Ramblin' Rose The Original Sounds of
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Bill Badgley Lady Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Lenny Breau Bluesette The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Guido Basso Dale be There And All That Latin Jazz!
Bill Badgley Sand and Sea At the Ports of Call
Moe Koffman Curried Sole Moe's Curried Soul
Jimmy Namaro So Danco Samba We Gotta Get It All Together
Lenny Breau Blues Theme #2 The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale Driftwood
Rick Wilkins The Way You Look Tonight From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Bill Badgley Moon Love At the Ports of Call
Peter Appleyard Mack The Knife Per-cus-sive Jazz
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Lucio Agostini Introduction Once Upon a Hundred Years
Ben McPeek Maxwell's Silver Hammer Thinking of You
Eugene Amaro What's Goin' On Twilight Time
Jimmy Dale Where Is the Love? Toronto Instrumental
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Baby Elephant Walk The Old Meets the New
The Laurie Bower Singers Too Much Is On The Line When You Say Goodbye
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Love for Sale Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Jimmy Namaro Carnival Brasiliero Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Compilation Talk to the Animals (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Moe Koffman Overture To Spring (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Knock Three Times Do Something Nice Today!
Moe Koffman General Delivery Cool and Hot Sax
Lucio Agostini Caramba (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Doug Randle Song for the Middle Aged Songs for the New Industrial State
Guido Basso Winter Wonderland Christmas Today
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Coasting (with Isaacs)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Kiss Waltz Trombone - Teddy Roderman
The Laurie Bower Singers Hey Look Got a Feelin' for Love
Ron Collier Tentet Relaxin' ST
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Paul Zaza For Julia Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Swing Sisters Davenport Blues Davenport Blues
Guido Basso The Good Life One More for the Road
Paul Zaza Fiesta Flamenco Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Johnny Cowell Sweet and Sour Chop Chop Hot Brass
Lenny Breau A Taste of Honey The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Paul Zaza Summer Evening Images
Compilation Rhonda Silver - I Saw It Happen 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Bill Badgley Theme from the Sand Pebbles At the Ports of Call
Doug Randle Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Jerry Toth Pieces Of Dreams The Twelve Sides Of
Doug Crosley (theme from) Love Story With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Hagood Hardy & the Montage How Insensitive Montage
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One for Mr. 'B' Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Pete Schofield and the Canadians A Brand New Scene Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Moe Koffman Sunshower (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Johnny Cowell Close to You The Tender Loving Care
Johnny Cowell You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Tender Loving Care
Lenny Breau I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Paul Zaza Follow the Sun Faces and Places
Eugene Amaro To Spend My Love Twilight Time
Peter Appleyard Pavanne pour une infante défunte Peter Appleyard Presents
Paul Zaza Welcome Home Faces and Places
John Arpin Gladiolus Rag (1907) Other Side Of Ragtime
Bill Badgley If You Leave Me Now Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Compilation Ted Komar - Bela Bimba CBC Comp 409
Jackie Richardson Stay With Me Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Not Soon Enough Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Paul Zaza Guitarra Gitana Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Mutual Understanding Wonderland In Wonderland
Henry Cuesta Me And You And A Dog Named Boo Plays Favourites
Pat Riccio Michelle (Lennon-McCartney) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Guido Basso Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered And All That Latin Jazz!
Eugene Amaro Strangers In The Night The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Compilation Autumn Leaves (arranged by Orville Hoover) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Wally Koster September Song The Songs of Wally Koster
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Bossa Noto Bluesprint
The Laurie Bower Singers Rock With You When You Say Goodbye
Jimmy Namaro Balikpapan Driftwood
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Baby I'm a Want You Montage
The Laurie Bower Singers Back Home Again Back Home Again
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon/Garfunkel) ST
John Arpin Go My Way Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot

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

Thinking of You

Driftwood

Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

At the Westbury

With Mallets A 4 Thought

Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Namaro, Jimmy

Jimmy Namaro-We Gotta Keep it Together LABEL 02

Jimmy Namaro-We Gotta Keep it Together LABEL 01

Jimmy Namaro-We Gotta Keep it Together BACK

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