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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Basso, Guido	East of the Sun	One More for the Road	07:21
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Sleepy Lagoon	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:58
Basso, Guido	Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw)	Love Talk	02:40
Randle, Doug	London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:34
Yorkville Avenue Band	Moving Day	"Moving Day"	03:10
Richardson, Jackie	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Laurie Bower Singers	Just a Little Song	Back Home Again	02:29
Appleyard, Peter	Just In Time	The Vibe Sound Of	02:40
Hardy, Hagood	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
Amaro, Eugene	To Spend My Love	Twilight Time	02:30
Bickert, Ed	Street of Dreams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:22
Namaro, Jimmy	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
Compilation	Brian Hughes - The Bridge	Jazz Toronto	04:58
Zaza, Paul	Sailing By	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:34
Koffman, Moe	Growing Up	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Compilation	L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:17
Namaro, Jimmy	We Gotta Get it All Together	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:50
Bickert, Ed	It Might As Well Be Spring	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:30
Koster, Wally	Wagon Wheels	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:40
Cowell, Johnny	Air On a G String	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:15
Badgley, Bill	Theme from "The Sand Pebbles"	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:17
Basso, Guido	A Lazy Afternoon (alternate version)	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Collier, Ron Tentet	Walking Out	ST	02:28
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Compilation	Dave Young & Oscar Peterson - OP&D	Jazz Toronto	05:45
Zaza, Paul	Sailing By	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:34
Namaro, Jimmy	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
Laurie Bower Singers	You Needed Me	You	03:05
Cowell, Johnny	Angel of the Morning	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
Cowell, Johnny	Roller Coaster	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:13
McPeek, Ben	Big Red	The Original Sounds of	02:42
Namaro, Jimmy	Babylon	At the Westbury	03:44
Laurie Bower Singers	I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:29
Basso, Guido	Anniversary Song	It's Happening	02:09
Hardy, Hagood	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	The Christmas Album	01:43
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Wolverine Blues	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:42
Laurie Bower Singers	September Morn	When You Say Goodbye	03:39
Tennison, Robert Troupe	Just Like a Fool	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:39
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Once I Loved (Gilbert/Jobim/DeMoraes)	ST	02:52
Agostini, Lucio	March Wind	Action With Agostini	03:19
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There'll be Some Changes Made	CBC Comp 409	02:09
Laurie Bower Singers	Evergreen	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Compilation	Jane Bunnett - Rendez-Vous	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Dale, Jimmy	Till the End of Time	Profiles	02:40
Roderman, Teddy	Sunny	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:11
Wilkins, Rick	Someone I Used to Love	Discovery	03:31
Hardy, Hagood	Just the Way You Are	Reflections	04:01
Basso, Guido	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
Hardy, Hagood	As Time Goes By	As Time Goes By	03:14
Browne, Brian Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
Sealy, Joe, Don Palmer, Tom Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	View from Paddy's Head	Sailin' Home	03:10
Cowell, Johnny	Lonely Trumpet	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:06
Graf, Eddie & His Orchestra	A Summer Place	And I Love Her	02:36
Koffman, Moe	Sunshower (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	04:23
Richardson, Jackie	I'm In Love	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:04
Zaza, Paul	Mellow Moments	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:11
Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Wilkins, Rick	Sometimes When We Touch	For the Sake of Music	03:10
Amaro, Eugene	Twilight Time	Twilight Time	02:45
2B3	Bill Payne, Rob Gusevs - Hip Hug-her	The Toronto Sessions	04:57
Appleyard, Peter	The Blue Room	The Vibe Sound Of	02:35
Namaro, Jimmy	Stranger in Paradise	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:43
Appleyard, Peter	Satin Doll	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
Laurie Bower Singers	Take The Long Way Home	When You Say Goodbye	04:07
Agostini, Lucio	Voyageur Canoe Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:32
Koffman, Moe	Hey There	Cool and Hot Sax	03:42
Wilkins, Rick	Savin' it Up	Discovery	03:46
Hogtown Trumpets	Back Bacon Blues	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:06
Dale, Jimmy	Bye Bye	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Cuesta, Henry	Skyline Stomp	Plays Favourites	02:08
Breau, Lenny	Don't Think Twice (It's All Right)	ST	06:36
Cowell, Johnny	Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:38
Zaza, Paul	Beautiful People	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
Amaro, Eugene	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Badgley, Bill	All	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:57
Namaro, Jimmy	Dark Eyes	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:13
Laurie Bower Singers	You're Driving Me Crazy	Feelin'	02:57
Laurie Bower Singers	You Never Done It Like That	You	03:09
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Petite Waltz	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
Laurie Bower Singers	She's Always A Woman	You	03:37
Butler, Bill	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Lujon	ST	02:42
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	01:59
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Maxwell’s Silver Hammer	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:46
Cuesta, Henry	Lonely Girl	Clarinet With Strings	02:29
Nimmons, Phil Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Nosey	Strictly Nimmons	05:38
Randle, Doug	A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:09
Koster, Wally	Alberta Trail	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:33
Nimmons, Phil Group	Stay Awake	Mary Popppins Swings	03:01
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	You (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Bickert, Ed	It Might as Well Be Spring	ST	05:50
Koffman, Moe	Bermuda Schwartz	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:47
Appleyard, Peter	Alone Again, Naturally	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:58
Cuesta, Henry	Thorn in My Shoe	Plays Favourites	02:12
Richardson, Jackie	If I Could	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:28
Amadio, Norman Trio	Frenesi	ST	02:05
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David)	Now!	03:14
Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Cuesta, Henry	We're at Home	Clarinet With Strings	02:10
Namaro, Jimmy	Cha Cha Chimes	Driftwood	02:14

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Browne, Brian Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

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Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra - ST

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Breau, Lenny - ST

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Namaro, Jimmy - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Badgley, Bill - Blue-Ribbon Badgley

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Badgley, Bill - At the Ports of Call

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Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Collier, Ron Tentet - ST

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Amaro, Eugene - Warm

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Agostini, Lucio - Action With Agostini

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Schofield, Pete and the Canadians - It’s a Sign of the Times

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Laurie Bower Singers - You

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Toth, Jerry - The Twelve Sides Of

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Hardy, Hagood & the Montage - ST

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Wilkins, Rick - From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)

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McPeek, Ben - Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease

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Hardy, Hagood - As Time Goes By

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Sanderlings - With The Jim Pirie Orchestra

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Hoffert, Paul - The Jazz Roots of

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Zaza, Paul - Faces and Places

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Namaro, Jimmy - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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McPeek, Ben - The Original Sounds of

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Laurie Bower Singers - Take Me Home Country Roads

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Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six - Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64

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Bickert, Ed - ST

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Basso, Guido - Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

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Randle, Doug - Songs for the New Industrial State

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Richardson, Jackie - Woman's View... Through Child Eyes

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Breau, Lenny - Minor's Aloud

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Basso, Guido - It's Happening (re-issue)

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