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
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Peter Appleyard	The P.E.I. Polka	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:31
Bill Butler	Autummn Nocturne	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:17
Don Gillis	Beautiful	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	02:26
Rick Wilkins	Without Your Love	Discovery	03:18
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Hagood Hardy	Winter Time	The Christmas Album	02:19
Lucio Agostini	Dundurn Castle	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:08
Rick Wilkins	Amarillo	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:21
Phil Nimmons Group	As a Rully	Take 10	06:05
Jimmy Namaro	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
Teddy Roderman	Mississippi	Stay Awhile	02:09
Jimmy Dale	Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Joyce Sullivan	I Could Write a Book	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:54
Jimmy Namaro	Blues for Fives	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:22
Compilation	Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:53
Moe Koffman	Pretzel Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Invitation	And I Love Her	02:25
Jimmy Dale	Strange Music	Profiles	03:29
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
The Mutual Understanding	When The World Was Young	In Wonderland	03:49
Carol McCartney	No More Blues	A Night in Tunisia	05:05
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Too Late Now	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:59
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
Lucio Agostini	Help Yourself	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:22
2B3	Doug Riley, Michael Fonfara - Steel Onions	The Toronto Sessions	05:39
Doug Randle	Cote d´Azur	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:33
Ed Bickert	Keeping Myself For You	Bye Bye Baby	06:14
Norman Amadio Trio	Oh Lady Be Good	ST	02:49
Teddy Roderman	Yellow Days	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Out Here On My Own	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
Compilation	Tommy Ambrose - In The Words of a Lover	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:04
Peter Appleyard	Soulful Strut	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	Thorn In My Shoe	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:34
Moe Koffman	Mein Shtetel Belz	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Ron Collier Tentet	Come Sunday	ST	03:02
The Brian Browne Trio	Blue Hair	The Toronto Scene	03:02
Ben McPeek	Share the Land	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:09
Guido Basso	Gentle Rain	One More for the Road	04:58
Johnny Cowell	Rejoice	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:05
Doug Randle	One Way Swimming	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:04
Doug Riley	Freedom	Freedom	04:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Here's That Rainy Day	Feelin'	02:13
Doug Randle	Song for the Middle Aged	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:06
Bill Badgley	Moonlight Sonata	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	05:02
Jimmy Dale	Music To Watch Girls By	Soft and Groovy	03:09
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Ready To Take A Chance	You	03:19
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Voices of Spring	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:09
Eugene Amaro	Did You Say	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	01:57
Lenny Breau	Monday, Monday	Guitar Sounds From	02:30
Phil Nimmons Group	My Old Flame	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:39
Lucio Agostini	Heart of Gold (Neil Young)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:47
Carol McCartney	Dat Dere	A Night in Tunisia	03:39
Terry Watada	On the Edge (Part II)	Night's Disgrace	01:10
Doug Crosley	Somewhere, Sometime (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Eugene Amaro	I Didn't Know What Time It Was	Warm	02:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look and See	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:44
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:29
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Peter Appleyard	Soft Summer Breeze	The Vibraphone Of	01:59
Guido Basso	If I Let You Go	Love Talk	02:54
Denny Vaughan	Cheerful Little Earful	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Cotton Jenny	Morning Has Broken	02:38
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Loves Theme	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:45
Guido Basso	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Christmas Today	03:13
Dr. Music	Idono	Doug Riley Transcription	07:02
Teddy Roderman	Oops	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:42
Doug Crosley	Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:44
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
Jimmy Namaro	Westside Story (Medley): Maria - Cool - America - I Feel Pretty - To-night - Dance in the Gym	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:40
Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill)	Lost in the Stars	06:08
The Brian Browne Trio	Toot That Whistle	The Toronto Scene	02:13
Guido Basso	Tour de Force (live) (Dizzy Gillespie)	Lost in the Stars	06:42
Johnny Cowell	Darling Mama	His Girl	02:22
Rick Wilkins	Swinging On a Star	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:57
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Guido Basso	Never Let Me Go	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:00
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Love Talk	03:00
Jerry Toth	It's a Great Life	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:08
Compilation	Carol Welsman - Lucky to be Me	Jazz Toronto	03:55
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Cast Your Fate to the Wind	Montage	03:15
Johnny Cowell	Moonshine	Hot Brass	02:03
Hagood Hardy	Feliz Navidad	The Christmas Album	02:58
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:59
Jerry Toth	"Odd Couple" Theme	The Music Of	02:46
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Girl	Our Winter Love	01:46
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:11
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How I Think of You	Montage	02:47
Jackie Richardson	The Lies of Handsome Men	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:58
John Arpin	Centennial Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:21
Guido Basso	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Christmas Today	02:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Happy Dreamer	Wish I Was A Plane	03:36
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke	Jazz Toronto	04:00
Compilation	Roy Patterson - Inland Passages Suite: Part II: The Road Song	Jazz Toronto	04:19
Guido Basso	Ramblin'	It's Happening	02:16
The Laurie Bower Singers	Papa Joe	Wish I Was A Plane	02:54
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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