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
Jackie Richardson	The Lies of Handsome Men	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:58
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Jimmy Namaro	Anna Maria Waltz	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:17
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:11
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Mrs. Robinson	The Now Sound	03:08
Ed Bickert	Come Rain or Come Shine	ST	09:46
Hagood Hardy	When a Child	The Christmas Album	04:38
Ron Collier Tentet	Just About Now	ST	02:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sing Me a Rainbow	Feelin'	02:18
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Lucio Agostini	Heart of Gold (Neil Young)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:47
Moe Koffman	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Goes Electric	02:43
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look and See	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:44
Guido Basso	Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour)	Lost in the Stars	04:51
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks (Outro)	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:33
Hagood Hardy	The Homecoming	The Homecoming	02:34
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:21
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Theme for Susan	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:40
Russ Little	Little Prince	Snapshot	05:35
Phil Nimmons Group	My Old Flame	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:39
Paul Zaza	Autumn Reflections	Images	02:56
Moe Koffman	Alone Together	The Shepherd Swings Again	04:09
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It Takes Time (Shirley Eikhard)	It's Impossible	02:22
Jerry Toth	One (from a Chorus Line)	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:42
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Paul Zaza	Fine and Dandy	Faces and Places	02:31
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Fair	Looks Like We Made It	03:54
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	South of Pago Pago	ST	03:13
Johnny Cowell	For What it's Worth	It's Gotta Be Love	02:35
Henry Cuesta	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Clarinet With Strings	02:08
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:54
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Lush Life	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just a Little Song	Back Home Again	02:29
Jimmy Dale	Strange Music	Profiles	03:29
Carol McCartney	I Thought About You	A Night in Tunisia	04:51
Ben McPeek	Kapuskasing Kaper	The Original Sounds of	02:57
John Arpin	You are the Sunshine of My Life	Direct to Disc	02:58
Ron Collier Tentet	Hockey Theme	ST	02:18
The Mutual Understanding	When The World Was Young	In Wonderland	03:49
Paul Hoffert	Grotto Walk	The Jazz Roots of	02:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Christmas is for Children	Christmas is for Children b/w What is Christmas (Pop Style)	01:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	Driftwood	03:05
Hagood Hardy	Silent Sky	Tell Me My Name	02:42
Ben McPeek	Track 17	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	Guitar Man	Wish I Was A Plane	03:19
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	And I Love Her	02:14
Ben McPeek	Charade	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:14
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	At the Ports of Call	02:34
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
Lenny Breau	Mister Night	ST	04:45
Phil Nimmons Group	Squeeze Play	Take 10	03:58
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	The Vibraphone Of	02:31
Paul Zaza	Blue Lagoon	Images	02:33
Jimmy Namaro	Similau	With Mallets A 4 Thought	04:20
Wally Koster	April in Paris	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:02
Compilation	Brian Hughes - The Bridge	Jazz Toronto	04:58
Bill Butler	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:48
Lenny Breau	I Love You Because (Leon Payne)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:17
Lucio Agostini	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:36
Colina Phillips	Never Had it So Good	Toronto Vocalist	03:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:40
Guido Basso	Estate	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:33
Hagood Hardy	Cold on the Shoulder	The Homecoming	03:31
Pat Riccio	In To Miami (Barry)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:15
Hagood Hardy	Workin' In L.A.	As Time Goes By	04:00
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It's Impossible	It's Impossible	03:16
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:32
Compilation	Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:29
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Moe Koffman	The Mighty Quinn	Turned on	02:01
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Lucio Agostini	A Banda	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Southern Nights	Looks Like We Made It	02:57
Jimmy Dale	I Should Care	Soft and Groovy	03:03
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	04:02
Bill Badgley	Lady	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Killing Me Softly (With This Song)	Do Something Nice Today!	03:10
Henry Cuesta	Singin' My Song	Plays Favourites	02:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	Stop And Smell The Roses	Back Home Again	02:54
Dr. Music	Shoot	Doug Riley Transcription	06:55
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Rag Medley (Rogers)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:00
Yorkville Avenue Band	Moving Day	"Moving Day"	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're Driving Me Crazy	Feelin'	02:57
Russ Little	Autumn in New York	Snapshot	06:10
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening	02:43
Rick Wilkins	Lowdown	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:41
Moe Koffman	Twist the Hully Gully	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Robert Tennison Troupe	I Can See (Instrumental)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:44
Jerry Toth	Last Tango In Paris	The Twelve Sides Of	02:38
Ben McPeek	Get Out of Town	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:33
Jerry Toth	Who Are You Now? .. Nicholas Fiore flute solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:19
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - It Ain't Necessarily So	CBC Comp 409	02:49
Jerry Toth	The Importance of the Rose	The Music Of	02:09
Jimmy Namaro	Call Me	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:38
Johnny Cowell	Stawberry Jam	His Girl	02:04

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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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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