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
Lucio Agostini Black Rose (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Jimmy Dale Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey Toronto Instrumental
Peter Appleyard Telephone Song The Lincolnshire Poacher
Bill Badgley Aubrey Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Ed Bickert Pensativa Bye Bye Baby
Compilation Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut Motorcars In Concert 1970
Guido Basso Two Bass Hit Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Doug Randle Song for the Middle Aged Songs for the New Industrial State
Hagood Hardy Winter Wonderland The Christmas Album
Yorkville Avenue Band St. Louis Blues "Moving Day"
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Bianca Sailin' Home
2B3 Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest The Toronto Sessions
Pete Schofield and the Canadians A Brand New Scene Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Kicks (Closing Theme) Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Guido Basso Give Her My Love It's Happening (re-issue)
Phil Nimmons Group The Perfect Nanny Mary Popppins Swings
Paul Zaza Song of the Stars Images
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Jennine Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Bill Badgley Sand and Sea Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Phil Nimmons Group Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag) Mary Popppins Swings
Eugene Amaro Sans Souci The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Moe Koffman Twist the Hully Gully Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Carol McCartney East of the Sun A Night in Tunisia
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Fly Me to the Moon And I Love Her
Hagood Hardy & the Montage If I Could ST
Rick Wilkins If You Remember Me Discovery
Guido Basso For Awhile Love Talk
Teddy Roderman Up-Up and Away Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
The Laurie Bower Singers Crooked Mile Wish I Was A Plane
Ed Bickert Ed Bickert - The Dreamer The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)
Eugene Amaro Strangers In The Night The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Teddy Roderman Watching Scotty Grow Makin' It With You
John Arpin Love and Maple Syrup Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Denny Vaughan Hi Neighbor Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Hogtown Trumpets Back Bacon Blues CBC Comp 434 comp
Peter Appleyard Where is the Love The Lincolnshire Poacher
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Ask Me Why It Goes Like It Goes
Guido Basso Christina And All That Latin Jazz!
Phil Nimmons Group Who Walks Nimmons 'N' Nine
Jackie Richardson You've Got to Give Me Room Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Doug Crosley In the Forest (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Rick Wilkins Without Your Love Discovery
Hagood Hardy Folks Who Live on the Hill Stop 33 Sutton Place
Hagood Hardy Love Song Reflections
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Let's Face the Music and Dance And I Love Her
Lucio Agostini Carey (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Ron Collier Tentet I Feel Pretty ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Didn't We The Rose And The Rain
Jackie Richardson If I Could Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jimmy Namaro Balikpapan Driftwood
Hogtown Trumpets Ludwig's Bugle CBC Comp 434 comp
Ed Bickert It Might As Well Be Spring I Like To Recognize the Tune
Hagood Hardy Travellin' On The Homecoming
Lucio Agostini Guadalajara Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Medley #2: My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Five Foot Two - Runnin' Wild (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Hagood Hardy Will You Still be Mine? Stop 33 Sutton Place
Compilation Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha Motorcars In Concert 1970
Rick Wilkins Lowdown My Heart Belongs to Me
Jimmy Namaro Beachcomber's Blues Driftwood
Johnny Cowell Siberian Love Song Our Winter Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Blame Me Laurie Bower
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Do Something Nice Today!
The Laurie Bower Singers Together Take Me Home Country Roads
Fred Stone Tamara The Music of Fred Stone
Compilation Ken Steele - Gently 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Bill Badgley Theme from the Sand Pebbles At the Ports of Call
Joyce Sullivan Grandfather's Clock The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Guido Basso The Good Life One More for the Road
Jimmy Dale My Reverie Profiles
Ron Collier Tentet Relaxin' ST
Compilation Season of the Yonge Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Collage #3 Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Hagood Hardy Rain, Rain Stop 33 Sutton Place
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra It Might As Well Be Spring Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Guido Basso Suite P.E.I. Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Ben McPeek Talk It Over In The Morning Peace Train
The Brian Browne Trio Waltzing Matilda The Toronto Scene
Paul Zaza Sun Ranch Coasting (with Isaacs)
Ben McPeek Silent Cinema Thinking of You
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Waltz Medley (Bicycle Built for Two - Sidewalks of New York - Take Me Out to the Ball Game) (arr. Read) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Jerry Toth Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady The Classic Jerry Toth
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wolverine Blues Original Toronto Dixieland Band
The Laurie Bower Singers Tell No Lies You
Paul Zaza Guitarra Espana Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Cry Out Loud It Goes Like It Goes
Henry Cuesta Singin' My Song Plays Favourites
Bill Badgley In the Arms of Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Henry Cuesta Proud Mary Plays Favourites
Eugene Amaro Girl From Ipanema The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Moe Koffman Country Song Moe's Curried Soul
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Watermelon Man The Now Sound
Phil Nimmons Group Fascinating Rhythm Nimmons 'N' Nine
Bill Butler Spring Will be a Little Late This Year The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Lucio Agostini Dundurn Castle Once Upon a Hundred Years
Bill Badgley Nadia's Theme Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Phil Nimmons Group Last Night When We Were Young Take 10
Johnny Cowell Our Winter Love Our Winter Love
Lucio Agostini The Girls of Spain Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Don Gillis Lady Death Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
Rick Wilkins Summer Song For the Sake of Music

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

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

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