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 - Fair Weather	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:57
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Watch Out for the Little People	Strictly Nimmons	04:25
Compilation	Episode 7-Oh!	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:19
Hagood Hardy	Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home	Tell Me My Name	03:49
Paul Hoffert	Phoenix	The Jazz Roots of	04:40
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Gold (The Challenge)	Transformations - Invocations	10:24
The Mutual Understanding	Little Girl Blue	In Wonderland	03:29
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Peter Appleyard	Liza	The Vibe Sound Of	02:15
Jimmy Dale	Alone Again, Naturally	Toronto Instrumental	02:55
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I'll be Waiting	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:05
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:27
Bill Butler	I'm Always Chasing Rainbows	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:54
Johnny Cowell	The Swagger O' The Kilt	His Girl	02:12
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
Boogus	Take Your Clothes Off	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:49
Lucio Agostini	Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:27
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Candida	It's Impossible	03:08
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summertime	The Old Meets the New	03:21
The Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
Guido Basso	Lush Life	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:26
Peter Appleyard	Mambo #V	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:28
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wise Guys	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
Ron Collier Tentet	Fair Wind	ST	02:49
Ben McPeek	He's So Fine	Peace Train	02:50
Ben McPeek	Someday Soon	The Original Sounds of	01:53
Phil Nimmons Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27
Henry Cuesta	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:59
Lenny Breau	The Claw	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:31
John Arpin	Leola	Concert In Ragtime	03:16
Lenny Breau	On A Bach Bouree	Minor's Aloud	06:29
Johnny Cowell	Air On a G String	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:15
Johnny Cowell	Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:48
Fred Stone	Maera	The Music of Fred Stone	04:21
Teddy Roderman	Dance Of A Hip Gypsy	Makin' It With You	02:31
The Mutual Understanding	Look Around	In Wonderland	02:25
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
The Brian Browne Trio	Toot That Whistle	The Toronto Scene	02:13
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Love Talk	03:00
Doug Crosley	(theme from) Love Story	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:39
Teddy Roderman	Yellow Days	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:46
Guido Basso	Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	05:48
Jimmy Namaro	I Wanna Know	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:37
Moe Koffman	L'il Bitty Pretty One	Moe's Curried Soul	03:56
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Russ Little	Sister Sadie	On the Shoulders of Giants	04:31
Russ Little	Peace	Footwork	02:50
Rick Wilkins	Swinging On a Star	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:57
Lenny Breau	Monday, Monday	Guitar Sounds From	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just To Be Alone With You	You	02:39
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
Peter Appleyard	'S Wonderful	The Vibe Sound Of	02:18
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Eugene Amaro	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
Pat Riccio	Then I'll Be Tired of You (Schwarz-Harburg) Doug Crosley: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:01
Tony Quarrington	Roundabout	One Bright Morning	08:34
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Bill Badgley	Nadia's Theme	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:00
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	12th Street Rag (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel The Way I Do	The Rose And The Rain	02:40
Johnny Cowell	Carnival of Venice (Herbert L. Clarke)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:56
Johnny Cowell	Oops	His Girl	01:47
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I Say A Little Prayer For You	The Now Sound	02:49
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues for Someone Else	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:51
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Doug Randle	One Way Swimming	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:04
Paul Zaza	Superstar	Faces and Places	02:11
Terry Watada	The Hawk Cries a Bitter Blue	Night's Disgrace	05:53
John Arpin	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
Ben McPeek	Silent Cinema	Thinking of You	02:08
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:19
Ben McPeek	Peace Train	Peace Train	03:49
Kathryn Moses	Ready or Not	ST	03:39
Ed Bickert	Manha de Carnaval	ST	09:46
Jimmy Namaro	I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin'	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:51
Tommy Ambrose	Let Loose	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:56
Eugene Amaro	Afterglow	Warm	03:38
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Adios Muchachos	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:59
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	Papa Joe	Wish I Was A Plane	02:54
Hagood Hardy	Words	Maybe Tomorrow	03:04
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ballin' the Jack	+ Horn = Dixie	03:37
Johnny Cowell	Spring Rain	Our Winter Love	02:13
Yorkville Avenue Band	All of You	"Moving Day"	03:22
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
Lenny Breau	Emily	Mo' Breau	03:40
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Rick Wilkins	Quiescence	For the Sake of Music	02:59
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell	CBC Comp 409	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wish I Was A Plane	Wish I Was A Plane	02:50
Lenny Breau	Lone Pine	Mo' Breau	03:08
Johnny Cowell	Still Feeling Blue	It's Gotta Be Love	02:42
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	At the Ports of Call	02:04
The Mutual Understanding	I'm Old Fashioned	In Wonderland	02:31
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 1 - A Woman's View	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:26
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	View from Paddy's Head	Sailin' Home	03:10

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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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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