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	Nightcap	It's Happening	02:16
Toth, Jerry	Make Me Rainbows	The Music Of	02:29
Breau, Lenny	Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	02:17
Amadio, Norman Trio	Frenesi	ST	02:05
Breau, Lenny	Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain (Fred Rose)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:18
Cowell, Johnny	Pretty Girl	Our Winter Love	02:09
Laurie Bower Singers	Could I Have This Dance	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
Browne, Brian Trio	Toot That Whistle	The Toronto Scene	02:13
McPeek, Ben	Something Better to Do	Thinking of You	03:18
Namaro, Jimmy	Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha	Driftwood	02:54
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Love Talk	03:00
Koffman, Moe	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
McPeek, Ben	He's So Fine	Peace Train	02:50
Dale, Jimmy	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	Toronto Instrumental	02:34
Hardy, Hagood	Oh Holy Night	The Christmas Album	04:37
Zaza, Paul	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
Hardy, Hagood	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Amaro, Eugene	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
Koffman, Moe	In the Mood	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:09
Arpin, John	Bird-Brain Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:08
Hardy, Hagood	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	The Christmas Album	01:43
Agostini, Lucio	Hoedown	Action With Agostini	02:28
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Summertime	The Old Meets the New	03:21
Zaza, Paul	Flight to the Sun	Faces and Places	04:06
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	You (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	You're Here	Montage	03:32
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Nica's Dream (Horace Silver)	ST	03:03
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
Cowell, Johnny	Arioso	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:00
Badgley, Bill	June	At the Ports of Call	02:26
Hardy, Hagood	It's Not Unusual	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:00
Yorkville Avenue Band	Watcha' Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Round	"Moving Day"	03:31
Steel, Ivy	Prelude to a Kiss	Reincarnation	04:55
Koffman, Moe	Forest Flower	Goes Electric	02:51
Arpin, John	Great Scott Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:25
Basso, Guido	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Wang Wang Blues	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:42
Knights of the Round Flugel	Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams)	Bye Bye Love	02:32
Namaro, Jimmy	Dark Eyes	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:13
Arpin, John	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
Koffman, Moe	Dance Of The Leaves (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:30
Roderman, Teddy	The Green Grass Starts To Grow	Makin' It With You	02:14
Agostini, Lucio	Tico-Tico	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:35
Laurie Bower Singers	Looks Like We Made It	Looks Like We Made It	03:39
Koffman, Moe	Jazz Merengue	Tales of Koffman	03:45
Dale, Jimmy	Alone Again, Naturally	Toronto Instrumental	02:55
Zaza, Paul	Mellow Moments	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:11
Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Cry Out Loud	It Goes Like It Goes	03:14
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Goodbye	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	08:02
Cowell, Johnny	His Girl	His Girl	02:11
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Kiss Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:20
Zaza, Paul	Malaguena	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:51
Namaro, Jimmy	I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin'	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:51
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Mrs. Robinson	The Now Sound	03:08
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Hardy, Hagood	Don't Give up on Us	Tell Me My Name	02:52
Wilkins, Rick	Why Think About Tomorrow	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:43
Dale, Jimmy	Guanabara	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Koffman, Moe	Backbone Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:21
Richardson, Jackie	If I Could Only Sleep	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:49
Hardy, Hagood	I Feel It	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:24
Breau, Lenny	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
Hardy, Hagood	Silent Sky	Tell Me My Name	02:42
Namaro, Jimmy	Sonny’s Daze	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:33
Graf, Eddie & His Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon	And I Love Her	02:32
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning	Montage	02:57
Read, Alex & 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)	01:33
Breau, Lenny	Blues Theme #2	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	02:33
Laurie Bower Singers	You Never Done It Like That	You	03:09
Appleyard, Peter	You've Got Your Troubles	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:48
Basso, Guido	What A Friend	It's Happening	02:31
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Monkey Music	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:24
Namaro, Jimmy	We Three	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Basso, Guido	A Lazy Afternoon	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Basso, Guido	Dale be There	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:25
Appleyard, Peter	Alone Again, Naturally	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:58
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	If I Could	ST	02:40
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel The Way I Do	The Rose And The Rain	02:40
Browne, Brian Trio	Killing Me Softly	Toronto Instrumental	02:20
Arpin, John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Direct to Disc	03:54
Basso, Guido	You are My Sunshine	It's Happening (re-issue)	01:53
Thompson, Don 'D.T.'	Castle Rock	Bluesprint	04:45
Compilation	This Train	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:13
Agostini, Lucio	March Wind	Action With Agostini	03:19
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	My Best Girl	+ Horn = Dixie	03:31
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Chips & Gravy (Nimmons)	Now!	04:40
Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End	Laurie Bower	02:42
Koffman, Moe	Georgia on My Mind	Tales of Koffman	06:46
Cowell, Johnny	Don't Look Back	It's Gotta Be Love	02:04
Schofield, Pete & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Adios Muchachos	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:59
Namaro, Jimmy	We Could Make Such Beautiful Music	Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music	02:55
Yorkville Avenue Band	Takin' Me Through the Night	"Moving Day"	03:31
Hoffert, Paul	6 Bar Theme	The Jazz Roots of	05:23
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Read, Alex & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
Koffman, Moe	Swinging' Shepherd Blues Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
Appleyard, Peter	Midnight Sun	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:22
McPeek, Ben	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45

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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