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
Hagood Hardy Let Me Love Again As Time Goes By
Peter Appleyard Mambo Inn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Moe Koffman Exodus Tales of Koffman
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Nosey Strictly Nimmons
Ed Bickert Sunday Kind of Love I Like To Recognize the Tune
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Cast Your Fate The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Terry Watada Romance fn the Road Night's Disgrace
Lenny Breau Back In Indiana (Hanley & MacDonald) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Peter Appleyard Rockin' in Rhythm The Vibraphone Of
Rick Wilkins Portrait of a Young Lady Discovery
Lenny Breau Emily Mo' Breau
Compilation This Train Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Hagood Hardy It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else Tell Me My Name
Lenny Breau A Taste of Honey The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Jerry Toth The Last Rhapsody The Classic Jerry Toth
Moe Koffman Battering Ram Goes Electric
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro) ST
Jimmy Namaro Body and Soul featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Bill Butler I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Moe Koffman Francesca Cool and Hot Sax
Hagood Hardy Maybe Tomorrow Maybe Tomorrow
Ben McPeek Early Autumn His Voices and His Orchestra
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp Strictly Nimmons
Teddy Roderman Feelin' Kinda Sunday Makin' It With You
Bill Badgley All Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Moe Koffman Marty's Morgue The Shepherd Swings Again
Moe Koffman Le Reveil (Largo) The Four Seasons
Guido Basso Liberated Brother Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Bill Badgley Lady Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Johnny Cowell Summertime Sunshine Hot Brass
Compilation Episode 7-Oh! Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Jimmy Namaro East of the Sun Driftwood
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek) Peter & The Wolf Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music
Compilation Jerry Toth - But for Love Motorcars In Concert 1970
Pete Schofield and the Canadians 007 Medley (Dr. No, Goldfinger) The Old Meets the New
Compilation This Could be the Start of Something Big (arranged by Bruce Cassidy) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
The Laurie Bower Singers You Needed Me You
Moe Koffman Hambourg Bound Cool and Hot Sax
Ben McPeek Share the Land Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Denny Vaughan Northern Dancer A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Eugene Amaro Sans Souci The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Moe Koffman Forest Flower Goes Electric
Jimmy Dale The Look Of Love Soft and Groovy
2B3 Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest The Toronto Sessions
Ben McPeek Baked Apple Rag Thinking of You
Lenny Breau You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Moe Koffman Swingin' Explorer Goes Electric
Peter Appleyard Sophisticated Lady ST
Compilation Ted Komar - Papirossew CBC Comp 409
Ron Collier Tentet The Days of Wine And Roses ST
Doug Randle Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues for Someone Else Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Denny Vaughan May All Your Troubles be Little Ones Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Jimmy Namaro Baia featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When My Sugar Walks Down the Street + Horn = Dixie
The Brian Browne Trio Browne Sugar The Toronto Scene
Wally Koster September Song The Songs of Wally Koster
Lucio Agostini Taxi Action With Agostini
Ed Bickert Deep In a Dream Out of the Past
Colina Phillips River Jordan Toronto Vocalist
Doug Randle You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine) Songs for the New Industrial State
Johnny Cowell Don't Mention My Name Hot Brass
Jimmy Namaro Moanin' Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Bill Butler The Dream of Olwen Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Johnny Cowell It's Gotta be Love It's Gotta Be Love
Doug Crosley Something (George Harrison) With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Moon River Toronto Instrumental
The Laurie Bower Singers Back Home Again Back Home Again
The Laurie Bower Singers Glitter Queen Got a Feelin' for Love
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Let's Face the Music and Dance And I Love Her
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Rick Wilkins Len's Den From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Jimmy Dale Bye Bye Soft and Groovy
Lucio Agostini Jolly Jumping Jack Action With Agostini
Ed Bickert Soft Winds Out of the Past
Eugene Amaro Blame It On My Youth Warm
The Laurie Bower Singers Shadow Song Wish I Was A Plane
Lenny Breau You Needed Me ST
Denny Vaughan The French Song A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Russ Little Six Inch Spike Footwork
Doug Randle Nicolston Dam Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)
Rick Wilkins Neat! My Heart Belongs to Me
Johnny Cowell Song of Joy The Virtuoso Trumpet
Doug Riley Jazz Etude Freedom
Lucio Agostini A Banda Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Johnny Burt Society And You Were There ….Come Summer
Jimmy Namaro Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha Driftwood
Ben McPeek If Only We Could See If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye
Phil Nimmons Group Last Night When We Were Young Take 10
Doug Randle Batteries Not Included Songs for the New Industrial State
Bill Butler Violets for Your Furs The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Goodbye Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David) Now!
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
The Laurie Bower Singers Wedding Cake Feelin'
The Laurie Bower Singers Put Your Hand In The Hand Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Jerry Toth One (from a Chorus Line) The Classic Jerry Toth
Johnny Cowell I Have the Pleasure Hot Brass

In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along

….Come Summer

Trombone - Teddy Roderman

Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist

ST

Halifax Instrumental

ST

Ed Bickert / ST LABELS

Ed Bickert / ST BACK

Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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

45-Jim O'Driscoll - The English Horn Of (CBC LM 151) VINYL 02

45-Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues (CBC LM 150) VINYL 02

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Deeper and Deeper

Footwork

Slow Burn

On the Shoulders of Giants

45-Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough VINYL 02

Snapshot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

Montage

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45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

Out of the Past

back

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together LABEL 02

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together LABEL 01

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together BACK

We Gotta Get It All Together

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