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
Guido Basso	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:41
Peter Appleyard	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
Jimmy Namaro	We Gotta Get it All Together	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:50
Moe Koffman	In the Mood	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:09
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Medley: It's Too Late-I Feel the Grass Grow Beneath My Feet	Montage	04:28
Johnny Cowell	Road of Love	Our Winter Love	02:22
Jimmy Namaro	When the World Was Young	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:13
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	El Condor Pasa	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:40
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Theme for Susan	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take The Long Way Home	When You Say Goodbye	04:07
Denny Vaughan	Windy	Girls I Knew	02:31
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening	02:21
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro)	ST	03:20
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Peter Appleyard	Wichita Lineman	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:43
Paul Zaza	Flutey Fuge	Faces and Places	02:19
Henry Cuesta	Singin' My Song	Plays Favourites	02:23
Lucio Agostini	Linstead Market	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Jimmy Dale	Music To Watch Girls By	Soft and Groovy	03:09
Moe Koffman	Mein Shtetel Belz	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:50
Paul Zaza	Hollywood Hills	Faces and Places	02:30
Rick Wilkins	My Heart Belongs to Me	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:16
Bill Badgley	June	At the Ports of Call	02:26
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Hagood Hardy	No Good On My Own	As Time Goes By	03:31
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Hagood Hardy	My Elusive Dreams	The Homecoming	02:45
Peter Appleyard	China Boy (To Sleep)	The Vibraphone Of	02:34
The Mutual Understanding	Rain Rain Go Away	In Wonderland	02:21
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell	CBC Comp 409	02:30
Denny Vaughan	Moonlight Rendezvous	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Joyce Sullivan	Grandfather's Clock	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	Circle Round The Sky	Back Home Again	02:30
Hagood Hardy	Never-Never Land	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:00
Compilation	Bill Badgley - Walk On By	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:21
Hagood Hardy	The Homecoming	The Homecoming	02:34
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Love to Play (Opening Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	00:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Doug Riley	Dinosaurus	Freedom	04:44
Ron Collier Tentet	Walking Out	ST	02:28
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Phil Nimmons Group	Chim chim cheree	Mary Popppins Swings	03:55
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Paul Zaza	Blue Lagoon	Images	02:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	September Morn	When You Say Goodbye	03:39
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Hagood Hardy	Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home	Tell Me My Name	03:49
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning (Previn/Karlin)	ST	02:18
Phil Nimmons Group	A Spoonful of Sugar	Mary Popppins Swings	04:07
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life?	Do Something Nice Today!	03:14
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
John Arpin	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Direct to Disc	03:54
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - Windows	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:35
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - Stompin' at the Savoy	CBC Comp 409	02:41
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Song	The Christmas Album	02:36
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:47
Doug Crosley	Away from You (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look and See	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:44
Denny Vaughan	I Love You Because	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:41
Hagood Hardy	Joy, Joy	The Christmas Album	01:24
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
Dr. Music	Ain't That a Groove	Doug Riley Transcription	07:52
Compilation	Hang On Sloopy (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:16
Compilation	Jerry Toth - The Fool On the Hill	Motorcars In Concert 1970	01:41
Teddy Roderman	Watching Scotty Grow	Makin' It With You	02:21
Compilation	Hogtown Hoe-Down	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:05
Bill Badgley	Moonlight Sonata	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	05:02
Peter Appleyard	Sophisticated Lady	ST	02:42
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Hagood Hardy	Oh Holy Night	The Christmas Album	04:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Way I Want	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:28
Denny Vaughan	Judy	Girls I Knew	02:24
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening	02:48
Sanderlings	Love One Another (Trevor Jones)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:08
Doug Randle	Cote d´Azur	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:33
Denny Vaughan	My Cherie Amour	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:36
Rick Wilkins	We Will Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:48
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Blue Velvet	The Old Meets the New	02:49
Guido Basso	Too Late Now	Love Talk	03:19
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:24
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	+ Horn = Dixie	04:40
Denny Vaughan	A Very Precious Love	Girls I Knew	02:02
The Brian Browne Trio	Georgia on My Mind	The Toronto Scene	05:38
Jimmy Dale	Stranger in Paradise	Profiles	03:46
Hagood Hardy	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	The Christmas Album	02:53
Paul Hoffert	The Song is You	The Jazz Roots of	06:40
Moe Koffman	Swingin' Explorer	Goes Electric	02:43
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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