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
Ben McPeek Happy Talk His Voices and His Orchestra
Guido Basso Noelle Love Talk
Lenny Breau Freight Train Guitar Sounds From
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Summer Love Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Tell No Lies You
Lenny Breau Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Compilation Carpet Man (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Johnny Cowell Every Single Day The Tender Loving Care
Jerry Toth Last Tango In Paris The Twelve Sides Of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Laughter in the Rain Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
The Laurie Bower Singers The Young New Mexican Pupeteer Morning Has Broken
The Laurie Bower Singers Ready To Take A Chance You
Doug Randle Why Did I Choose You? (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Teddy Roderman Oops Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Compilation L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Yorkville Avenue Band Watcha' Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Round "Moving Day"
Lucio Agostini La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Jimmy Dale If Toronto Instrumental
Paul Zaza Blue Shadow Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Rick Wilkins Portrait of a Young Lady Discovery
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Kicks (Closing Theme) Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Denny Vaughan Miss Wistful Girls I Knew
The Laurie Bower Singers Sing Me a Rainbow Feelin'
Johnny Cowell Stardust The Virtuoso Trumpet
Compilation Jim Pirie - We'll Walk Together 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
The Laurie Bower Singers You You
2B3 Michael Fonfara, Lance Anderson - Magic Carpet Ride The Toronto Sessions
Compilation Jerry Toth - The Fool On the Hill Motorcars In Concert 1970
Denny Vaughan May All Your Troubles be Little Ones Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Hagood Hardy I Won't Last a Day without You The Homecoming
Jimmy Dale Strange Music Profiles
Doug Randle Song for the Middle Aged Songs for the New Industrial State
Peter Appleyard Cinderella Rockefeller The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Peter Appleyard The Man With The Golden Arm Per-cus-sive Jazz
Bill Butler Autummn Nocturne The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Ben McPeek Superstar Peace Train
Jimmy Namaro Moanin' Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Henry Cuesta Glamorous Night Clarinet With Strings
Ed Bickert It Might as Well Be Spring ST
Moe Koffman Georgia on My Mind Tales of Koffman
Yorkville Avenue Band Alexander's Ragtime Band "Moving Day"
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Breezin' Along With the Breeze Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Lucio Agostini Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
Johnny Cowell Flight of the Bumblebee (Wynton Marsalis) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Doug Randle Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All Songs for the New Industrial State
Lucio Agostini Taxi Action With Agostini
The Laurie Bower Singers Glitter Queen Got a Feelin' for Love
Lenny Breau Indian Reflections For Ravi The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Peter Appleyard We'll Never Know The Vibraphone Of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sanford & Son Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
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 You're Driving Me Crazy Feelin'
Eugene Amaro All In Love Is Fair Twilight Time
Hagood Hardy When the First Snow Falls The Christmas Album
2B3 Bill Payne, Rob Gusevs - Hip Hug-her The Toronto Sessions
Paul Zaza Fiesta Flamenco Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Laurie Bower Singers Lotta Love When You Say Goodbye
Paul Zaza Summertime Drive Faces and Places
Doug Randle Colored Plastics Songs for the New Industrial State
Ed Bickert I'll Follow the Sun I Like To Recognize the Tune
Denny Vaughan Hi-Lili Hi-Lo Girls I Knew
Hagood Hardy It's Not Unusual Stop 33 Sutton Place
Peter Appleyard Strike Up the Band The Vibe Sound Of
Jimmy Namaro Climax We Gotta Get It All Together
Moe Koffman Harvest Festival (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Ben McPeek American Woman Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Lenny Breau That's All The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Hagood Hardy Christmas Waltz The Christmas Album
Ron Collier Tentet Charade ST
Lucio Agostini Black Rose (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
The Laurie Bower Singers Take The Long Way Home When You Say Goodbye
Bill Butler I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Joyce Sullivan I Could Write a Book The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Teddy Roderman Niagara Makin' It With You
Jackie Richardson If I Could Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Ben McPeek Someday Soon The Original Sounds of
Jimmy Namaro Street of Dreams featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Hagood Hardy A Boy Named Charlie Brown Maybe Tomorrow
Lenny Breau Anytime (Herbert Lawson) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Doug Randle Get Happy Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Rick Wilkins Let Me be the One My Heart Belongs to Me
Hagood Hardy & the Montage You're Here Montage
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Castle Rock Bluesprint
Ben McPeek Something Better to Do Thinking of You
Jimmy Namaro Nothing in This World (Compares With You) With Mallets A 4 Thought
Phil Nimmons Group Stay Awake Mary Popppins Swings
Lucio Agostini Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Music To Watch Girls By The Now Sound
2B3 Doug Riley, Bill Payne - Drown in My Own Tears The Toronto Sessions
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Cast Your Fate to the Wind Montage
The Laurie Bower Singers Just a Little Song Back Home Again
Jerry Toth The Importance of the Rose The Music Of
Denny Vaughan Je Reviens Chez-Nous Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Lenny Breau Georgia on My Mind Guitar Sounds From
Henry Cuesta The Promised Land Plays Favourites
Rick Wilkins Somewhere Along the Way My Heart Belongs to Me
Rick Wilkins We Will Love Again From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Guido Basso Gentle Rain One More for the Road

Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

It's Gotta Be Love

Johnny Cowell / It's Gotta Be Love LABELS

Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love MINT BACK

Night's Disgrace

Yellow Fever

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 02

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 01

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace INLAY

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace BACK

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever LABELS

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever BACK

The Vibraphone Of

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of LABELS

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of BACK

Peter Appleyard Presents

Toronto Instrumental

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Vibe Sound Of

Per-cus-sive Jazz

ST

The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Doug Riley Transcription

Doug Riley

Freedom

Doug Riley Transcription BACK

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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