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
Jimmy Dale Could it be Magic Profiles
Johnny Cowell Oops His Girl
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David) Now!
Jackie Richardson Green Lies and Man Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Moe Koffman Lord Have Mercy Goes Electric
Jimmy Namaro Love For Sale At the Westbury
Jackie Richardson Here's to Life Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Bianca Sailin' Home
Peter Appleyard Mambo Inn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Bill Badgley Music to Watch the Girls By At the Ports of Call
Jerry Toth Who Are You Now? .. Nicholas Fiore flute solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Guido Basso Martelli And All That Latin Jazz!
Johnny Cowell Je reviens (I'm Coming Back) Hot Brass
Johnny Cowell Roller Coaster The Virtuoso Trumpet
Compilation One of Those Songs (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Jimmy Dale Here, There, And Everywhere Soft and Groovy
Jimmy Namaro With Mallets Towards Some With Mallets A 4 Thought
Teddy Roderman So Let Our Love Begin Makin' It With You
Ben McPeek Happy Talk His Voices and His Orchestra
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Fanny Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Compilation Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper Motorcars In Concert 1970
Kathryn Moses Touch Me ST
Henry Cuesta Proud Mary Plays Favourites
Moe Koffman Exodus Tales of Koffman
Johnny Cowell His Girl His Girl
Lenny Breau Anytime (Herbert Lawson) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Eugene Amaro Why Did I Choose You The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Ed Bickert Skylark I Like To Recognize the Tune
Don Thompson 'D.T.' I Love You, Yes I Do Bluesprint
Guido Basso Suite P.E.I. Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Lucio Agostini Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Jimmy Dale Where Is the Love? Toronto Instrumental
Moe Koffman If I Were a Carpenter Turned on
Johnny Cowell Pickin' Plums Hot Brass
Compilation Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha Motorcars In Concert 1970
Compilation Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Ivy Steel Prelude to a Kiss Reincarnation
Lenny Breau You Needed Me ST
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I Say A Little Prayer For You The Now Sound
John Arpin Ragtime Nightingale Concert In Ragtime
Bill Butler The Girl that I Marry (mono version) The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Ed Bickert Things Are Getting Better Bye Bye Baby
Peter Appleyard Mack The Knife Per-cus-sive Jazz
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
The Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Love for Sale Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Leave Me Alone Ruby Red Dress Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Phil Nimmons Group Stay Awake Mary Popppins Swings
Eugene Amaro I Didn't Know What Time It Was Warm
The Laurie Bower Singers Come To Mother Got a Feelin' for Love
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Look Of Love The Now Sound
Lucio Agostini Linstead Market Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Jerry Toth Heather My Love The Twelve Sides Of
Jimmy Namaro Babylon At the Westbury
Lucio Agostini Watch What Happens Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Paul Zaza The Magic Island Images
Carol McCartney The Shadow of Your Smile A Night in Tunisia
Ivy Steel God Bless the Child Reincarnation
Moe Koffman Twist the Hully Gully Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Struttin' Your Stuff Sailin' Home
Joyce Sullivan Bill The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Guido Basso Second Chance One More for the Road
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)
Hagood Hardy Christmas Song The Christmas Album
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Unchained Melody (Tommy Common, vocals) Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Compilation Carol Welsman - Lucky to be Me Jazz Toronto
Johnny Cowell Goodbye My Love The Tender Loving Care
Ed Bickert They All Laughed I Like To Recognize the Tune
The Laurie Bower Singers Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard Morning Has Broken
Jimmy Namaro Climax We Gotta Get It All Together
Moe Koffman Growing Up Tales of Koffman
Peter Appleyard Swinging Shepherd Blues Peter Appleyard Presents
Ben McPeek Baked Apple Rag Thinking of You
Ed Bickert You're Right As Rain I Like To Recognize the Tune
Ben McPeek One Less Bell To Answer Peace Train
Rick Wilkins Savin' it Up Discovery
John Arpin Augustan Club Waltzes (1901) Other Side Of Ragtime
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Bali Ha'I ST
Jimmy Namaro When the World Was Young featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Jerry Toth Pieces Of Dreams The Twelve Sides Of
Lucio Agostini Heart of Gold (Neil Young) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Teddy Roderman That's Life Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Hagood Hardy Harlequin (A Time for Love) Reflections
The Brian Browne Trio Misty Roses Toronto Instrumental
Lenny Breau Blues Theme #2 The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Denny Vaughan Abergavenny Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Ben McPeek Share the Land Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Hagood Hardy Samba de Orfeu Stop 33 Sutton Place
Compilation Manteca - Salsa Nova Jazz Toronto
Moe Koffman Song for My Father Turned on
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Yorkville Avenue Band All of You "Moving Day"
Jimmy Namaro Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Do Something Nice Today!
Jimmy Dale Baby I'm A-Want You Toronto Instrumental
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil) Now!
Bill Butler Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Bill Butler Spring Will be a Little Late This Year The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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