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
Johnny Cowell His Girl His Girl
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Do Something Nice Today Do Something Nice Today!
Ben McPeek Peace Train Peace Train
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Live & Let Die Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty I Feel the Earth Move Do Something Nice Today!
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Silver (A Prayer) Transformations - Invocations
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Won't You Step Into My Life Montage
Ben McPeek Mame The Original Sounds of
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Georgia Camp Meeting + Horn = Dixie
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Cast Your Fate The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Moe Koffman Hambourg Bound Cool and Hot Sax
Jimmy Namaro Afro-Rock We Gotta Get It All Together
Ben McPeek Silent Cinema Thinking of You
John Arpin Centennial Rag Concert In Ragtime
Rick Wilkins Ballad for Carolyn My Heart Belongs to Me
Bill Badgley Wednesday's Child Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro) ST
Lucio Agostini Carey (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
The Laurie Bower Singers Love Will Turn You Around Laurie Bower
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Peaches and Brandy Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Henry Cuesta Just a Closer Walk with Thee Clarinet With Strings
Moe Koffman Bei Mir Bist Du Schön Cool and Hot Sax
Jimmy Dale Wave Soft and Groovy
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Summertime The Old Meets the New
Compilation Ken Steele - Gently 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Peter Appleyard Lazy Silhouettes The Lincolnshire Poacher
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale We Gotta Get It All Together
John Arpin King Porter Stomp Concert In Ragtime
Denny Vaughan Abergavenny Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Jerry Toth Theme From "Search" The Twelve Sides Of
Hagood Hardy Les Arrivants (Theme from the Newcomers) Tell Me My Name
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Lenny Breau Spanjazz The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
The Laurie Bower Singers Crooked Mile Wish I Was A Plane
Hagood Hardy When the First Snow Falls The Christmas Album
Don Gillis Lady Death Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
The Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Bill Badgley Amanda Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Bill Butler Violets for Your Furs The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Bali Ha'I ST
Johnny Cowell Winds of Chance Our Winter Love
John Arpin Sleepy Hollow Rag Concert In Ragtime
Jackie Richardson Please Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Guido Basso Canada It's Happening
The Laurie Bower Singers Take Me Home Country Roads Take Me Home Country Roads
John Arpin Love and Maple Syrup Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Jackie Richardson I Like Your Company - Old Friends Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Carol McCartney The Shadow of Your Smile A Night in Tunisia
Guido Basso East of the Sun One More for the Road
Jimmy Dale Till the End of Time Profiles
Jimmy Namaro We Three featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Eugene Amaro Didn’t We The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Lujon ST
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Lenny Breau Bonaparte's Retreat (King & Stewart) Swingin' on a Seven-String
The Mutual Understanding Summer of '42 Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Far Away Places Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Henry Cuesta Lonely is the Name Clarinet With Strings
Rick Wilkins We Will Love Again From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Compilation Eve Smith - I Care 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Bill Badgley June Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Joyce Sullivan Grandfather's Clock The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Storyville Blues + Horn = Dixie
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Candida It's Impossible
The Laurie Bower Singers Shadow Song Wish I Was A Plane
The Mutual Understanding Show Me Your Laughter Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye
Peter Appleyard Donald's Duck The Lincolnshire Poacher
Norman Amadio Trio Oh Lady Be Good ST
Tommy Ambrose That's the Way it Was Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was
Moe Koffman Harvest Festival (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Eugene Amaro Blame It On My Youth Warm
Peter Appleyard Harlem Nocturne Per-cus-sive Jazz
Hagood Hardy My Elusive Dreams The Homecoming
The Laurie Bower Singers Why Is Forever Taking So Long When You Say Goodbye
Compilation Billy Van - Kiss The Wind 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Jimmy Namaro Street of Dreams featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Compilation Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Guido Basso Tara's Theme It's Happening
Phil Nimmons Group Chim chim cheree Mary Popppins Swings
Paul Zaza For Julia Coasting (with Isaacs)
Eugene Amaro Girl From Ipanema The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Johnny Cowell Gymnopedie #3 The Virtuoso Trumpet
John Arpin Tickled to Death Concert In Ragtime
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Jennine Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
The Laurie Bower Singers Is Someone Listening? Morning Has Broken
Henry Cuesta Thorn in My Shoe Plays Favourites
Johnny Cowell Don't Mention My Name Hot Brass
Yorkville Avenue Band Alexander's Ragtime Band "Moving Day"
John Arpin Alaskan Rag (1959) Other Side Of Ragtime
Compilation Norma Locke - I Need You So 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Paul Zaza Malaguena Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Moe Koffman Trains and Boats and Planes Goes Electric
Jackie Richardson Green Lies and Man Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Ed Bickert Things Are Getting Better Bye Bye Baby
Jimmy Namaro Cool Fool With Mallets A 4 Thought
Joyce Sullivan Love (Can Be a Moment's Sadness) The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Guido Basso Dale be There And All That Latin Jazz!
Moe Koffman Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Goes Electric

FEATURED

Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

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"

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