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	Ramblin'	It's Happening	02:16
Compilation	L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:17
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
Peter Appleyard	If	ST	03:29
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
Peter Appleyard	Satin Doll	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
Henry Cuesta	Thorn in My Shoe	Plays Favourites	02:12
Colina Phillips	Universal Prisoner	Toronto Vocalist	02:33
Guido Basso	Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw)	Love Talk	02:40
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll See You in My Dreams	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Rockin' Good Way	Bluesprint	04:32
Moe Koffman	Dance Of The Leaves (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:30
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Johnny Cowell	Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:48
Eugene Amaro	I Left My Heart In San Francisco	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:50
Jimmy Namaro	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
Ron Collier Tentet	Come Sunday	ST	03:02
Yorkville Avenue Band	Moving Day	"Moving Day"	03:10
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	If I Could	ST	02:40
Moe Koffman	Do You Know the Way to San Jose	Turned on	02:32
Jerry Toth	Here's That Rainy Day	The Music Of	02:30
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Teddy Roderman	Lovers Roulette	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:54
Jerry Toth	To Wait for Love	The Music Of	02:14
Paul Zaza	Portrait of a Rose	Faces and Places	02:47
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon (alternate version)	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Ed Bickert	Nancy With the Laughing Face	ST	04:46
Compilation	Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Bass-ically Yours	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:19
Hagood Hardy	Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly)	The Christmas Album	02:05
Teddy Roderman	So Let Our Love Begin	Makin' It With You	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sir Duke	Looks Like We Made It	03:00
Peter Appleyard	Yesterday & Tomorrow	Toronto Instrumental	02:32
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Eugene Amaro	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Peter Appleyard	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	The Vibe Sound Of	02:51
Ed Bickert	Bye Bye Baby	Bye Bye Baby	03:41
Ben McPeek	Blue Cha Cha	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:06
Guido Basso	You Are My Sunshine	It's Happening	01:53
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:34
Doug Randle	Colored Plastics	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:43
John Arpin	Softly	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:39
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It Takes Time (Shirley Eikhard)	It's Impossible	02:22
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	If	Montage	02:38
Lenny Breau	Taranta	Guitar Sounds From	06:51
Jimmy Namaro	Yesterdays	At the Westbury	03:28
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Herb Marshall	Make it With You (David Gates - Bread)	Toronto Vocalist	01:48
Ben McPeek	Undun	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:37
Jerry Toth	Peaceful	The Twelve Sides Of	02:55
Jimmy Dale	Till the End of Time	Profiles	02:40
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sneaky	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	10:54
Tommy Ambrose	Goodbye	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:27
Yorkville Avenue Band	The Big Noise From Vinnetka	"Moving Day"	02:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	How The Singers Sing	Morning Has Broken	03:06
Peter Appleyard	Why Don't You Do Right	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:35
Hagood Hardy	Gary - A Remembrance	As Time Goes By	02:52
Hagood Hardy	Clouds	The Homecoming	03:34
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
Swing Sisters	Girl Talk	Davenport Blues	03:54
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Silver (A Prayer)	Transformations - Invocations	12:22
The Brian Browne Trio	After Midnight	Toronto Instrumental	01:37
Jimmy Namaro	I Cover The Waterfront	At the Westbury	02:15
Fred Stone	Elissa	The Music of Fred Stone	07:25
Lucio Agostini	Skiing in Québec	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:30
Moe Koffman	Sure It Is	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:37
Denny Vaughan	Ain't We Got Fun	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:57
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	At the Ports of Call	02:51
Paul Zaza	Sunday Morning	Images	02:40
Ed Bickert	It’s Time	Bye Bye Baby	04:03
Hagood Hardy	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Rick Wilkins	Somewhere Along the Way	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:57
Guido Basso	Two Bourees	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	06:07
Ben McPeek	Big Red	The Original Sounds of	02:42
Ron Collier Tentet	I Believe In You	ST	02:59
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 2nd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:39
Peter Appleyard	Where is the Love	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:17
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How I Think of You	Montage	02:47
Norman Amadio Trio	Nica's Dream	ST	02:13
John Arpin	The Way We Were	Direct to Disc	03:08
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Terry Watada	Romance fn the Road	Night's Disgrace	03:24
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Jackie Richardson	Here's to Life	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:57
The Laurie Bower Singers	Pussywillow Cat-tails	Morning Has Broken	02:53
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	You	You	03:15
Peter Appleyard	Sophisticated Lady	ST	02:42
Eugene Amaro	Another Time	Warm	03:21
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Copenhagen	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:03
Doug Randle	Cote d´Azur	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:33
Ben McPeek	American Woman	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:37
Denny Vaughan	Ramona	Girls I Knew	02:04
Jerry Toth	One (from a Chorus Line)	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:42

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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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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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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