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
Denny Vaughan	Lucky Day (This Is My Lucky Day)	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:52
Lenny Breau	Neptune	ST	07:37
Eugene Amaro	I'll Follow The Sun	Warm	02:44
Tommy Ambrose	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:48
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Tony Quarrington	Savannah (For South Africa)	One Bright Morning	13:24
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Compilation	Jane Bunnett - Rendez-Vous	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Denny Vaughan	Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:10
Swing Sisters	Royal Garden Blues	Davenport Blues	02:52
Paul Zaza	Dancing Lights	Faces and Places	02:16
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Baby I'm a Want You	Montage	04:24
Peter Appleyard	Donald's Duck	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:59
Russ Little	Blue Monk	On the Shoulders of Giants	04:13
Jimmy Dale	Baubles, Bangles and Beads	Profiles	03:15
2B3	Doug Riley, Michael Fonfara - Steel Onions	The Toronto Sessions	05:39
Denny Vaughan	Wake Up	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Feelin'	02:27
Ben McPeek	Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves	Peace Train	02:47
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Love Talk	03:00
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Silent Night, Lonely Night	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	03:02
Hogtown Trumpets	Bustling	CBC Comp 434 comp	02:40
Moe Koffman	Mein Shtetel Belz	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Ben McPeek	Shopping Spree	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:06
Jimmy Namaro	Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:38
Doug Randle	You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:18
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Look Of Love	The Now Sound	02:45
Jackie Richardson	If I Could Only Sleep	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:49
Jerry Toth	Say Goodbye To Your Cash	The Twelve Sides Of	02:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Happy Dreamer	Wish I Was A Plane	03:36
Kathryn Moses	My Romance	ST	05:38
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canada (A Centennial Song)	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:15
Denny Vaughan	Abergavenny	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:24
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:34
Jerry Toth	Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:30
Ed Bickert	It Might as Well Be Spring	ST	05:50
Jimmy Namaro	Baia	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:04
Doug Riley	Peace Dance	Freedom	06:24
Moe Koffman	Jazz Merengue	Tales of Koffman	03:45
Guido Basso	Embraceable You	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:13
Dr. Music	Shoot	Doug Riley Transcription	06:55
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vera Cruz	Halifax Instrumental	02:36
Bill Badgley	Fernando	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:39
Jackie Richardson	My Baby	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:07
Denny Vaughan	I Love You Because	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:41
Jimmy Namaro	Nothing in This World (Compares With You)	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:37
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wedding Cake	Feelin'	02:21
Hagood Hardy	I'll Remember You	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:10
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:08
Jimmy Namaro	Love For Sale	At the Westbury	04:02
Ron Collier Tentet	Fair Wind	ST	02:49
Guido Basso	Ill Wind	One More for the Road	05:15
Ben McPeek	Peace Train	Peace Train	03:49
Guido Basso	Never Let Me Go	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just a Little Song	Back Home Again	02:29
Lucio Agostini	A Banda	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:48
Paul Zaza	Superstar	Faces and Places	02:11
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
Hagood Hardy	After You've Gone	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:27
Jimmy Namaro	On a Little Street in Singapore	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:47
Johnny Cowell	You Made Me Love You (Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Guido Basso	What a Friend	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:31
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
John Arpin	The Most Beautiful Girl in the World	Direct to Disc	02:57
Compilation	Ben McPeek - For Lovin' Me	Motorcars In Concert 1970	01:52
Johnny Cowell	Road of Love	Our Winter Love	02:22
Russ Little	Blue Skies	Slow Burn	05:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke	Jazz Toronto	04:00
The Mutual Understanding	Wonderland	In Wonderland	02:54
Russ Little	My Mama Told Me So	Slow Burn	06:04
Jackie Richardson	Here's to Life	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:57
Johnny Cowell	Quiet Girl	The Tender Loving Care	02:19
Russ Little	Six Inch Spike	Footwork	06:05
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Lucio Agostini	Voyageur Canoe Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:32
Russ Little	The Boy Next Door	Footwork	06:00
Norman Amadio Trio	Frenesi	ST	02:05
Jimmy Namaro	Too Marvellous For Words	At the Westbury	02:05
Lucio Agostini	Canadians at Work	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Bill Butler	Violets for Your Furs	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:55
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Song of the Tropics	ST	03:17
Jimmy Namaro	Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha	Driftwood	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take The Long Way Home	When You Say Goodbye	04:07
Johnny Cowell	Roller Coaster	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:13
Ed Bickert	I Like To Recognize the Tune	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:46
Teddy Roderman	What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons)	Stay Awhile	02:49
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
Johnny Cowell	The Golden Jet (Bobb Hull)	His Girl	02:23
Lenny Breau	My Funny Valentine	Guitar Sounds From	04:54
Jimmy Dale	Cidade Vazia	Soft and Groovy	02:24
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:41

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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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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