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
Doug Crosley	Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:44
Herb Marshall	Love Music (Sergio Mendez)	Toronto Vocalist	02:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Up, Up & Away	The Now Sound	03:01
Terry Watada	Crazy Love	Night's Disgrace	05:32
Phil Nimmons Group	Just You, Just Me	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:22
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:24
Eugene Amaro	Didn’t We	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:54
Jerry Toth	Moment of Love	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:01
Guido Basso	Sweet Gingerbread Man	Love Talk	03:07
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby	Strictly Nimmons	03:50
Compilation	This Could be the Start of Something Big (arranged by Bruce Cassidy)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	03:09
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You're Here	Montage	03:32
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Jerry Toth	The Fool On the Hill	The Music Of	02:42
Moe Koffman	Battering Ram	Goes Electric	02:34
Jimmy Namaro	Venezuela	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:04
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:47
Guido Basso	Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein)	Lost in the Stars	04:57
Johnny Cowell	Arioso	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:00
Tommy Ambrose	This Song Is Ended	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:18
Bill Badgley	Lady	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take The Long Way Home	When You Say Goodbye	04:07
Knights of the Round Flugel	Bye Bye Love (B. Bryant)	Bye Bye Love	02:13
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Dance of the Only Son	Sailin' Home	05:52
Lucio Agostini	Tico-Tico	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:35
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Doug Randle	Why Did I Choose You? (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:11
Moe Koffman	Snowflakes (Largo)	The Four Seasons	02:02
Ben McPeek	If You Could Read My Mind	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:34
Moe Koffman	Twistin' and Bumpin'	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:15
Ivy Steel	Boudoirs	Reincarnation	02:50
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:59
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening	02:43
Lenny Breau	Bonaparte's Retreat (King & Stewart)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:02
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
Hagood Hardy	When a Child	The Christmas Album	04:38
Eugene Amaro	Why Did I Choose You	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:27
Compilation	Brian Hughes - The Bridge	Jazz Toronto	04:58
Ben McPeek	Admiral Halsey	Peace Train	03:05
Phil Nimmons Group	Open Country	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Rick Wilkins	With a Little Luck	Discovery	03:01
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Decorated My Life	When You Say Goodbye	03:38
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
Phil Nimmons Group	The Perfect Nanny	Mary Popppins Swings	04:06
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ballin' the Jack	+ Horn = Dixie	03:37
Denny Vaughan	The French Song	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	03:00
Jimmy Dale	Beautiful	Toronto Instrumental	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Something is Happening	Feelin'	02:16
Johnny Cowell	Stardust	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:44
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	At the Ports of Call	03:00
Guido Basso	I Can Dream Can't I	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:27
Guido Basso	Let It Snow	Christmas Today	02:47
Johnny Cowell	Shag	Our Winter Love	01:57
Lucio Agostini	Linstead Market	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Compilation	Brian Dickinson - Alone Together	Jazz Toronto	04:52
Moe Koffman	Hey There	Cool and Hot Sax	03:42
Doug Randle	Get Happy	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:03
Paul Zaza	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Loves Theme	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:45
Jerry Toth	Say Goodbye To Your Cash	The Twelve Sides Of	02:47
Lucio Agostini	Canadians on the Go-Go	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:49
Dr. Music	Ain't That a Groove	Doug Riley Transcription	07:52
Fred Stone	Elissa	The Music of Fred Stone	07:25
Peter Appleyard	Ben	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:17
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Hagood Hardy	Silent Night, Holy Night	The Christmas Album	02:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Importance of the Rose	Feelin'	02:07
Denny Vaughan	May All Your Troubles be Little Ones	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	02:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	Una Paloma	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:23
Hagood Hardy	Will You Still be Mine?	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:13
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:54
Jimmy Namaro	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
Johnny Cowell	Roller Coaster	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:09
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Paul Zaza	Peace River	Images	02:46
Guido Basso	All the Sad Young Men	One More for the Road	04:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Don't Bring Me Flowers	You	03:13
The Laurie Bower Singers	Happy Dreamer	Wish I Was A Plane	03:36
Peter Appleyard	'S Wonderful	The Vibe Sound Of	02:18
Eugene Amaro	My Love	Twilight Time	02:56
Ron Collier Tentet	Just About Now	ST	02:06
Rick Wilkins	Without Your Love	Discovery	03:18
Denny Vaughan	Moonlight Rendezvous	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:40
Johnny Cowell	Summertime Sunshine	Hot Brass	02:28
The Brian Browne Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
Jackie Richardson	The Lies of Handsome Men	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:58
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Caribbean Moonlight	ST	03:09
Guido Basso	East of the Sun	One More for the Road	07:21
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	View from Paddy's Head	Sailin' Home	03:10
Johnny Cowell	Oops	His Girl	01:47
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Hagood Hardy	Jingle Bells	The Christmas Album	02:07
Jerry Toth	Tara's Theme .. Erich Traugott trumpet solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:21
Ben McPeek	Get Out of Town	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:33
Hagood Hardy	Afternoon in Venice	Maybe Tomorrow	02:16

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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