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
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Candida It's Impossible
Compilation Brian Dickinson - Alone Together Jazz Toronto
Jimmy Namaro Night Sounds At the Westbury
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Lujon ST
Jimmy Dale Touch Her Soft Lips Profiles
Compilation This Could be the Start of Something Big (arranged by Bruce Cassidy) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Johnny Cowell Marcella's Waltz (Valse Brilliante) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
The Laurie Bower Singers Why Is Forever Taking So Long When You Say Goodbye
Jimmy Namaro Love With Mallets A 4 Thought
Lenny Breau Georgia on My Mind Guitar Sounds From
Peter Appleyard Tico Tico ST
Doug Crosley For All We Know With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six I Love to Play (Opening Theme) Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
The Laurie Bower Singers Something is Happening Feelin'
Lenny Breau New York City Mo' Breau
The Laurie Bower Singers Epilogue Morning Has Broken
Pete Schofield and the Canadians If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Do Something Nice Today!
Jimmy Namaro What Is This Thing Called Love At the Westbury
John Arpin Cabaret Direct to Disc
Ed Bickert Nancy With the Laughing Face ST
Jerry Toth One (from a Chorus Line) The Classic Jerry Toth
Compilation Hogtown Hoe-Down Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Bill Butler Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Summer Love Do Something Nice Today!
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Goin' Out Of My Head The Now Sound
Lucio Agostini Voyageur Canoe Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Eugene Amaro On Days Like These The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Johnny Cowell Still Feeling Blue It's Gotta Be Love
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado) ST
Peter Appleyard Sophisticated Lady ST
Henry Cuesta The Things I Love Clarinet With Strings
John Arpin Jenny's Tune Direct to Disc
Denny Vaughan A Very Precious Love Girls I Knew
Jimmy Dale Cidade Vazia Soft and Groovy
Wally Koster Nice Work if You Can Get It The Songs of Wally Koster
Johnny Cowell Arioso The Virtuoso Trumpet
Eugene Amaro I Found My Love Last Summer Warm
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow CBC Comp 409
Ed Bickert They All Laughed I Like To Recognize the Tune
Jimmy Namaro One of a Kind Mambo With Mallets A 4 Thought
Henry Cuesta Rose Garden Plays Favourites
The Laurie Bower Singers Magnificent Sanctuary Band Morning Has Broken
Henry Cuesta Remember When (We Made These Memories) Clarinet With Strings
Johnny Cowell Don't Look Back It's Gotta Be Love
Johnny Cowell Stardust The Virtuoso Trumpet
Ben McPeek Peace Train Peace Train
Paul Hoffert Lover Man The Jazz Roots of
Doug Crosley Pisces Child (Dolores Claman) With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Johnny Cowell I Can't Get Started (Al Hirt & Bunny Berigan) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Ron Collier Tentet Walking Out ST
The Laurie Bower Singers It Goes Like It Goes It Goes Like It Goes
Doug Randle Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Denny Vaughan Stranger on the Shore A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Compilation Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut Motorcars In Concert 1970
Peter Appleyard Only For Lovers The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Phil Nimmons Group A Spoonful of Sugar Mary Popppins Swings
Guido Basso Canada It's Happening (re-issue)
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Kicks (Closing Theme) Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra A Summer Place And I Love Her
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Adios Muchachos Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Bill Badgley Georgy Girl Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Guido Basso Polka Dots & Moonbeams A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Invitation And I Love Her
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sing Do Something Nice Today!
The Laurie Bower Singers Christmas is for Children Christmas is for Children b/w What is Christmas (Pop Style)
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
John Arpin If You Could Read My Mind Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Jimmy Namaro So Danco Samba We Gotta Get It All Together
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Hey Jude (Lennon-McCartney) Now!
The Brian Browne Trio Browne Sugar The Toronto Scene
The Mutual Understanding Pretty People In Wonderland
Peter Appleyard Mambo Inn Per-cus-sive Jazz
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Denny Vaughan Cheerful Little Earful Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Yorkville Avenue Band Moving Day "Moving Day"
John Arpin Cannonball Blues Concert In Ragtime
Peter Appleyard Conversation Toronto Instrumental
Guido Basso Mia Mia It's Happening (re-issue)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Moonlight Serenade It’s a Sign of the Times
Jimmy Namaro Carnival Brasiliero Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Paul Zaza Dancing Lights Faces and Places
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Just You, Just Me (vocals Dianne Brooks) Bluesprint
Johnny Cowell Runnin' Away Hot Brass
Ed Bickert A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing Bye Bye Baby
Moe Koffman Sunshower (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Moe Koffman Paniano Goes Electric
Jerry Toth Portrait of Caroline The Classic Jerry Toth
Compilation Ted Komar - My Beloved CBC Comp 409
Lenny Breau Anytime (Herbert Lawson) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Jimmy Namaro Lonely One featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Evergreen Looks Like We Made It
Guido Basso Let It Snow Christmas Today
The Laurie Bower Singers Do You Know Got a Feelin' for Love
Hagood Hardy When Joanne Loved Me Maybe Tomorrow
Johnny Cowell Siberian Love Song Our Winter Love
Lenny Breau The Claw The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Hagood Hardy Gary - A Remembrance As Time Goes By
Lucio Agostini St. Thomas Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

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

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

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

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

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

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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

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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, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

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

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

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

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

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Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

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