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
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Lucio Agostini	The Girls of Spain	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:28
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Gold (The Challenge)	Transformations - Invocations	10:24
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks (Outro)	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:33
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:45
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Terry Watada	Only Dreams	Night's Disgrace	04:47
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Peter Appleyard	If	ST	03:29
Paul Zaza	Flutey Fuge	Faces and Places	02:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Pussywillow Cat-tails	Morning Has Broken	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	Looks Like We Made It	Looks Like We Made It	03:39
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Delta Dawn	Do Something Nice Today!	02:35
Hagood Hardy	The Children's Song	As Time Goes By	02:21
Peter Appleyard	Night Journey	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:09
Ed Bickert	'Tis Autumn	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Johnny Cowell	Freeze!	Our Winter Love	02:07
Pat Riccio	Watermelon Man (Hancock)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:11
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me	ST	04:33
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
Ivy Steel	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
Jerry Toth	Moment of Love	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Find a Sad Song	Back Home Again	03:00
Paul Zaza	The Magic Island	Images	02:51
The Mutual Understanding	San Jose	In Wonderland	02:41
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rock With You	When You Say Goodbye	03:18
Rick Wilkins	Someone I Used to Love	Discovery	03:31
Henry Cuesta	Singin' My Song	Plays Favourites	02:23
Henry Cuesta	Brand New Morning	Clarinet With Strings	02:17
Hagood Hardy	Feliz Navidad	The Christmas Album	02:58
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Sanderlings	Love One Another (Trevor Jones)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:08
John Arpin	Go My Way	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:49
Ben McPeek	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	Thinking of You	03:20
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Shadow Of Your Smile	The Now Sound	02:51
Denny Vaughan	Fine and Dandy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Goes Like It Goes	It Goes Like It Goes	03:40
Johnny Cowell	A Season For My Love	His Girl	02:19
Moe Koffman	Battering Ram	Goes Electric	02:34
Denny Vaughan	Je Reviens Chez-Nous	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:27
John Arpin	Troubadour Rag (1919)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:16
Jimmy Namaro	Street of Dreams	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:21
Bill Butler	The Dream of Olwen	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:34
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Teddy Roderman	Hard as I Try (Gene LacLellan)	Stay Awhile	02:11
Moe Koffman	Train Whistle Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:16
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Gitana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:23
Colina Phillips	Trying Times	Toronto Vocalist	03:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Key Largo	Laurie Bower	03:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	Is Someone Listening?	Morning Has Broken	02:18
Johnny Cowell	Antigua	It's Gotta Be Love	02:08
Swing Sisters	Royal Garden Blues	Davenport Blues	02:52
Doug Riley	Dinosaurus	Freedom	04:44
Moe Koffman	Twist the Hully Gully	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Robert Tennison Troupe	Just Like a Fool	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:39
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
Jimmy Namaro	Blues for Fives	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:22
Moe Koffman	House of Green Lights	Tales of Koffman	03:00
Teddy Roderman	Meditation	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:10
Jackie Richardson	If I Could Only Sleep	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:49
Wally Koster	Alone Together	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:01
Doug Randle	Warm in the Sunshine	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:48
Compilation	Ted Komar - Papirossew	CBC Comp 409	02:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	Up On Cripple Creek	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:14
Ben McPeek	Track 17	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:07
Jackie Richardson	The Lies of Handsome Men	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:58
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Moe Koffman	Inverno Furioso (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	02:44
Moe Koffman	Francesca	Cool and Hot Sax	04:09
Herb Marshall	Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)	Toronto Vocalist	01:53
Jimmy Namaro	I Wanna Know	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:37
Ed Bickert	Bye Bye Baby	Bye Bye Baby	03:41
Paul Hoffert	With a Wiggle	The Jazz Roots of	06:29
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Johnny Cowell	Presto From Vivaldi's Concerto In A Major (Maurice Andre)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:30
Guido Basso	Noelle	Love Talk	02:56
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Hagood Hardy	When Joanne Loved Me	Maybe Tomorrow	03:49
The Mutual Understanding	Summer of '42	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Why Is Forever Taking So Long	When You Say Goodbye	03:02
Henry Cuesta	The Promised Land	Plays Favourites	02:07
Peter Appleyard	Fascinating Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:45
Compilation	Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:57
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	The Music Of	02:49
Hagood Hardy	Love is in the Air	Reflections	03:36
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:11
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Hagood Hardy	The Looking Glass	As Time Goes By	03:19
Carol McCartney	East of the Sun	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Bacharach-David)	Now!	05:50
Compilation	Ken Steele - Gently	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Tommy Ambrose	That's the Way it Was	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	02:46
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34

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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