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
The Mutual Understanding	Look Around	In Wonderland	02:25
Lenny Breau	Neptune	ST	07:37
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Denny Vaughan	A Very Precious Love	Girls I Knew	02:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Boney Fingers	Back Home Again	02:26
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
Paul Zaza	Hollywood Hills	Faces and Places	02:30
Eugene Amaro	Strangers In The Night	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	At the Ports of Call	02:16
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Why Is Forever Taking So Long	When You Say Goodbye	03:02
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Ivy Steel	God Bless the Child	Reincarnation	04:58
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Jimmy Namaro	Beachcomber's Blues	Driftwood	04:07
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Peter Appleyard	Hells Bells	The Vibraphone Of	01:46
Teddy Roderman	Make It With You	Makin' It With You	02:25
Jerry Toth	I Am In Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:24
Ed Bickert	Pensativa	Bye Bye Baby	04:46
Johnny Cowell	Roller Coaster	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:09
Jimmy Namaro	Carnival Brasiliero	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:03
Lenny Breau	Autumn Leaves	Mo' Breau	02:01
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Denny Vaughan	Then I'll Be Happy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:42
Peter Appleyard	Streets of London	ST	03:31
Jackie Richardson	Papa Can You Hear Me - Piece of the Sky	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	06:30
Denny Vaughan	Judy	Girls I Knew	02:24
Denny Vaughan	Abergavenny	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:24
Boogus	Gemini Rag	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:37
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon	And I Love Her	02:32
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Colina Phillips	River Jordan	Toronto Vocalist	03:05
Peter Appleyard	Midnight Sun	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:22
Doug Crosley	Something (George Harrison)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
Ben McPeek	Every Bit of Love	Thinking of You	02:28
Bill Butler	I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:03
Jimmy Namaro	Bossa Nova Para Que Jaime	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Takes Time	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:39
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Pink Panther	The Old Meets the New	03:24
Doug Riley	Peace Dance	Freedom	06:24
Phil Nimmons Group	My Old Flame	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:39
Henry Cuesta	Singin' My Song	Plays Favourites	02:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sunshine On My Shoulders	Back Home Again	02:58
Denny Vaughan	My Cherie Amour	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:36
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Rag Medley (Rogers)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:00
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 4th movement	Transformations - Invocations	04:55
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wichita Lineman	The Now Sound	02:25
Lucio Agostini	Captain Bacardi	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:34
Peter Appleyard	Tenderly	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Think I'll Write a Song	Back Home Again	02:34
Lenny Breau	Indian Reflections For Ravi	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	03:16
Henry Cuesta	Brand New Morning	Clarinet With Strings	02:17
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	A Garden in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:09
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:34
Herb Marshall	Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)	Toronto Vocalist	01:53
Lucio Agostini	Taboo	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:15
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
Peter Appleyard	The Last Blues Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Compilation	Tommy Ambrose - In The Words of a Lover	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:04
Peter Appleyard	Rock's Push	Toronto Instrumental	02:16
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
Johnny Cowell	Caesar's Palace	Hot Brass	03:22
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:15
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One 'O' Nine	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:53
John Arpin	Dance in the Old Fashioned Way	Direct to Disc	02:48
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How I Think of You	Montage	02:47
Denny Vaughan	Lonely Evening Time	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:13
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Johnny Cowell	Blood of the Brave Bull	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:12
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Face the Music and Dance	And I Love Her	02:25
Rick Wilkins	Should I Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:35
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Peter Appleyard	Cinderella Rockefeller	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:19
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard	Morning Has Broken	02:36
Johnny Cowell	Stawberry Jam	His Girl	02:04
Boogus	Roller Queen	CBC Comp 403 comp	03:11
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Night's Disgrace	03:58
Jimmy Namaro	Baia	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:04
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mike Fright	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:01
Moe Koffman	Cantelope Island	Moe's Curried Soul	06:56
Johnny Cowell	The Eternal Flame	Our Winter Love	02:23
Jimmy Namaro	Pubba and The Puddy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:12
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
2B3	Denis Keldie, Michael Fonfara - Gimme Some Lovin'	The Toronto Sessions	05:29
Johnny Cowell	His Girl	His Girl	02:11
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Moe Koffman	Sure It Is	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:37
Denny Vaughan	I Love You Because	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:41
Phil Nimmons Group	As a Rully	Take 10	06:05

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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