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
Lenny Breau	Cold, Cold Heart	Guitar Sounds From	04:44
The Brian Browne Trio	Home Again	The Toronto Scene	02:54
Ben McPeek	Share the Land	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:09
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Invitation	And I Love Her	02:25
Kathryn Moses	Midmorning	ST	04:12
Johnny Cowell	Stawberry Jam	His Girl	02:04
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Lujon	ST	02:42
Robert Tennison Troupe	Just Like a Fool	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:39
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks	Strictly Nimmons	03:38
Guido Basso	Early Morning Rain	Love Talk	02:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Comfort	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Silver Bird	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Russ Little	Body & Soul	Slow Burn	05:27
Jimmy Dale	Strange Music	Profiles	03:29
John Arpin	Great Scott Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:25
Bill Badgley	Mesclado (MYXAPYKL)	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	02:10
Teddy Roderman	A Gliss to Build a Gleam On	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:55
Russ Little	Out On a Limb	Snapshot	04:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Guido Basso	Gentle Rain	One More for the Road	04:58
Paul Zaza	Follow the Sun	Faces and Places	02:18
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:08
Teddy Roderman	Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias)	Stay Awhile	02:58
Ivy Steel	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
Ed Bickert	Con Alma	Out of the Past	07:49
Joyce Sullivan	Bill	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:16
Wally Koster	Alone Together	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:01
Lenny Breau	Marlborough Street	Mo' Breau	02:06
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening	02:32
Rick Wilkins	Should I Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:35
Compilation	Ted Komar - My Beloved	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Colina Phillips	River Jordan	Toronto Vocalist	03:05
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	A Garden in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:09
Ed Bickert	I Like To Recognize the Tune	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:46
Lenny Breau	King of the Road	Guitar Sounds From	02:29
Henry Cuesta	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Plays Favourites	03:05
Peter Appleyard	The Man That Got Away	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:37
Ed Bickert	You're Right As Rain	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:54
Peter Appleyard	Tenderly	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:01
Carol McCartney	Jersey Bounce	A Night in Tunisia	04:40
Kathryn Moses	Touch Me	ST	07:28
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Yellow Fever	03:45
Ed Bickert	Pensativa	Bye Bye Baby	04:46
Jerry Toth	Picasso Summer	The Twelve Sides Of	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Evergreen	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Phil Nimmons Group	Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)	Mary Popppins Swings	05:29
Compilation	Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:17
John Arpin	Troubadour Rag (1919)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:16
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
Denny Vaughan	Stranger on the Shore	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:34
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:27
Lenny Breau	Bluesette	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Song Sung Blue	Morning Has Broken	03:11
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 5th movement	Transformations - Invocations	13:41
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mike Fright	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:01
Carol McCartney	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	A Night in Tunisia	04:46
Pat Riccio	Watermelon Man (Hancock)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:11
The Laurie Bower Singers	Circle Round The Sky	Back Home Again	02:30
Ben McPeek	Superstar	Peace Train	03:34
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Sound of Silver	ST	03:20
John Arpin	The Way We Were	Direct to Disc	03:08
Johnny Cowell	The Eternal Flame	Our Winter Love	02:23
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
Bill Butler	I'm Always Chasing Rainbows	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:54
Hagood Hardy	The Children's Song	As Time Goes By	02:21
Hagood Hardy	Afternoon in Venice	Maybe Tomorrow	02:16
Hagood Hardy	Beauty	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:18
Norman Amadio Trio	Hallelujah	ST	02:03
Rick Wilkins	Lowdown	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:41
John Arpin	Leola	Concert In Ragtime	03:16
Henry Cuesta	Me And You And A Dog Named Boo	Plays Favourites	01:48
Henry Cuesta	The Promised Land	Plays Favourites	02:07
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Live & Let Die	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:27
Russ Little	Cold Duck Time	Snapshot	05:15
Johnny Cowell	Genevieve	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Eugene Amaro	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Swing Sisters	Davenport Blues	Davenport Blues	03:20
Denny Vaughan	Then I'll Be Happy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:42
Compilation	Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:11
The Laurie Bower Singers	Ready To Take A Chance	You	03:19
Bill Badgley	If You Leave Me Now	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:09
Moe Koffman	Nature's Banquet (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	07:45
Russ Little	Four Brothers	Footwork	06:29
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Copenhagen	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love	Laurie Bower	03:38
Peter Appleyard	Just In Time	The Vibe Sound Of	02:40
Doug Crosley	Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:47
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Bill Butler	I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:03
Russ Little	Footwork	Footwork	04:58
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Not Soon Enough	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:32
Pat Riccio	In To Miami (Barry)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:15
Peter Appleyard	Wichita Lineman	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:43
Johnny Cowell	Sangre De Toro Bravo	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:28
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	A Brand New Scene	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:53

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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