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
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Hagood Hardy	Nightwalker	Tell Me My Name	03:31
Phil Nimmons Group	Little Poppy	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:55
Bill Butler	Chopin Nocturne In E Flat	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:35
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
Kathryn Moses	Midnight	ST	08:32
The Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
The Mutual Understanding	Everybody Loves My Baby	In Wonderland	01:55
Compilation	Episode 7-Oh!	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:19
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End	Laurie Bower	02:42
Jimmy Namaro	I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin'	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:51
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Song And Dance	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	09:28
Sanderlings	Love One Another (Trevor Jones)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:08
Moe Koffman	Doxy	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:44
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Jimmy Dale	Strange Music	Profiles	03:29
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Caribbean Moonlight	ST	03:09
Tony Quarrington	One Bright Morning	One Bright Morning	06:32
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon (alternate version)	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Jimmy Namaro	Sand and Sandals	Driftwood	03:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Lip Flap (For Fred)	Now!	03:48
Johnny Cowell	Angel of the Morning	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
Paul Zaza	Mellow Moments	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:11
Doug Riley	Jump for Joy	Freedom	05:10
Teddy Roderman	Up-Up and Away	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:40
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
Jim O'Driscoll	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	02:56
Phil Nimmons Group	As a Rully	Take 10	06:05
Hagood Hardy	Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home	Tell Me My Name	03:49
Phil Nimmons Group	On the Autobahn	Take 10	06:55
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're Driving Me Crazy	Feelin'	02:57
Lucio Agostini	Help Yourself	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:22
Jimmy Namaro	We Gotta Get it All Together	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:50
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Invitation	And I Love Her	02:25
Moe Koffman	Monks Monastery	Tales of Koffman	02:55
Lenny Breau	Scrapple From The Apple	Minor's Aloud	07:12
Jackie Richardson	If I Could	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:28
Ed Bickert	Barbados	Bye Bye Baby	04:11
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Peter & The Wolf	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:43
The Mutual Understanding	Look Around	In Wonderland	02:25
Dr. Music	Shoot	Doug Riley Transcription	06:55
Jimmy Namaro	I Wanna Know	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:37
Lucio Agostini	Prairie Boy	Action With Agostini	03:29
Moe Koffman	Jeannine	Tales of Koffman	05:27
Lenny Breau	Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain (Fred Rose)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:18
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	You	You	03:15
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Never Done It Like That	You	03:09
Compilation	Woodland City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:47
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Midnight Cowboy (John Barry)	Now!	04:55
Bill Badgley	June	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:26
Moe Koffman	Soul Finger	Turned on	02:20
Compilation	Brian Hughes - The Bridge	Jazz Toronto	04:58
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 2	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	02:46
Colina Phillips	River Jordan	Toronto Vocalist	03:05
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	And I Love Her	02:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight)	Laurie Bower	03:17
Paul Hoffert	Phoenix	The Jazz Roots of	04:40
John Arpin	Centennial Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:21
Lucio Agostini	Brazil	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:32
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Midnight Bells	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:22
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:43
Doug Randle	Martin of Her Mind	Songs for the New Industrial State	05:01
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	03:10
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Fanny	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:32
Bill Butler	A Portrait of a Piano	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:40
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	01:59
Fred Stone	Tamara	The Music of Fred Stone	05:31
Lenny Breau	Please Release Me (Horton & Peck)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:30
Denny Vaughan	Northern Dancer	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:43
Hogtown Trumpets	Back Bacon Blues	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:06
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Ben McPeek	Someday Soon	The Original Sounds of	01:53
Lucio Agostini	Leah's Latin Lover (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:39
Jerry Toth	A Rock Madrigal For Mehitabel	The Twelve Sides Of	02:46
Compilation	Jim Pirie - We'll Walk Together	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:02
Paul Zaza	Autumn Reflections	Images	02:56
Jimmy Dale	Could it be Magic	Profiles	02:45
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One Long Song	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:52
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
Peter Appleyard	Lazy Silhouettes	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:54
Hagood Hardy	Don't Give up on Us	Tell Me My Name	02:52
Rick Wilkins	Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars)	For the Sake of Music	03:59
Denny Vaughan	Then I'll Be Happy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:42
Johnny Cowell	Song of Joy	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:07
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wish I Was A Plane	Wish I Was A Plane	02:50
Bill Badgley	Mesclado (MYXAPYKL)	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	02:10
Lucio Agostini	Hoedown	Action With Agostini	02:28
Lenny Breau	Secret Love	Minor's Aloud	05:10
Hagood Hardy	Words	Maybe Tomorrow	03:04

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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