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
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Up On Cripple Creek	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:14
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Nellie Medley (Wait 'Til the Sun Shines Nellie - Wore a Tulip - Old Grey Bonnet - I Want a Gal) (arr. Read)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:15
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Just You, Just Me (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:45
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Joyce Sullivan	Friendly Star	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:50
The Laurie Bower Singers	How The Singers Sing	Morning Has Broken	03:06
Moe Koffman	Windy	Turned on	02:35
Lenny Breau	New York City	Mo' Breau	05:04
Denny Vaughan	Moonlight Rendezvous	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Compilation	Ted Komar - Bela Bimba	CBC Comp 409	02:24
Peter Appleyard	The Last Blues Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Moe Koffman	Alone Together	The Shepherd Swings Again	04:09
Ben McPeek	Early Autumn	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:47
Hagood Hardy	When Joanne Loved Me	Maybe Tomorrow	03:49
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Breezin' Along With the Breeze	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	01:50
Doug Crosley	Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:54
Lucio Agostini	Voyageur Canoe Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:32
Jimmy Namaro	Morrocco	At the Westbury	03:23
Rick Wilkins	Savin' it Up	Discovery	03:46
The Brian Browne Trio	Home Again	The Toronto Scene	02:54
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz (Valse Brilliante)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	05:30
Terry Watada	Yellow Fever	Yellow Fever	03:59
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Lucio Agostini	Centipediantics	Action With Agostini	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	Something is Happening	Feelin'	02:16
Bill Badgley	Moonlight Sonata	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	05:02
The Mutual Understanding	Little Girl Blue	In Wonderland	03:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love	Laurie Bower	03:38
Henry Cuesta	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
Jerry Toth	Guitar Concerto: Adagio	The Music Of	04:07
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Waltz Medley (Bicycle Built for Two - Sidewalks of New York - Take Me Out to the Ball Game) (arr. Read)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	01:33
Jerry Toth	Gymnopedie	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:50
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake	The Toronto Sessions	04:59
Tommy Ambrose	I Don't Hurt Anymore	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:31
Eugene Amaro	People	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:43
Hagood Hardy	Clouds	The Homecoming	03:34
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Pink Panther	The Old Meets the New	03:24
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
The Laurie Bower Singers	Brand New Key	Morning Has Broken	02:32
Hagood Hardy	Beauty	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:18
Jimmy Namaro	The Man I Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:53
Colina Phillips	Universal Prisoner	Toronto Vocalist	02:33
Johnny Cowell	Road of Love	Our Winter Love	02:22
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Winchester Cathedral	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:22
Lucio Agostini	Gold Leaf	Action With Agostini	02:00
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Paul Zaza	Summertime Drive	Faces and Places	02:19
Hogtown Trumpets	Back Bacon Blues	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:06
Lucio Agostini	St. Thomas	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:17
Johnny Cowell	For What it's Worth	It's Gotta Be Love	02:35
John Arpin	Ragtime Nightingale	Concert In Ragtime	03:04
Bill Badgley	June	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:26
The Brian Browne Trio	Toot That Whistle	The Toronto Scene	02:13
Rick Wilkins	The Very Thought of You	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:35
John Arpin	Cotton Jenny	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:14
Guido Basso	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18
Ivy Steel	Robbin’s Nest	Reincarnation	03:27
Peter Appleyard	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:46
Swing Sisters	Royal Garden Blues	Davenport Blues	02:52
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening	02:32
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Paul Zaza	Granada Fantasia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	05:34
Teddy Roderman	Niagara	Makin' It With You	02:10
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	If I Could	ST	02:40
Lenny Breau	Neptune	ST	07:37
Jimmy Namaro	With Mallets Towards Some	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	September Morn	When You Say Goodbye	03:39
Jimmy Namaro	I Cover The Waterfront	At the Westbury	02:15
Moe Koffman	James Brown's Bag	Turned on	02:48
Peter Appleyard	This Masquerade	ST	03:01
Guido Basso	All the Sad Young Men	One More for the Road	04:36
Moe Koffman	Flute Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:10
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wolverine Blues	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:42
Peter Appleyard	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Doug Crosley	You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:30
Guido Basso	Cuminha Cruzado	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:45
Jimmy Dale	If	Toronto Instrumental	02:18
Guido Basso	Fascinating Rhythm	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	03:43
Lenny Breau	Claude (Free Song)	ST	11:01
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Twooch	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	09:15
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Moon River	Toronto Instrumental	02:13
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Jimmy Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Lucio Agostini	Watch What Happens	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:29
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yesterday	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:10
Johnny Cowell	Freeze!	Our Winter Love	02:07
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How Insensitive	Montage	03:38
Denny Vaughan	Fine and Dandy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:38
Johnny Cowell	Anatomy of a Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:18
Phil Nimmons Group	Just You, Just Me	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:22
Tommy Ambrose	Just Like a Man	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	03:23
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Song	The Christmas Album	02:36
Jimmy Namaro	Love	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:21
Moe Koffman	Sunshine Superman	Moe's Curried Soul	04:51
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	At the Ports of Call	01:48

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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