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
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Waltz	The Christmas Album	02:58
Hagood Hardy	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Fair Wind	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	03:37
Compilation	Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:16
Teddy Roderman	Beautiful Second Hand Man	Makin' It With You	02:34
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
Jackie Richardson	Stay With Me	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:07
Bill Badgley	After The Lovin'	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:06
Moe Koffman	You Are My Sunshine	Moe's Curried Soul	03:16
Compilation	Episode 7-Oh!	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:19
The Brian Browne Trio	Browne Sugar	The Toronto Scene	02:50
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Sailin' Home	Sailin' Home	04:15
Ron Collier Tentet	The Days of Wine And Roses	ST	02:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Eugene Amaro	I Just Fall In Love Again	Warm	03:38
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
The Mutual Understanding	Look Around	In Wonderland	02:25
Jimmy Namaro	Changing Keys	At the Westbury	02:41
Terry Watada	City of Lights	Night's Disgrace	03:59
Tommy Ambrose	Margie	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:04
Guido Basso	Sweet Georgia Fame	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	05:23
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:45
Peter Appleyard	Crazy Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:36
Jimmy Namaro	Yesterdays	At the Westbury	03:28
Peter Appleyard	Where is the Love	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:17
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Blue Velvet	The Old Meets the New	02:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Decorated My Life	When You Say Goodbye	03:38
Fred Stone	Elissa	The Music of Fred Stone	07:25
Denny Vaughan	Moonlight Rendezvous	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:40
Jerry Toth	Picasso Summer	The Twelve Sides Of	02:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
Peter Appleyard	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:46
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me	ST	04:33
Rick Wilkins	A Wish Away	For the Sake of Music	03:17
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Espana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:56
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Guido Basso	The Good Life	One More for the Road	03:52
Hagood Hardy	After You've Gone	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:27
Compilation	Tommy Ambrose - In The Words of a Lover	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:04
Bill Butler	Spring Will be a Little Late This Year	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:51
Teddy Roderman	Niagara	Makin' It With You	02:10
Doug Randle	Alley Cat	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:58
Jimmy Namaro	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just a Little Song	Back Home Again	02:29
Robert Tennison Troupe	Just Like a Fool	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:39
Colina Phillips	Universal Prisoner	Toronto Vocalist	02:33
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - Windows	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:35
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Candida	It's Impossible	03:08
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Doug Crosley	Away from You (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:29
Pat Riccio	Michelle (Lennon-McCartney)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	What Now My Love	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:38
Denny Vaughan	Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:10
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Love to Play (Opening Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	00:54
Peter Appleyard	A Face Like Yours	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:58
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Johnny Cowell	Winds of Chance	Our Winter Love	01:47
Lucio Agostini	Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:14
Jimmy Namaro	September Song	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:54
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Henry Cuesta	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Rey	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
Johnny Cowell	Marcella	It's Gotta Be Love	02:22
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadiana 67	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:04
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Rick Wilkins	I Could Have Been a Sailor	Discovery	02:59
Ben McPeek	Who Can I Turn to	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:12
John Arpin	Your Love's Return	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:58
Hagood Hardy	Folks Who Live on the Hill	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:10
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One 'O' Nine	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:53
Norman Amadio Trio	Hallelujah	ST	02:03
Guido Basso	Two Bourees	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	06:07
Moe Koffman	Francesca	Cool and Hot Sax	04:09
Compilation	Ted Komar - Papirossew	CBC Comp 409	02:23
Johnny Cowell	Song of Joy	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:07
Carol McCartney	No More Blues	A Night in Tunisia	05:05
Moe Koffman	Sunshine Superman	Moe's Curried Soul	04:51
Compilation	L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:17
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
Johnny Cowell	Blood of the Brave Bull	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	Boney Fingers	Back Home Again	02:26
Peter Appleyard	The Linconshire Poacher	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Hagood Hardy	(Love theme from) Missouri breaks	Maybe Tomorrow	02:51
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning (Previn/Karlin)	ST	02:18
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Eugene Amaro	Midnight Blue	Twilight Time	02:53
Moe Koffman	Flute Salad	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:38
Doug Randle	Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sing Me a Rainbow	Feelin'	02:18
Lucio Agostini	Gazpacho	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:09
Moe Koffman	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
Jackie Richardson	Too Beautiful to Know	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:56
Peter Appleyard	Apres Toi	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:58
Rick Wilkins	If You Remember Me	Discovery	02:48
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:03
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58
Joyce Sullivan	You'll Never Know	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:47

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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