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 Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:08
Teddy Roderman	Autumn Concerto	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:43
Hagood Hardy	Harlequin (A Time for Love)	Reflections	03:13
Paul Zaza	Mellow Moments	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:11
Guido Basso	Christina	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:44
Joyce Sullivan	The Anniversary Song	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:46
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening	02:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Nine to Five	It Goes Like It Goes	02:34
Hagood Hardy	You Needed Me	Reflections	04:00
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58
Paul Hoffert	Lover Man	The Jazz Roots of	11:00
Lenny Breau	Cold, Cold Heart	Guitar Sounds From	04:44
Teddy Roderman	Measure The Valleys	Makin' It With You	02:41
Lenny Breau	Killer Joe	Minor's Aloud	06:12
Compilation	Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:29
Hogtown Trumpets	Aztec	CBC Comp 434 comp	02:47
Peter Appleyard	Tell Me A Story	ST	03:22
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rainy Day People	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:12
Ron Collier Tentet	Relaxin'	ST	02:28
Guido Basso	Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw)	Love Talk	02:40
Paul Hoffert	Growing Up	The Jazz Roots of	05:13
Ivy Steel	What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Reincarnation	03:28
Compilation	Woodland City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:47
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Lucio Agostini	Centennial Caravan	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:06
Eugene Amaro	To Spend My Love	Twilight Time	02:30
Lucio Agostini	Caramba (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:03
Ben McPeek	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Moe Koffman	Battering Ram	Goes Electric	02:34
Hagood Hardy	It's Not Unusual	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:00
Tommy Ambrose	This Song Is Ended	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:18
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Fair Weather	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:57
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sunny	The Now Sound	02:08
Lenny Breau	Claude (Free Song)	ST	11:01
Johnny Cowell	Like No Other Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:21
Compilation	Ted Komar - Bela Bimba	CBC Comp 409	02:24
Jerry Toth	The Worst That Could Happen	The Music Of	02:34
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I Say A Little Prayer For You	The Now Sound	02:49
Lenny Breau	Neptune	ST	07:37
Teddy Roderman	Mississippi	Stay Awhile	02:09
Jackie Richardson	Me?	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:25
Hogtown Trumpets	Back Bacon Blues	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Goes Like It Goes	It Goes Like It Goes	03:40
Moe Koffman	The Calm (Adagio)	The Four Seasons	01:59
Pat Riccio	Stranger on the Shore (Bilk-Mellin)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:23
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Kathryn Moses	Midnight	ST	08:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadiana 67	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:04
Peter Appleyard	Avalon	The Vibe Sound Of	02:33
Lucio Agostini	Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme)	Once Upon a Hundred Years	07:24
Paul Zaza	Beautiful People	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Silver (A Prayer)	Transformations - Invocations	12:22
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	Our Winter Love	02:36
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Cried for You	Bluesprint	05:41
Doug Randle	Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	02:47
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
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Guido Basso	What a Friend	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:31
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Terry Watada	City of Lights	Night's Disgrace	03:59
Don Gillis	Beautiful	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	02:26
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
Johnny Cowell	Road of Love	Our Winter Love	02:22
Jimmy Dale	I Should Care	Soft and Groovy	03:03
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Pink Panther	The Old Meets the New	03:24
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Moe Koffman	Georgia on My Mind	Tales of Koffman	06:46
Ed Bickert	Street of Dreams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:22
Ben McPeek	For Lovin Me	The Original Sounds of	01:52
Johnny Cowell	Moonshine	Hot Brass	02:03
Claman Richard Morris & Jerry Toth	St. Lawrence Centre Song	St. Lawrence Centre Song	03:41
John Arpin	Augustan Club Waltzes (1901)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:45
Jimmy Namaro	The Man I Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End	Laurie Bower	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wish I Was A Plane	Wish I Was A Plane	02:50
Guido Basso	My Foolish Heart	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:13
The Laurie Bower Singers	I've Found a New Baby	Feelin'	02:06
Jimmy Namaro	Similau	With Mallets A 4 Thought	04:20
Lucio Agostini	Skiing in Québec	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:30
Moe Koffman	Coaster	Cool and Hot Sax	04:03
Paul Zaza	Swallow Flight	Images	03:45
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Jimmy Dale	Night Song	Soft and Groovy	03:40
Jimmy Dale	Touch Her Soft Lips	Profiles	02:48
Eugene Amaro	Did You Say	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	01:57
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Shadow Of Your Smile	The Now Sound	02:51
Lucio Agostini	Canadians at Work	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:41
Bill Butler	Violets for Your Furs	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:55
Ed Bickert	Come Rain or Come Shine	ST	09:46
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:50
Lucio Agostini	La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Guido Basso	Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	05:48
Paul Zaza	Blue Lagoon	Images	02:33
Jackie Richardson	Finer Wine	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:07

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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