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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Wilkins, Rick	Neat!	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:13
Hardy, Hagood	Silent Night, Holy Night	The Christmas Album	02:48
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Laurie Bower Singers	Angie Baby	Back Home Again	03:32
Roderman, Teddy	Sunshine, Lollipops and Roses	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:31
Agostini, Lucio	A Banda	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:48
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
Compilation	Ted Komar - Papirossew	CBC Comp 409	02:23
Cowell, Johnny	Goodbye My Love	The Tender Loving Care	02:04
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Canadiana 67	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:04
McPeek, Ben	If You Could Read My Mind	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:34
Cuesta, Henry	Fate	Clarinet With Strings	02:30
Crosley, Doug	Somewhere, Sometime (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Randle, Doug	Once Upon a Time (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:49
Cuesta, Henry	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
Compilation	Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:53
Basso, Guido	Let It Snow	Christmas Today	02:47
McPeek, Ben	Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:17
Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
Arpin, John	Toronto Blues (1965)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:40
Laurie Bower Singers	Love to the People	Looks Like We Made It	02:58
Ambrose, Tommy	Time After Time	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:05
Zaza, Paul	Marina Del Rey	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
Riccio, Pat	Stranger on the Shore (Bilk-Mellin)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:23
Basso, Guido	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening	02:07
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Arpin, John	Wild Cherries Rag (1908)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:13
Namaro, Jimmy	Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:38
Laurie Bower Singers	Tell No Lies	You	03:31
Arpin, John	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Dale, Jimmy	Wave	Soft and Groovy	02:43
Laurie Bower Singers	Looks Like We Made It	Looks Like We Made It	03:39
Laurie Bower Singers	Sing Me a Rainbow	Feelin'	02:18
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Midnight Bells	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:22
Wilkins, Rick	The Closer I Get To You	For the Sake of Music	03:23
Crosley, Doug	Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:44
Laurie Bower Singers	When I Need You	Looks Like We Made It	03:45
Appleyard, Peter	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
Bostic, Cal	The Darkest Hour	Introducing	03:08
Nimmons, Phil Group	Open Country	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Laurie Bower Singers	Hey Look	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:22
Laurie Bower Singers	Mississippi	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Toth, Jerry	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Song of the Tropics	ST	03:17
McPeek, Ben	For Lovin Me	The Original Sounds of	01:52
Hoffert, Paul	Lover Man	The Jazz Roots of	11:00
Agostini, Lucio	Brazil	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:32
Compilation	Talk to the Animals (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:23
Schofield, Pete & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Killing Me Softly (With His Song)	Do Something Nice Today!	03:10
Amadio, Norman Trio	Alleluia D.T.'s.	ST	01:57
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
Wilkins, Rick	Sometimes When We Touch	For the Sake of Music	03:10
Richardson, Jackie	My Baby	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:07
Breau, Lenny	Tuning Time	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	01:49
Browne, Brian Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
Breau, Lenny	A Taste of Honey	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:30
Arpin, John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Direct to Disc	03:54
Phillips, Colina	Never Had it So Good	Toronto Vocalist	03:23
Cowell, Johnny	Oops	His Girl	01:47
Browne, Brian Trio	Careless Love	The Toronto Scene	04:21
Agostini, Lucio	The Partisan (Marley - Zaret)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:38
Compilation	Norma Locke - I Need You So	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:07
Namaro, Jimmy	Sonny’s Daze	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:33
Bostic, Cal	Somewhere My Love	Introducing	02:35
Cowell, Johnny	Genevieve	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Appleyard, Peter	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel The Way I Do	The Rose And The Rain	02:40
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Loves Theme	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:45
Basso, Guido	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Toth, Jerry	Tara's Theme .. Erich Traugott trumpet solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:21
Basso, Guido	Suite P.E.I.	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	17:40
Phillips, Colina	River Jordan	Toronto Vocalist	03:05
McPeek, Ben	Never My Love	Peace Train	03:27
Namaro, Jimmy	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Winchester Cathedral	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:22
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Medley #2: My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Five Foot Two - Runnin' Wild (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Crosley, Doug	Pisces Child (Dolores Claman)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
Appleyard, Peter	Spanish Pearls	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:07
Basso, Guido	Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Lost in the Stars	05:25
Namaro, Jimmy	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Hardy, Hagood	No Good On My Own	As Time Goes By	03:31
Namaro, Jimmy	Similau	With Mallets A 4 Thought	04:20
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:22
Amaro, Eugene	Didn’t We	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:54
Breau, Lenny	Neptune	ST	07:37
Breau, Lenny	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Medley #1: Rose of Washington Square; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Sweet Georgia Brown (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Butler, Bill	Canadian Sunset	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:05
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	If I Could	ST	02:40
Breau, Lenny	Anytime (Herbert Lawson)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:47
Arpin, John	Kansas City Stomps	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:34
Koffman, Moe	Dr. Swahili	Goes Electric	02:42
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Copenhagen	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:03
Koffman, Moe	Mrs. Robinson	Turned on	02:31
2B3	Denis Keldie, Bill Payne - Life is a Carnival	The Toronto Sessions	05:31
Hardy, Hagood	Misty	Reflections	03:45
Sealy, Joe, Don Palmer, Tom Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
Cowell, Johnny	His Girl	His Girl	02:11
Gillis, Don	Lady Death	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:58

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Browne, Brian Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

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Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra - ST

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Breau, Lenny - ST

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Namaro, Jimmy - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Badgley, Bill - Blue-Ribbon Badgley

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Badgley, Bill - At the Ports of Call

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Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Collier, Ron Tentet - ST

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Amaro, Eugene - Warm

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Agostini, Lucio - Action With Agostini

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Schofield, Pete and the Canadians - It’s a Sign of the Times

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Laurie Bower Singers - You

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Toth, Jerry - The Twelve Sides Of

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Hardy, Hagood & the Montage - ST

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Wilkins, Rick - From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)

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McPeek, Ben - Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease

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Hardy, Hagood - As Time Goes By

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Sanderlings - With The Jim Pirie Orchestra

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Hoffert, Paul - The Jazz Roots of

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Zaza, Paul - Faces and Places

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Namaro, Jimmy - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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McPeek, Ben - The Original Sounds of

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Laurie Bower Singers - Take Me Home Country Roads

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Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six - Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64

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Basso, Guido - Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

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Randle, Doug - Songs for the New Industrial State

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Richardson, Jackie - Woman's View... Through Child Eyes

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Breau, Lenny - Minor's Aloud

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Basso, Guido - It's Happening (re-issue)

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Mutual Understanding - Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye

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