The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
2B3 Denis Keldie, Rob Gusevs - One Love - People Get Ready The Toronto Sessions
Johnny Cowell Don't Mention My Name Hot Brass
Henry Cuesta Royal Garden Blues Plays Favourites
The Laurie Bower Singers El Condor Pasa Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Moe Koffman Jazz Merengue Tales of Koffman
Jimmy Namaro Night Sounds At the Westbury
Henry Cuesta The Promised Land Plays Favourites
Jimmy Namaro What Is This Thing Called Love At the Westbury
Compilation Tommy Ambrose - In The Words of a Lover 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Hagood Hardy Christmas Waltz The Christmas Album
Paul Zaza Follow the Sun Faces and Places
The Laurie Bower Singers If You Feel Got a Feelin' for Love
Lucio Agostini The Girls of Spain Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Hagood Hardy Daniel Tell Me My Name
Peter Appleyard Lazy Silhouettes The Lincolnshire Poacher
Jimmy Namaro Lonely One featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Jackie Richardson I'm In Love Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Teddy Roderman Animal Crackers in My Soup Makin' It With You
Rick Wilkins Weekend in New England My Heart Belongs to Me
Peter Appleyard Where is the Love The Lincolnshire Poacher
Peter Appleyard Midnight Sun The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Denny Vaughan Yesterday When I Was Young Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Back Home Again Back Home Again
The Laurie Bower Singers How The Singers Sing Morning Has Broken
Wally Koster Time Was The Songs of Wally Koster
Lucio Agostini The Partisan (Marley - Zaret) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Rick Wilkins Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars) For the Sake of Music
Jimmy Namaro Call Me Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
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)
Denny Vaughan Can't Help Falling in Love With You A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
The Laurie Bower Singers I Got a Name Back Home Again
Moe Koffman The Storm (Presto) The Four Seasons
Guido Basso Tour de Force (live) (Dizzy Gillespie) Lost in the Stars
Jimmy Namaro Dansero At the Westbury
The Laurie Bower Singers Kiss Me in the Rain It Goes Like It Goes
Moe Koffman You Are My Sunshine Moe's Curried Soul
Ben McPeek Someday Soon The Original Sounds of
Ben McPeek If Only We Could See If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye
The Laurie Bower Singers Wish I Was A Plane Wish I Was A Plane
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Blue Jade Sailin' Home
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Loves Theme Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Ben McPeek Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! His Voices and His Orchestra
Doug Randle A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Teddy Roderman Sunny Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
The Laurie Bower Singers Una Paloma Got a Feelin' for Love
Rick Wilkins Together My Heart Belongs to Me
Jackie Richardson If I Could Only Sleep Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
John Arpin Jenny's Tune Direct to Disc
Rick Wilkins Lowdown My Heart Belongs to Me
The Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
Phil Nimmons Group A Spoonful of Sugar Mary Popppins Swings
Denny Vaughan Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Sneaky Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Yorkville Avenue Band Watcha' Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Round "Moving Day"
Jimmy Namaro So Danco Samba We Gotta Get It All Together
Guido Basso Windmills of Your Mind And All That Latin Jazz!
Bill Badgley Lady Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Peter Appleyard Alone Again, Naturally The Lincolnshire Poacher
Phil Nimmons Group Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious Mary Popppins Swings
The Laurie Bower Singers Crooked Mile Wish I Was A Plane
Pete Schofield and the Canadians King of the Road The Old Meets the New
Moe Koffman If I Were a Carpenter Turned on
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado) ST
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I'll Follow My Secret Heart Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Jerry Toth Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Compilation Tommy Ambrose - Annie Is Back 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Lucio Agostini March Wind Action With Agostini
Ben McPeek Every Bit of Love Thinking of You
Ivy Steel Easy Living Reincarnation
Rick Wilkins Holiday Discovery
Doug Randle Colored Plastics Songs for the New Industrial State
Lenny Breau Mister Night ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Morning Has Broken Morning Has Broken
Bill Butler A Portrait of a Piano Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sing Do Something Nice Today!
Jerry Toth The Worst That Could Happen The Music Of
John Arpin Go My Way Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Doug Crosley Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Bill Badgley Moon Love At the Ports of Call
Henry Cuesta Way Down Deep Plays Favourites
Teddy Roderman Lovers Roulette Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Jimmy Namaro September Song Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Compilation One of Those Songs (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
2B3 Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy The Toronto Sessions
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Bill Butler One Morning in May The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Joyce Sullivan You'll Never Know The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
The Laurie Bower Singers Minute To Minute When You Say Goodbye
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Guido Basso Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Christmas Today
Ed Bickert It Might As Well Be Spring I Like To Recognize the Tune
Pete Schofield and the Canadians What Now My Love It’s a Sign of the Times
Doug Crosley Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice (It's All Right) ST
Hagood Hardy God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen The Christmas Album
John Arpin The Last Time I Saw Her Face Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Paul Hoffert The Song is You The Jazz Roots of
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

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

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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