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
Ben McPeek If Only We Could See If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye
Ben McPeek American Woman Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
John Arpin Dance in the Old Fashioned Way Direct to Disc
The Laurie Bower Singers Up On Cripple Creek Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Guantanamera Montage
Bill Butler I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Ed Bickert It Might as Well Be Spring ST
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby Strictly Nimmons
Phil Nimmons Group In a Mellotone Take 10
Doug Wilson Quartet Canadian Theme Canada b/w Canadian Theme
The Laurie Bower Singers Do You Think I'd Call It Love When You Say Goodbye
Henry Cuesta Lonely is the Name Clarinet With Strings
Johnny Cowell Lonely Girl Our Winter Love
Rick Wilkins Weekend in New England My Heart Belongs to Me
Phil Nimmons Group Stay Awake Mary Popppins Swings
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!) Now!
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Bess You is My Woman Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Teddy Roderman Niagara Makin' It With You
Moe Koffman Snowflakes (Largo) The Four Seasons
Wally Koster April in Paris The Songs of Wally Koster
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 5th movement Transformations - Invocations
Rick Wilkins Déjà vu Discovery
Peter Appleyard Who Needs It Peter Appleyard Presents
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Song And Dance Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Eugene Amaro I'll Follow The Sun Warm
Hagood Hardy & the Montage You (Doug Riley) ST
Eugene Amaro Did You Say The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Lenny Breau You Needed Me ST
Pete Schofield and the Canadians What Now My Love It’s a Sign of the Times
Peter Appleyard Just In Time The Vibe Sound Of
Jimmy Namaro Beachcomber's Blues Driftwood
Jimmy Namaro The Man I Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Paul Zaza Hollywood Hills Faces and Places
The Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Lucio Agostini Heart of Gold (Neil Young) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Ben McPeek Talk It Over In The Morning Peace Train
Guido Basso Lush Life A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Phil Nimmons Group As a Rully Take 10
Carol McCartney You Don't Know What Love Is A Night in Tunisia
Jerry Toth Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady The Classic Jerry Toth
Moe Koffman Inverno Furioso (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Compilation Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke Jazz Toronto
Jerry Toth Last Tango In Paris The Twelve Sides Of
Ben McPeek Who Can I Turn to His Voices and His Orchestra
Jimmy Namaro Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha Driftwood
Hagood Hardy Something in Your Smile Stop 33 Sutton Place
Bill Butler Spring Will be a Little Late This Year The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Ed Bickert You're Right As Rain I Like To Recognize the Tune
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek) Peter & The Wolf Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music
Paul Zaza Malaguena Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Doug Randle Once Upon a Time (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Teddy Roderman Watching Scotty Grow Makin' It With You
Guido Basso Last Night When We Were Young One More for the Road
Ben McPeek Get Out of Town His Voices and His Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Peter Appleyard 'S Wonderful The Vibe Sound Of
Moe Koffman Swingin' Explorer Goes Electric
Pete Schofield and the Canadians (Do You Know The Way To) San Jose The Now Sound
Jimmy Namaro Sentimental Journey At the Westbury
Robert Tennison Troupe Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Twooch Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Guido Basso Ten Little Indians It's Happening
Guido Basso Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez) Lost in the Stars
Johnny Cowell Butterscotch The Virtuoso Trumpet
Ben McPeek Share the Land Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Moe Koffman Nature's Banquet (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Johnny Cowell Shag Our Winter Love
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra I Enjoy Being a Girl And I Love Her
Guido Basso Liberated Brother Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Paul Zaza Warm Breezes Coasting (with Isaacs)
Fred Stone Maera The Music of Fred Stone
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Look Of Love The Now Sound
Kathryn Moses Ready or Not ST
Jerry Toth "Odd Couple" Theme The Music Of
Jimmy Dale Till the End of Time Profiles
Peter Appleyard Satin Doll Toronto Instrumental
Bill Badgley How Insensitive Blue-Ribbon Badgley
John Arpin You are the Sunshine of My Life Direct to Disc
Guido Basso Second Chance One More for the Road
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Sailin' Home Sailin' Home
The Laurie Bower Singers Daniel Wish I Was A Plane
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I Say A Little Prayer For You The Now Sound
Phil Nimmons Group On the Autobahn Take 10
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Bauble Bangles And Beads Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
The Laurie Bower Singers Angie Baby Back Home Again
Moe Koffman Jeannine Tales of Koffman
Phil Nimmons Group Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious Mary Popppins Swings
Denny Vaughan My Cherie Amour Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Moe Koffman Hambourg Bound Cool and Hot Sax
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
John Arpin Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Direct to Disc
Doug Randle Cote d´Azur Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Ron Collier Tentet I Believe In You ST
Lenny Breau Back In Indiana (Hanley & MacDonald) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Denny Vaughan Ramona Girls I Knew
Guido Basso Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered And All That Latin Jazz!
Johnny Cowell Don't Look Back It's Gotta Be Love

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

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

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

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

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

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

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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

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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, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

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

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

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

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

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Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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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