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
Yorkville Avenue Band Takin' Me Through the Night "Moving Day"
Hagood Hardy Feliz Navidad The Christmas Album
Jimmy Namaro Late Late Blues With Mallets A 4 Thought
Hagood Hardy & the Montage You (Doug Riley) ST
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - This Can't Be Love Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Bill Butler I'll Remember April The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Johnny Cowell Darling Mama His Girl
Jimmy Namaro Lazy Afternoon We Gotta Get It All Together
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Sweet Leilani ST
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Bali Ha'I ST
John Arpin Sunburst Rag (1909) Other Side Of Ragtime
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!) Now!
Henry Cuesta Skyline Stomp Plays Favourites
Tommy Ambrose Have a Heart Young Tommy Ambrose
Teddy Roderman Measure The Valleys Makin' It With You
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Rick Wilkins Just The Way You Are For the Sake of Music
Lucio Agostini Tutti Flutti Action With Agostini
Hagood Hardy Harlequin (A Time for Love) Reflections
Jerry Toth I Am In Love The Twelve Sides Of
Jimmy Namaro This is My Song Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Compilation Autumn Leaves (arranged by Orville Hoover) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Loves Theme Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Compilation Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Robert Tennison Troupe Cause You Are Here Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here
Compilation Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Doug Randle Put On Your Sunday Clothes Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Jerry Toth Last Tango In Paris The Twelve Sides Of
Jimmy Namaro We Three featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Jerry Toth It's a Great Life Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)
Henry Cuesta Thorn in My Shoe Plays Favourites
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Jimmy Namaro Laura With Mallets A 4 Thought
Johnny Cowell Presto From Vivaldi's Concerto In A Major (Maurice Andre) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Carol McCartney You Don't Know What Love Is A Night in Tunisia
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Knock Three Times Do Something Nice Today!
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Not Soon Enough Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Yorkville Avenue Band Tonight "Moving Day"
Lucio Agostini Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Candida It's Impossible
Jerry Toth The Singer The Twelve Sides Of
Ben McPeek Admiral Halsey Peace Train
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale We Gotta Get It All Together
John Arpin The Most Beautiful Girl in the World Direct to Disc
Herb Marshall Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint) Toronto Vocalist
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Fair Wind Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks Strictly Nimmons
Denny Vaughan Ramona Girls I Knew
Jackie Richardson Please Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Bill Butler Spring Will be a Little Late This Year The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Guido Basso You Are My Sunshine It's Happening
Ben McPeek He's So Fine Peace Train
Moe Koffman Anteater's Dance Moe's Curried Soul
Hagood Hardy Watching Through the Night Maybe Tomorrow
Ed Bickert A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing Bye Bye Baby
Guido Basso Embraceable You A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Hideaway (Barbara Moore) ST
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith View from Paddy's Head Sailin' Home
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
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)
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Ron Collier Tentet Charade ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Something is Happening Feelin'
Johnny Cowell Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Joyce Sullivan Bill The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Peter Appleyard Harlem Nocturne Per-cus-sive Jazz
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Ask Me Why It Goes Like It Goes
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I'll See You in My Dreams Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
The Laurie Bower Singers American Music Laurie Bower
Wally Koster Wagon Wheels The Songs of Wally Koster
Hagood Hardy White Christmas The Christmas Album
Denny Vaughan The Girl I Left Behind Me Girls I Knew
Moe Koffman Swinging' Shepherd Blues Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Jimmy Namaro Afro-Rock We Gotta Get It All Together
Kathryn Moses Midmorning ST
Doug Crosley Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Guido Basso Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw) Love Talk
Paul Zaza Expresso Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Teddy Roderman What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons) Stay Awhile
Peter Appleyard There Will Never Be Another You Per-cus-sive Jazz
Paul Zaza Follow the Sun Faces and Places
Hagood Hardy Love Song Reflections
Johnny Cowell Siberian Love Song Our Winter Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Rain Brings People Together Wish I Was A Plane
Lenny Breau But Beautiful Mo' Breau
Peter Appleyard 'S Wonderful The Vibe Sound Of
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Squits Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
2B3 Denis Keldie, Rob Gusevs - One Love - People Get Ready The Toronto Sessions
Jimmy Dale Could it be Magic Profiles
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
Doug Randle One Way Swimming Songs for the New Industrial State
The Laurie Bower Singers Shadow Song Wish I Was A Plane
Jimmy Namaro Lara's Theme Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Tell No Lies You
Paul Zaza Marina Del Ray Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Rick Wilkins If You Remember Me Discovery

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

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"

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