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
Paul Zaza Mellow Moments Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Denny Vaughan Judy Girls I Knew
Moe Koffman Train Whistle Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Mike Fright Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Jimmy Namaro Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Norman Amadio Trio Taboo ST
Guido Basso Bye Bye Blues One More for the Road
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra The Sound of Silver ST
John Arpin Toronto Blues (1965) Other Side Of Ragtime
Norman Amadio Trio Nica's Dream ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Evergreen Looks Like We Made It
The Laurie Bower Singers The Way I Want Got a Feelin' for Love
Denny Vaughan The Girl I Left Behind Me Girls I Knew
Johnny Cowell Stawberry Jam His Girl
Doug Crosley (theme from) Love Story With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
John Arpin Tickled to Death Concert In Ragtime
Paul Zaza Summertime Drive Faces and Places
Lenny Breau Autumn Leaves Mo' Breau
Ed Bickert Skylark I Like To Recognize the Tune
Moe Koffman Snowflakes (Largo) The Four Seasons
Sanderlings Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka) With The Jim Pirie Orchestra
Henry Cuesta Fate Clarinet With Strings
Lenny Breau Freight Train Guitar Sounds From
Johnny Cowell His Girl His Girl
Rick Wilkins My Heart Belongs to Me My Heart Belongs to Me
Jimmy Namaro Late Late Blues With Mallets A 4 Thought
Guido Basso All the Sad Young Men One More for the Road
Guido Basso A Lazy Afternoon A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra I Love You And I Love Her
Carol McCartney Jersey Bounce A Night in Tunisia
Hagood Hardy I Feel It Stop 33 Sutton Place
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra It's Delovely And I Love Her
The Brian Browne Trio Georgia on My Mind The Toronto Scene
Teddy Roderman The Drifter Makin' It With You
Rick Wilkins Should I Love Again From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Denny Vaughan Then I'll Be Happy Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Tommy Ambrose Goodbye Young Tommy Ambrose
Ben McPeek Get Out of Town His Voices and His Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Papa Joe Wish I Was A Plane
The Laurie Bower Singers You're Driving Me Crazy Feelin'
Moe Koffman Francesca Cool and Hot Sax
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Sing Do Something Nice Today!
Jackie Richardson Me? Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Goodbye Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Hagood Hardy When a Child The Christmas Album
The Laurie Bower Singers Everybody's Reachin' Out For Someone Take Me Home Country Roads
Johnny Cowell Butterscotch The Virtuoso Trumpet
The Laurie Bower Singers Think I'll Write a Song Back Home Again
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley) ST
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra The Way You Look Tonight Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Joyce Sullivan I Could Write a Book The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Compilation Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Lucio Agostini Carey (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
2B3 Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy The Toronto Sessions
Johnny Cowell Je reviens (I'm Coming Back) Hot Brass
The Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
Paul Zaza Follow the Sun Faces and Places
Moe Koffman Walk Away Renee Turned on
2B3 Denis Keldie, Bill Payne - Life is a Carnival The Toronto Sessions
Hagood Hardy When Joanne Loved Me Maybe Tomorrow
Rick Wilkins Together My Heart Belongs to Me
Denny Vaughan Ramona Girls I Knew
Ben McPeek Peace Train Peace Train
John Arpin At Long Last Love it's Alright With Me Direct to Disc
Guido Basso Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans) Lost in the Stars
Compilation Episode 7-Oh! Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Eugene Amaro More Than You Know Twilight Time
Hagood Hardy Harlequin (A Time for Love) Reflections
The Laurie Bower Singers Stop And Smell The Roses Back Home Again
The Laurie Bower Singers Didn't We The Rose And The Rain
Bill Butler I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Compilation Indian Summer City Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
The Laurie Bower Singers Rainy Day People Got a Feelin' for Love
John Arpin I Can't Depend On Love Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Guido Basso Tour de Force (live) (Dizzy Gillespie) Lost in the Stars
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Wave Do Something Nice Today!
John Arpin The Way We Were Direct to Disc
Compilation Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue Jazz Toronto
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice (It's All Right) ST
Hagood Hardy Folks Who Live on the Hill Stop 33 Sutton Place
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Sign of the Times It’s a Sign of the Times
Peter Appleyard Crazy Rhythm The Vibe Sound Of
Guido Basso Don't Know Why (Jesse Harris) Lost in the Stars
Ben McPeek Keyboard Grease Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
Paul Zaza Spring Song Faces and Places
Compilation L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Nameless Hour Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Johnny Cowell Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 3 (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Ed Bickert Polkadots & Moonbeams I Like To Recognize the Tune
Guido Basso Never Let Me Go A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Paul Zaza Sailing High Images
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Introducin' My Man It’s a Sign of the Times
Eugene Amaro Wheels Of Life Warm
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Blame Me Laurie Bower
Compilation Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life Motorcars In Concert 1970
Moe Koffman Twistin' and Bumpin' Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Denny Vaughan Put a Little Love in Your Heart Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Hagood Hardy Jingle Bells The Christmas Album
Pat Riccio Matchmaker (Bock-Harnick) Doug Crosley: vocals From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)

FEATURED

Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

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