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	Length
Johnny Cowell	Rejoice	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:05
Hagood Hardy	Harlequin (A Time for Love)	Reflections	03:13
Moe Koffman	Twist That Thing	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:05
Paul Zaza	Wonderman	Faces and Places	02:27
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yes It's Toronto	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:58
Johnny Cowell	Don't Look Back	It's Gotta Be Love	02:04
Hagood Hardy	Maybe Tomorrow	Maybe Tomorrow	02:56
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)	01:33
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
Phil Nimmons Group	Chim chim cheree	Mary Popppins Swings	03:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Guido Basso	Christmas Waltz	Christmas Today	02:10
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Kicks (Closing Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take Me Home Country Roads	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:40
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Rick Wilkins	Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars)	For the Sake of Music	03:59
Rick Wilkins	Holiday	Discovery	03:18
Lenny Breau	That's All	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:53
Jerry Toth	Pieces Of Dreams	The Twelve Sides Of	02:36
Teddy Roderman	Yellow Days	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:46
Hagood Hardy	Promenade	Reflections	03:09
Paul Zaza	Lake Louise	Images	03:02
Tommy Ambrose	Time After Time	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:05
Ed Bickert	I'm Just a Lucky So and So	Out of the Past	05:28
Boogus	Gemini Rag	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:37
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Denny Vaughan	Windy	Girls I Knew	02:31
Hagood Hardy	Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home	Tell Me My Name	03:49
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	+ Horn = Dixie	04:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Tell No Lies	You	03:31
Hagood Hardy	Oh Holy Night	The Christmas Album	04:37
Rick Wilkins	Discovery	Discovery	03:39
Guido Basso	Polka Dots & Moonbeams	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	04:34
Russ Little	Too Late Baby	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	03:03
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Guido Basso	Blue Monk	One More for the Road	05:09
Henry Cuesta	Proud Mary	Plays Favourites	02:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Henry Cuesta	Me And You And A Dog Named Boo	Plays Favourites	01:48
Teddy Roderman	Oops	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:42
Guido Basso	Cuminha Cruzado	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:45
Jimmy Dale	Bye Bye	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Russ Little	Creepin'	Slow Burn	05:39
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Ed Bickert	I Like To Recognize the Tune	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:46
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Russ Little	More Than You Know	Snapshot	04:56
Henry Cuesta	Singin' My Song	Plays Favourites	02:23
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wang Wang Blues	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:42
Ed Bickert	Deep In a Dream	Out of the Past	04:52
Johnny Cowell	Carmichael & Parrish (arranged by Johnny Cowell) - Stardust	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:49
Compilation	Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:00
Jerry Toth	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
Boogus	Take Your Clothes Off	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:49
Joyce Sullivan	Bill	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:16
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Guido Basso	Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:21
Joyce Sullivan	I'll Give My Love an Apple	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:19
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	(Do You Know The Way To) San Jose	The Now Sound	03:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Go To Rio	It Goes Like It Goes	03:24
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Introducin' My Man	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:05
Hagood Hardy	Misty	Reflections	03:45
Moe Koffman	The Baron	Cool and Hot Sax	03:58
Jimmy Namaro	With Mallets Towards Some	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:56
Tony Quarrington	Roundabout	One Bright Morning	08:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:49
Wally Koster	April in Paris	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:02
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wolverine Blues	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:42
Compilation	One of Those Songs (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	Early Morning Rain	Feelin'	02:53
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Storyville Blues	+ Horn = Dixie	04:23
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sku-Ba-Doo	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:19
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Ron Collier Tentet	Relaxin'	ST	02:28
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
Teddy Roderman	Lovers Roulette	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:54
Peter Appleyard	Avalon	The Vibe Sound Of	02:33
Russ Little	Star Crossed Lovers	On the Shoulders of Giants	06:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Way I Want	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:28
Denny Vaughan	Ain't We Got Fun	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:57
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
Guido Basso	Bye Bye Blues	One More for the Road	03:12
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Maxwell’s Silver Hammer	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:46
Johnny Cowell	Moonshine	Hot Brass	02:03
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Song of the Tropics	ST	03:17
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Hagood Hardy	Love Song	Reflections	02:54
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:47
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Peter Appleyard	A Face Like Yours	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:58
Jerry Toth	One (from a Chorus Line)	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:42
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	Our Winter Love	02:36

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Johnny Burt Society - In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along

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Johnny Burt Society - ….Come Summer

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Trombone - Teddy Roderman

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - ST

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Halifax Instrumental

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

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Hagood Hardy - Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

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Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love

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Terry Watada - Night's Disgrace

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Terry Watada - Yellow Fever

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibraphone Of

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Peter Appleyard - Peter Appleyard Presents

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Peter Appleyard - Toronto Instrumental

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Peter Appleyard - The Lincolnshire Poacher

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibe Sound Of

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