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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Koffman, Moe	Growing Up	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Toth, Jerry	It's a Great Life	The Music Of	02:09
Arpin, John	King Porter Stomp	Concert In Ragtime	02:42
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Caribbean Moonlight	ST	03:09
Richardson, Jackie	Finer Wine	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:07
Cowell, Johnny	Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:48
Mutual Understanding	Look Around	In Wonderland	02:25
Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Think I'd Call It Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:00
Agostini, Lucio	Night In Spain	Action With Agostini	04:00
Basso, Guido	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Koffman, Moe	Hey There	Cool and Hot Sax	03:42
Namaro, Jimmy	Sonny’s Daze	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:33
Arpin, John	Cotton Jenny	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:14
Agostini, Lucio	Up, Up and a Bull	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:22
McPeek, Ben	Charade	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:14
Basso, Guido	Ramblin	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Roderman, Teddy	Oops	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:42
Cowell, Johnny	Stawberry Jam	His Girl	02:04
Cuesta, Henry	We're at Home	Clarinet With Strings	02:10
Toth, Jerry	One (from a Chorus Line)	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:42
Compilation	Dave Young & Oscar Peterson - OP&D	Jazz Toronto	05:45
Hardy, Hagood	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Namaro, Jimmy	Too Marvellous For Words	At the Westbury	02:05
McPeek, Ben	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
Amaro, Eugene	Danny Boy	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:09
Agostini, Lucio	Caramba (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:03
Namaro, Jimmy	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
Compilation	Hang On Sloopy (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:16
Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Know	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:02
Randle, Doug	Once Upon a Time (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:49
Basso, Guido	The Continental (Con Conrad)	Lost in the Stars	06:00
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Baby I'm a Want You	Montage	04:24
Basso, Guido	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Cuesta, Henry	Singin' My Song	Plays Favourites	02:23
Namaro, Jimmy	I Cover The Waterfront	At the Westbury	02:15
Bostic, Cal	The Darkest Hour	Introducing	03:08
Agostini, Lucio	Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:20
Basso, Guido	Anna’s Theme	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:47
Cowell, Johnny	Pickin' Plums	Hot Brass	02:10
Basso, Guido	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
McPeek, Ben	Who Can I Turn to	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:12
Cowell, Johnny	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:08
Toth, Jerry	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
Zaza, Paul	Mellow Moments	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:11
Randle, Doug	The Doug Randle Orchestra - What Now My Love	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:26
Tennison, Robert Troupe	I Can See (Instrumental)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:44
Namaro, Jimmy	On a Little Street in Singapore	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:47
Bostic, Cal	Somewhere My Love	Introducing	02:35
Hardy, Hagood	I'll Remember You	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:10
Butler, Bill	Spring Will be a Little Late This Year	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:51
Wilkins, Rick	(Our) Love is Here to Stay	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:45
Zaza, Paul	Superstar	Faces and Places	02:11
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke	Jazz Toronto	04:00
Laurie Bower Singers	Everything Old is New Again	Looks Like We Made It	02:26
Laurie Bower Singers	Rainy Day People	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:12
Namaro, Jimmy	Laura	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:52
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	The Sounds of Philadelphia	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:14
Breau, Lenny	Marlborough Street	Mo' Breau	02:06
McPeek, Ben	Kapuskasing Kaper	The Original Sounds of	02:57
Steel, Ivy	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
Namaro, Jimmy	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Koster, Wally	April in Paris	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:02
Koffman, Moe	Up, Up and Away	Turned on	02:28
Zaza, Paul	Sun Ranch	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:11
Koffman, Moe	Georgia on My Mind	Tales of Koffman	06:46
Nimmons, Phil Group	Last Night When We Were Young	Take 10	04:29
Agostini, Lucio	Watch What Happens	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:29
Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot)	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:54
2B3	Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat	The Toronto Sessions	06:39
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
Koffman, Moe	Bermuda Schwartz	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:47
Hardy, Hagood	When a Child	The Christmas Album	04:38
Arpin, John	The Last Time I Saw Her Face	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:09
Butler, Bill	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:48
Randle, Doug	You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:18
Agostini, Lucio	Fiddler's Frolic	Action With Agostini	02:42
Appleyard, Peter	Midnight Sun	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:22
McPeek, Ben	Colonel Bogey	The Original Sounds of	02:43
Zaza, Paul	Sun Ranch	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:11
Basso, Guido	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Today	02:42
Compilation	This Train	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:13
Namaro, Jimmy	Love	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:21
Basso, Guido	S'Wonderful	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:10
Namaro, Jimmy	Jimmy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:50
Richardson, Jackie	I Alone	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:27
Hardy, Hagood	Feelin' Good	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:14
Zaza, Paul	Fandango	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Koffman, Moe	Windy	Turned on	02:35
Badgley, Bill	Sand and Sea	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:59
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Black and Blue	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:45
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Peaches and Brandy	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:01
Laurie Bower Singers	Country Comfort	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:56
Agostini, Lucio	Centennial Caravan	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:06
Schofield, Pete & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Killing Me Softly (With His Song)	Do Something Nice Today!	03:10
Cowell, Johnny	Carnival of Venice (Herbert L. Clarke)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:56
Compilation	Episode 7-Oh!	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:19
Compilation	Indian Summer City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:25
Amadio, Norman Trio	Mein Shtetele Belz	ST	02:13
Koffman, Moe	Coaster	Cool and Hot Sax	04:03

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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

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Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra - ST

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Breau, Lenny - ST

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Namaro, Jimmy - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Badgley, Bill - Blue-Ribbon Badgley

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Badgley, Bill - At the Ports of Call

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Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Collier, Ron Tentet - ST

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Amaro, Eugene - Warm

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Agostini, Lucio - Action With Agostini

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Schofield, Pete and the Canadians - It’s a Sign of the Times

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Laurie Bower Singers - You

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Toth, Jerry - The Twelve Sides Of

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Hardy, Hagood & the Montage - ST

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Wilkins, Rick - From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)

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McPeek, Ben - Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease

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Hardy, Hagood - As Time Goes By

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Sanderlings - With The Jim Pirie Orchestra

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Hoffert, Paul - The Jazz Roots of

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Zaza, Paul - Faces and Places

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Namaro, Jimmy - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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McPeek, Ben - The Original Sounds of

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Laurie Bower Singers - Take Me Home Country Roads

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Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six - Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64

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Basso, Guido - Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

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Randle, Doug - Songs for the New Industrial State

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Richardson, Jackie - Woman's View... Through Child Eyes

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Breau, Lenny - Minor's Aloud

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Basso, Guido - It's Happening (re-issue)

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Mutual Understanding - Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye

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