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
Guido Basso	Ramblin'	It's Happening	02:16
Teddy Roderman	Lovers Roulette	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:54
Hagood Hardy	Feliz Navidad	The Christmas Album	02:58
Johnny Cowell	Oops	His Girl	01:47
Pat Riccio	In To Miami (Barry)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:15
Bill Butler	I'm Always Chasing Rainbows	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:54
The Mutual Understanding	You Fascinate Me	In Wonderland	03:12
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Bass-ically Yours	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Know	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:02
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Teddy Roderman	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Makin' It With You	02:04
Peter Appleyard	The Linconshire Poacher	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Ron Collier Tentet	Charade	ST	02:33
Terry Watada	The 505	Night's Disgrace	04:17
Johnny Cowell	Dreams Of A Lonely Man	His Girl	02:06
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:24
Jimmy Namaro	Dansero	At the Westbury	02:48
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadow	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:12
Norman Amadio Trio	Lullaby of the Leaves	ST	03:00
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz	His Girl	02:10
Hagood Hardy	I'll Remember You	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:10
Jerry Toth	Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:30
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:11
Jimmy Dale	Touch Her Soft Lips	Profiles	02:48
Guido Basso	'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)	Lost in the Stars	03:45
Tommy Ambrose	This Song Is Ended	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:18
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening	02:07
Wally Koster	Nice Work if You Can Get It	The Songs of Wally Koster	01:52
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Shadow Of Your Smile	The Now Sound	02:51
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
Eugene Amaro	In My Life (You Belong)	Twilight Time	02:50
Peter Appleyard	Wichita Lineman	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:43
Denny Vaughan	Mary in the Morning	Girls I Knew	02:55
Guido Basso	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18
The Brian Browne Trio	Killing Me Softly	Toronto Instrumental	02:20
Guido Basso	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Today	02:42
Moe Koffman	Georgia on My Mind	Tales of Koffman	06:46
Jerry Toth	Little Boy Blue	The Twelve Sides Of	02:33
Jackie Richardson	If I Could Only Sleep	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:49
Hagood Hardy	Reunion (Theme from Rituals)	Tell Me My Name	03:18
Rick Wilkins	We Will Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Key Largo	Laurie Bower	03:22
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where Are You	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:09
Swing Sisters	Royal Garden Blues	Davenport Blues	02:52
Lenny Breau	I Love You Because (Leon Payne)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:17
Hagood Hardy	(Love theme from) Missouri breaks	Maybe Tomorrow	02:51
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	007 Medley (Dr. No, Goldfinger)	The Old Meets the New	02:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sweet Ginger Bread Man	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:52
Johnny Cowell	Like No Other Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:21
Denny Vaughan	Wake Up	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:08
Johnny Cowell	Napoli	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:45
Denny Vaughan	Ain't We Got Fun	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:57
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	South of Pago Pago	ST	03:13
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Killing Me Softly (With This Song)	Do Something Nice Today!	03:10
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	View from Paddy's Head	Sailin' Home	03:10
Phil Nimmons Group	Just You, Just Me	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:22
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
John Arpin	Cannonball Blues	Concert In Ragtime	02:16
Guido Basso	Don't Know Why (Jesse Harris)	Lost in the Stars	05:05
Lenny Breau	Hard Day's Night	Guitar Sounds From	04:12
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Jimmy Namaro	Beachcomber's Blues	Driftwood	04:07
Wally Koster	Home in Canada (Pat Riccio)	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:28
Johnny Cowell	It's Gotta be Love	It's Gotta Be Love	02:37
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Love Talk	03:00
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	If You Could Read My Mind	Do Something Nice Today!	02:26
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Mellotone	Take 10	06:49
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
Jimmy Dale	Wave	Soft and Groovy	02:43
Ivy Steel	What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Reincarnation	03:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End	Laurie Bower	02:42
Lucio Agostini	St. Thomas	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:17
Moe Koffman	Icicle Bells (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	05:31
Peter Appleyard	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Bill Butler	June in January	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Denny Vaughan	Can't Help Falling in Love With You	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:38
Compilation	Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:29
Joyce Sullivan	Speak Low	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:17
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Taste of Honey	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:59
Ben McPeek	Shopping Spree	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:06
Doug Riley	Jazz Etude	Freedom	00:56
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One 'O' Nine	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:53
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Phil Nimmons Group	My Old Flame	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:39
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Jimmy Namaro	The Man I Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:53
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Compilation	Hogtown Hoe-Down	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:05
John Arpin	Troubadour Rag (1919)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:16
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Moe Koffman	Now is the Time	Goes Electric	02:55
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Hagood Hardy	Something in Your Smile	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:44
Doug Crosley	Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:54

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Peter Appleyard - Per-cus-sive Jazz

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Peter Appleyard - ST

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Peter Appleyard - The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

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Dr. Music - Doug Riley Transcription

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Doug Riley - Freedom

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

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Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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