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	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Christmas Today	02:39
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme #2	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	02:33
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight)	Laurie Bower	03:17
Guido Basso	Trust in Me	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:35
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Carol McCartney	Dat Dere	A Night in Tunisia	03:39
Rick Wilkins	The Way You Look Tonight	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sunshine On My Shoulders	Back Home Again	02:58
Hagood Hardy	I Feel It	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:24
Compilation	Fifes and Feathers	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:54
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:08
John Arpin	Jenny's Tune	Direct to Disc	02:54
Guido Basso	Anniversary Song	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:09
Boogus	Gemini Rag	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:37
Peter Appleyard	Angel Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	03:14
John Arpin	Meadowlark Rag (1916)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:03
Ivy Steel	Don’t Explain	Reincarnation	04:26
Moe Koffman	Sleep (Adagio)	The Four Seasons	02:00
Guido Basso	Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	05:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love Will Turn You Around	Laurie Bower	03:48
Hagood Hardy	A Time for Us	As Time Goes By	03:44
Pat Riccio	Sympatico (Mascheroni-Engvick) Babs Babineau: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:10
Pat Riccio	Matchmaker (Bock-Harnick) Doug Crosley: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:25
Jimmy Namaro	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
Ed Bickert	Manha de Carnaval	ST	09:46
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:06
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Jimmy Dale	Till the End of Time	Profiles	02:40
John Arpin	Gladiolus Rag (1907)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:11
Moe Koffman	Walk Away Renee	Turned on	02:27
Ed Bickert	Pensativa	Bye Bye Baby	04:46
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Kathryn Moses	Midnight	ST	08:32
Ed Bickert	Come Rain or Come Shine	ST	09:46
Kathryn Moses	I Met a Special Man	ST	02:06
Denny Vaughan	Hi Neighbor	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:46
Jimmy Namaro	With Mallets Towards Some	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:56
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:11
Doug Randle	Once Upon a Time (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:49
Doug Randle	A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:09
Brian Browne Trio	Browne Sugar	The Toronto Scene	02:50
Compilation	Hang On Sloopy (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:16
Johnny Cowell	Summertime Sunshine	Hot Brass	02:28
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Gitana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:23
Guido Basso	Ramblin	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Ben McPeek	Yorkville Yak	The Original Sounds of	01:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Ready To Take A Chance	You	03:19
Lenny Breau	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just To Be Alone With You	You	02:39
Denny Vaughan	Je Reviens Chez-Nous	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:27
Joyce Sullivan	Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:21
Rick Wilkins	My Heart Belongs to Me	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:16
Lenny Breau	Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad	Mo' Breau	07:30
Phil Nimmons Group	Squeeze Play	Take 10	03:58
Jimmy Dale	Beautiful	Toronto Instrumental	02:29
Ben McPeek	Downtown	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Kiss Me in the Rain	It Goes Like It Goes	04:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Fair	Looks Like We Made It	03:54
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Johnny Cowell	Spring Rain	Our Winter Love	02:13
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Bill Badgley	June	At the Ports of Call	02:26
Rick Wilkins	I Could Have Been a Sailor	Discovery	02:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Know	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:02
The Mutual Understanding	Little Girl Blue	In Wonderland	03:29
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
John Arpin	Efficiency Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:54
Moe Koffman	Paniano	Goes Electric	02:50
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Back On the Bus	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	03:46
The Mutual Understanding	Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion	In Wonderland	02:32
Hagood Hardy	I'll Take Love	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love	02:30
Wally Koster	Wagon Wheels	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:40
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
Guido Basso	Dale be There	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:25
Denny Vaughan	(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:03
Johnny Cowell	Keep Yourself Together	Hot Brass	02:07
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
Lenny Breau	Bluesette	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:46
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	007 Medley (Dr. No, Goldfinger)	The Old Meets the New	02:51
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Bauble Bangles And Beads	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:33
Peter Appleyard	Night Journey	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:09
Peter Appleyard	The P.E.I. Polka	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:31
Johnny Cowell	Roller Coaster	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:13
Guido Basso	Two Bass Hit	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	08:02
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You're Here	Montage	03:32
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
Ben McPeek	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	You	You	03:15
Kathryn Moses	Touch Me	ST	07:28
Ben McPeek	Early Autumn	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:47
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - What Now My Love	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:26
Moe Koffman	Overture To Summer (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:03

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

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Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

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Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

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