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
Hogtown Trumpets	Back Bacon Blues	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:06
Doug Crosley	(theme from) Love Story	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:39
Ben McPeek	Share the Land	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:09
Guido Basso	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Fool That I Am	It Goes Like It Goes	02:51
Teddy Roderman	It's Impossible	Makin' It With You	02:42
Peter Appleyard	Open the Gates of Love	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:00
Johnny Cowell	Spring Rain	Our Winter Love	02:13
Jerry Toth	The Importance of the Rose	The Music Of	02:09
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:54
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	September in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:16
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Hagood Hardy	If I Had Nothing But a Dream	Reflections	02:51
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme #2	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	02:33
Compilation	Hang On Sloopy (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:16
Teddy Roderman	What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons)	Stay Awhile	02:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Could I Have This Dance	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
Ben McPeek	Blue Cha Cha	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:06
Tony Quarrington	Eclipse	One Bright Morning	06:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Moe Koffman	Tangerine (Bossa Nova)	Tales of Koffman	03:19
Carol McCartney	You Don't Know What Love Is	A Night in Tunisia	06:31
John Arpin	Go My Way	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:49
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	02:43
Russ Little	Cottontail	On the Shoulders of Giants	05:01
Hagood Hardy	Balloons	The Homecoming	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Kiss Me in the Rain	It Goes Like It Goes	04:01
The Mutual Understanding	When The World Was Young	In Wonderland	03:49
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Twooch	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	09:15
Henry Cuesta	Am I in Love?	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Eugene Amaro	All In Love Is Fair	Twilight Time	03:26
Johnny Cowell	Goodbye My Love	The Tender Loving Care	02:04
Hagood Hardy	Just the Way You Are	Reflections	04:01
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:47
Lucio Agostini	Sulkey Race	Action With Agostini	02:55
John Arpin	At Long Last Love it's Alright With Me	Direct to Disc	03:05
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:11
John Arpin	Laughter in the Rain	Direct to Disc	02:50
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're Driving Me Crazy	Feelin'	02:57
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Ed Bickert	Things Are Getting Better	Bye Bye Baby	04:34
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Angie Baby	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:43
Jerry Toth	Peaceful	The Twelve Sides Of	02:55
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Ed Bickert	Where Is the One	Out of the Past	05:26
Moe Koffman	Coaster	Cool and Hot Sax	04:03
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Peter Appleyard	Softly as in a Morning Sunrise	The Vibraphone Of	02:37
Teddy Roderman	Niagara	Makin' It With You	02:10
Moe Koffman	When the Saints Go Marching In	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:11
Peter Appleyard	We'll Never Know	The Vibraphone Of	02:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	Simple Song	Back Home Again	02:20
Ed Bickert	Street of Dreams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:22
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bali Ha'I	ST	03:42
Paul Zaza	Summertime Drive	Faces and Places	02:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Pretty Lady	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:16
Guido Basso	East of the Sun	One More for the Road	07:21
The Mutual Understanding	Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion	In Wonderland	02:32
Compilation	Ted Komar - Papirossew	CBC Comp 409	02:23
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Lush Life	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:01
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	I Enjoy Being a Girl	And I Love Her	02:07
Rick Wilkins	Why Think About Tomorrow	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:43
Johnny Cowell	Theme from Zorba (Herb Alpert)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:36
Tommy Ambrose	Let Loose	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:56
Lenny Breau	Lone Pine	Mo' Breau	03:08
Ed Bickert	Bye Bye Baby	Bye Bye Baby	03:41
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
Lenny Breau	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Moe Koffman	Train Whistle Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:16
Paul Hoffert	With a Wiggle	The Jazz Roots of	06:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take Me Home Country Roads	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:40
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Hey Jude (Lennon-McCartney)	Now!	05:04
Rick Wilkins	A Wish Away	For the Sake of Music	03:17
Denny Vaughan	I Love You Because	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:41
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:11
Hagood Hardy	Gary - A Remembrance	As Time Goes By	02:52
Russ Little	Star Crossed Lovers	On the Shoulders of Giants	06:24
Moe Koffman	Hambourg Bound	Cool and Hot Sax	04:05
Bill Badgley	All	At the Ports of Call	01:58
Moe Koffman	Sahara	Tales of Koffman	05:02
Eugene Amaro	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
Guido Basso	My Ideal	One More for the Road	02:00
Henry Cuesta	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Plays Favourites	03:05
Lucio Agostini	Reel	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:07
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Peter Appleyard	Tico Tico	ST	02:25
Ed Bickert	Manha de Carnaval	ST	09:46
Lucio Agostini	Skiing in Québec	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:30
Compilation	Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River	Jazz Toronto	03:45
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	A Brand New Scene	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:53
Eugene Amaro	Danny Boy	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:09
Lenny Breau	Spanjazz	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:14

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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