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
Moe Koffman	Curried Sole	Moe's Curried Soul	03:17
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Yellow Fever	03:45
Johnny Cowell	Stardust	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:44
Peter Appleyard	The Blue Room	The Vibe Sound Of	02:35
Guido Basso	Early Morning Rain	Love Talk	02:21
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
The Mutual Understanding	Out of This World	In Wonderland	02:33
Guido Basso	What a Friend	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:31
Hagood Hardy	Rain, Rain	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:50
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Ben McPeek	Only God Knows	Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease	02:39
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
Paul Zaza	Fandango	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Peter Appleyard	Wichita Lineman	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:43
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
Jimmy Namaro	Soft Hands	Driftwood	02:54
Hagood Hardy	Les Arrivants (Theme from the Newcomers)	Tell Me My Name	04:10
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:29
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
Ben McPeek	Admiral Halsey	Peace Train	03:05
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Johnny Cowell	Pretty Girl	Our Winter Love	02:09
Rick Wilkins	Discovery	Discovery	03:39
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Unchained Melody (Tommy Common, vocals)	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
Johnny Cowell	Pickin' Plums	Hot Brass	02:10
Johnny Cowell	It's Gotta be Love	It's Gotta Be Love	02:37
Moe Koffman	House of Green Lights	Tales of Koffman	03:00
John Arpin	Go My Way	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:49
Johnny Cowell	Road of Love	Our Winter Love	02:22
Eugene Amaro	I Didn't Know What Time It Was	Warm	02:38
Teddy Roderman	Yellow Days	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:46
Teddy Roderman	Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias)	Stay Awhile	02:58
Guido Basso	Never Let Me Go	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:00
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Fanny	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:32
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Tropical	ST	02:02
Guido Basso	Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour)	Lost in the Stars	04:51
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Yorkville Avenue Band	Takin' Me Through the Night	"Moving Day"	03:31
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Cape St Marys	CBC Comp 409	03:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	50 Ways	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:31
Jimmy Namaro	I Cover The Waterfront	At the Westbury	02:15
Paul Zaza	Beautiful People	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
Terry Watada	Jazz On a Rainy Day	Night's Disgrace	03:37
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	At the Ports of Call	02:16
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 3rd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:05
Jimmy Namaro	Late Late Blues	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:30
Eugene Amaro	People	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:43
Compilation	Bernie Senensky - New Life Blues	Jazz Toronto	06:28
John Arpin	The Way We Were	Direct to Disc	03:08
Guido Basso	Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw)	Love Talk	02:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Angie Baby	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:43
Norman Amadio Trio	Mein Shtetele Belz	ST	02:13
Moe Koffman	If I Were a Carpenter	Turned on	02:32
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
Peter Appleyard	The Man That Got Away	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:37
Swing Sisters	Davenport Blues	Davenport Blues	03:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Blame Me	Laurie Bower	04:03
Hagood Hardy	Beauty	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:18
Hagood Hardy	Jingle Bells	The Christmas Album	02:07
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening (re-issue)	01:54
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	+ Horn = Dixie	02:44
Denny Vaughan	A Very Precious Love	Girls I Knew	02:02
Guido Basso	Ramblin	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Jimmy Namaro	Lamento Marimba	Driftwood	03:43
Paul Zaza	Maid of the Mist	Images	02:58
Ron Collier Tentet	I Feel Pretty	ST	02:30
The Mutual Understanding	San Jose	In Wonderland	02:41
Compilation	Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:42
Denny Vaughan	Love Me Tender	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:44
Phil Nimmons Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Love for Sale	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:12
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
Knights of the Round Flugel	Toot-Suite (Grosney)	Bye Bye Love	03:02
Carol McCartney	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	A Night in Tunisia	04:46
Ben McPeek	Alouette	The Original Sounds of	02:20
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Night's Disgrace	03:58
Jerry Toth	It's a Great Life	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Denny Vaughan	Mary in the Morning	Girls I Knew	02:55
Compilation	On a Wonderful Day Like Today (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:19
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Ben McPeek	That Old Black Magic	The Original Sounds of	02:50
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Lenny Breau	Hard Day's Night	Guitar Sounds From	04:12
Peter Appleyard	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Jackie Richardson	You've Got to Give Me Room	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:31
Jimmy Namaro	Cha Cha Chimes	Driftwood	02:14
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Ed Bickert	It Might As Well Be Spring	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:30
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:32
Moe Koffman	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
Ed Bickert	Bye Bye Baby	Bye Bye Baby	03:41
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One Long Song	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:52
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ballin' the Jack	+ Horn = Dixie	03:37

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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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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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