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
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	What Now My Love	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	With Mallets Towards Some	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:56
Doug Crosley	For All We Know	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:49
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening	02:21
Jimmy Namaro	We Three	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Jimmy Dale	Guanabara	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Bill Badgley	Fernando	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:39
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Midnight Cowboy (John Barry)	Now!	04:55
Guido Basso	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Christmas Today	02:39
Jimmy Namaro	Carnival Brasiliero	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:03
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Hagood Hardy	Gary - A Remembrance	As Time Goes By	02:52
Dr. Music	Time for Goodbye	Doug Riley Transcription	05:01
John Arpin	Go My Way	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:49
Jimmy Namaro	Baia	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:04
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Jimmy Dale	Norwegian Wood	Soft and Groovy	03:17
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	(Do You Know The Way To) San Jose	The Now Sound	03:05
Guido Basso	You Are My Sunshine	It's Happening	01:53
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening	02:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Midnight Bells	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:22
Jimmy Dale	All By Myself	Profiles	03:41
Kathryn Moses	Ready or Not	ST	03:39
Johnny Cowell	Shag	Our Winter Love	01:57
Terry Watada	City of Lights	Night's Disgrace	03:59
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Bass-ically Yours	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:19
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Rick Wilkins	Weekend in New England	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:38
Yorkville Avenue Band	All of You	"Moving Day"	03:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just To Be Alone With You	You	02:39
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Gitana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:23
Hagood Hardy	It's Not Unusual	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:00
Doug Crosley	When I Met You (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Come To Mother	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Comfort	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:56
Rick Wilkins	Déjà vu	Discovery	03:55
Eugene Amaro	Did You Say	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	01:57
Ben McPeek	Blue Cha Cha	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:06
Yorkville Avenue Band	Takin' Me Through the Night	"Moving Day"	03:31
Phil Nimmons Group	The Perfect Nanny	Mary Popppins Swings	04:06
Rick Wilkins	We Will Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:48
Bill Butler	Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:22
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Paul Hoffert	6 Bar Theme	The Jazz Roots of	05:23
Wally Koster	Wagon Wheels	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:40
Boogus	Cow Cow Boogie	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:24
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Moe Koffman	Paniano	Goes Electric	02:50
Jackie Richardson	You've Got to Give Me Room	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:31
Johnny Cowell	Every Single Day	The Tender Loving Care	02:32
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	She's Always A Woman	You	03:37
Lucio Agostini	Que Sera Sera	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:01
Ed Bickert	Nobody Else But Me	Bye Bye Baby	04:58
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Bianca	Sailin' Home	04:37
Moe Koffman	L'il Bitty Pretty One	Moe's Curried Soul	03:56
Peter Appleyard	What I Did For Love	ST	02:57
Hagood Hardy	And When I See You Smile, My Day Begins	Maybe Tomorrow	03:07
Ben McPeek	Colonel Bogey	The Original Sounds of	02:43
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Peaches and Brandy	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:01
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Jimmy Namaro	Love	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Importance of the Rose	Feelin'	02:07
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Dance of the Only Son	Sailin' Home	05:52
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Invitation	And I Love Her	02:25
Moe Koffman	Trains and Boats and Planes	Goes Electric	02:48
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
Eugene Amaro	Something About You	Twilight Time	03:18
Guido Basso	Polka Dots & Moonbeams	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	04:34
The Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
Eugene Amaro	Send In The Clowns	Warm	03:17
Johnny Cowell	Presto From Vivaldi's Concerto In A Major (Maurice Andre)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:30
Jerry Toth	To Wait for Love	The Music Of	02:14
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:22
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Swing Sisters	Girl Talk	Davenport Blues	03:54
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ballin' the Jack	+ Horn = Dixie	03:37
Compilation	Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:57
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Squits	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:24
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
Ed Bickert	Things Are Getting Better	Bye Bye Baby	04:34
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Jimmy Namaro	Good Morning Annie	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:24
Jerry Toth	Last Tango In Paris	The Twelve Sides Of	02:38
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
Doug Riley	Child Eyes	Freedom	05:21
Rick Wilkins	Someone I Used to Love	Discovery	03:31
Tommy Ambrose	Margie	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out For Someone	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:38
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Denny Vaughan	Moonlight Rendezvous	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:40

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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