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
Don Gillis	Baby It's Alright	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:10
Lenny Breau	Bluesette	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:46
Johnny Cowell	Gymnopedie #3	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:39
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
Ben McPeek	Undun	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:37
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
Ben McPeek	Soon It's Gonna Rain	The Original Sounds of	03:09
Compilation	Eve Smith - I Care	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:13
Moe Koffman	General Delivery	Cool and Hot Sax	03:20
Doug Randle	Song for the Middle Aged	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:06
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wichita Lineman	The Now Sound	02:25
Rick Wilkins	Someone I Used to Love	Discovery	03:31
Wally Koster	Lost in the Stars	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:49
Peter Appleyard	Only For Lovers	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	03:03
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Are What I Am	Wish I Was A Plane	02:23
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
Bill Butler	Summertime	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Moe Koffman	Dance Of The Leaves (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:30
Fred Stone	Theme from Lawrence of Arabia	The Music of Fred Stone	08:32
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Breezin' Along With the Breeze	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	01:50
Moe Koffman	Nature's Banquet (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	07:45
Ron Collier Tentet	Charade	ST	02:33
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Cry Out Loud	It Goes Like It Goes	03:14
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:11
Don Gillis	Lady Death	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:58
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening	01:54
Johnny Cowell	Oops	His Girl	01:47
Hagood Hardy	You Needed Me	Reflections	04:00
Ben McPeek	Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:31
Yorkville Avenue Band	All of You	"Moving Day"	03:22
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:34
Henry Cuesta	Remember When (We Made These Memories)	Clarinet With Strings	03:05
Jerry Toth	Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:30
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Ed Bickert	Nobody Else But Me	Bye Bye Baby	04:58
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Ed Bickert	Pensativa	Bye Bye Baby	04:46
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Lance Anderson - Magic Carpet Ride	The Toronto Sessions	06:38
Denny Vaughan	My Cherie Amour	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:36
Ben McPeek	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Bronze (The Contest)	Transformations - Invocations	08:32
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:51
Jackie Richardson	You've Got to Give Me Room	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:31
Johnny Cowell	Valley of the Six Hundred	It's Gotta Be Love	02:06
Fred Stone	For Igor	The Music of Fred Stone	07:46
Ivy Steel	Easy Living	Reincarnation	05:03
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mirage	ST	03:56
Peter Appleyard	Night Journey	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:09
Denny Vaughan	Dominion Square	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:17
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening	02:48
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love	Laurie Bower	03:38
Jerry Toth	The Last Rhapsody	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:43
Denny Vaughan	Fine and Dandy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:38
Rick Wilkins	The Closer I Get To You	For the Sake of Music	03:23
Eugene Amaro	Ruby	Warm	03:08
Johnny Cowell	High on a Flagpole	It's Gotta Be Love	02:40
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	A Garden in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:09
Hagood Hardy	Harlequin (A Time for Love)	Reflections	03:13
Lucio Agostini	Coastin'	Action With Agostini	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Nine to Five	It Goes Like It Goes	02:34
Johnny Cowell	The Swagger O' The Kilt	His Girl	02:12
Lucio Agostini	Pan Am Young and Old	Once Upon a Hundred Years	03:40
Hagood Hardy	White Christmas	The Christmas Album	04:09
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Invitation	And I Love Her	02:25
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Doug Crosley	Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:47
Paul Zaza	Fine and Dandy	Faces and Places	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Think I'd Call It Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:00
Dr. Music	Shoot	Doug Riley Transcription	06:55
Rick Wilkins	Portrait of a Young Lady	Discovery	03:09
John Arpin	Centennial Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:21
The Mutual Understanding	Show Me Your Laughter	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:41
Compilation	L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:17
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon (alternate version)	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado)	ST	02:26
Rick Wilkins	Summer Song	For the Sake of Music	03:34
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Delta Dawn	Do Something Nice Today!	02:35
Guido Basso	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18
Hagood Hardy	Love Song	Reflections	02:54
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Lush Life	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:01
Pat Riccio	Watermelon Man (Hancock)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:11
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Bill Butler	Autummn Nocturne	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:17
Compilation	Season of the Yonge	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:07
Moe Koffman	Goin' Out of My Head	Turned on	02:20
Johnny Cowell	Carmichael & Parrish (arranged by Johnny Cowell) - Stardust	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:49
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Henry Cuesta	Thorn in My Shoe	Plays Favourites	02:12
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Summer Wind	And I Love Her	02:50
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Guido Basso	Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:21
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out	+ Horn = Dixie	03:17
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Teddy Roderman	So Let Our Love Begin	Makin' It With You	03:10
Rick Wilkins	Don't Ask Me Why	Discovery	03:04

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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