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
Wally Koster	The More I See You	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Think I'd Call It Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:00
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
John Arpin	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
Compilation	Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River	Jazz Toronto	03:45
Moe Koffman	Jeannine	Tales of Koffman	05:27
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where or When	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:32
Ben McPeek	Undun	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	Thorn In My Shoe	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:34
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
Bill Butler	One Morning in May	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	03:11
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:43
Jackie Richardson	I Alone	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:27
Jimmy Dale	Night Song	Soft and Groovy	03:40
Compilation	Indian Summer City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:25
Moe Koffman	When the Saints Go Marching In	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:11
Guido Basso	If I Let You Go	Love Talk	02:54
Terry Watada	Crying the Blues Away	Yellow Fever	04:46
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I Lived in a Dream	Halifax Instrumental	03:01
Ivy Steel	Willow Weep for Me	Reincarnation	04:44
Moe Koffman	Monks Monastery	Tales of Koffman	02:55
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Copenhagen	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	Boney Fingers	Back Home Again	02:26
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
Hagood Hardy	Words	Maybe Tomorrow	03:04
Eugene Amaro	My Love	Twilight Time	02:56
Hagood Hardy	Silent Night, Holy Night	The Christmas Album	02:48
Dr. Music	Idono	Doug Riley Transcription	07:02
Moe Koffman	Forest Flower	Goes Electric	02:51
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Lucio Agostini	Black Rose (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take Me Home Country Roads	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:40
Lenny Breau	Freight Train	Guitar Sounds From	03:31
Paul Zaza	Beautiful People	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
John Arpin	Bill Bailey	Concert In Ragtime	03:21
Teddy Roderman	The Green Grass Starts To Grow	Makin' It With You	02:14
Moe Koffman	Sahara	Tales of Koffman	05:02
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Ed Bickert	Con Alma	Out of the Past	07:49
Lucio Agostini	Mulberry Bush	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:46
Compilation	Snowmen	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:58
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Cool and Hot Sax	03:57
Carol McCartney	You Don't Know What Love Is	A Night in Tunisia	06:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Bill Badgley	Gonna Fly Now - Theme From Rocky	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:27
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
Compilation	Eve Smith - I Care	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:13
Tony Quarrington	Savannah (For South Africa)	One Bright Morning	13:24
Johnny Cowell	Napoli	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:45
Guido Basso	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	Christmas Today	03:13
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Look Of Love	The Now Sound	02:45
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:03
Yorkville Avenue Band	Tonight	"Moving Day"	03:07
Jimmy Namaro	Tahiti Boat	Driftwood	02:39
Hagood Hardy	Juarez '62	Reflections	03:13
Denny Vaughan	Miss Wistful	Girls I Knew	02:38
Jimmy Dale	Triste	Soft and Groovy	03:05
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
Jerry Toth	The Worst That Could Happen	The Music Of	02:34
Moe Koffman	The Storm (Presto)	The Four Seasons	01:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Blame Me	Laurie Bower	04:03
Joyce Sullivan	Say it Isn't So	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:02
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	The Music Of	02:49
Ed Bickert	Nancy With the Laughing Face	ST	04:46
Phil Nimmons Group	A Spoonful of Sugar	Mary Popppins Swings	04:07
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Too Late Now	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:59
Eugene Amaro	Another Time	Warm	03:21
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	It's Delovely	And I Love Her	02:19
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:03
Hagood Hardy	A Boy Named Charlie Brown	Maybe Tomorrow	03:14
Jimmy Namaro	Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:38
Jerry Toth	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:06
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Love Talk	03:20
Guido Basso	My Foolish Heart	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:13
Bill Badgley	Aubrey	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	02:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Southern Nights	Looks Like We Made It	02:57
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Moe Koffman	In the Mood	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:09
Compilation	Tommy Ambrose - Annie Is Back	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:10
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight)	Laurie Bower	03:17
Denny Vaughan	The French Song	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	03:00
Moe Koffman	If I Were a Carpenter	Turned on	02:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Yorkville Avenue Band	Watcha' Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Round	"Moving Day"	03:31
Pat Riccio	Watermelon Man (Hancock)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:11
Lucio Agostini	Caramba (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:03
Paul Zaza	Flight to the Sun	Faces and Places	04:06
Peter Appleyard	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
Johnny Cowell	Dreams Of A Lonely Man	His Girl	02:06
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Jimmy Dale	If	Toronto Instrumental	02:18
Guido Basso	Cry	Love Talk	02:57
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro)	ST	03:20
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	01:04
Johnny Cowell	Blood of the Brave Bull	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:12
Jimmy Namaro	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:31
Compilation	Lizzie Simcoe	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:02

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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