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
Hagood Hardy	A Boy Named Charlie Brown	Maybe Tomorrow	03:14
Jimmy Namaro	Man of La Mancha	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:04
Doug Randle	Colored Plastics	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:43
Lenny Breau	Long Way To Go	Minor's Aloud	04:32
Compilation	Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:12
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
Colina Phillips	River Jordan	Toronto Vocalist	03:05
Ben McPeek	Downtown	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:00
Guido Basso	Gentle Rain	One More for the Road	04:58
Teddy Roderman	Hard as I Try (Gene LacLellan)	Stay Awhile	02:11
Johnny Cowell	Satchmo (Louis Armstrong)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:44
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Goes Electric	02:51
Denny Vaughan	Dolores	Girls I Knew	02:44
Phil Nimmons Group	The Perfect Nanny	Mary Popppins Swings	04:06
Johnny Cowell	Pretty Girl	Our Winter Love	02:09
Compilation	Billy Van - Kiss The Wind	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:18
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Eugene Amaro	Midnight Blue	Twilight Time	02:53
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
Lucio Agostini	Centipediantics	Action With Agostini	02:53
Hagood Hardy	And When I See You Smile, My Day Begins	Maybe Tomorrow	03:07
Hagood Hardy	Cold on the Shoulder	The Homecoming	03:31
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One 'O' Nine	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Decorated My Life	When You Say Goodbye	03:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Rose	Laurie Bower	03:31
Ben McPeek	Mame	The Original Sounds of	03:04
Lucio Agostini	Brazil	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:32
Kathryn Moses	I Met a Special Man	ST	02:06
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Love Talk	03:00
Denny Vaughan	Dominion Square	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:17
Henry Cuesta	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
Moe Koffman	Backbone Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:21
Compilation	Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River	Jazz Toronto	03:45
Moe Koffman	In the Mood	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:09
Jackie Richardson	My Baby	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:07
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Mrs. Robinson	The Now Sound	03:08
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	01:59
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Colina Phillips	Trying Times	Toronto Vocalist	03:32
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:19
Johnny Cowell	Moonshine	Hot Brass	02:03
Peter Appleyard	Cinderella Rockefeller	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:19
Doug Riley	Dinosaurus	Freedom	04:44
Guido Basso	I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh)	Lost in the Stars	05:11
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
Peter Appleyard	Satin Doll	Toronto Instrumental	02:39
John Arpin	King Porter Stomp	Concert In Ragtime	02:42
Lenny Breau	Killer Joe	Minor's Aloud	06:12
Bill Butler	The Dream of Olwen	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:34
Doug Randle	A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:09
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Sound of Silver	ST	03:20
Johnny Cowell	Summertime Sunshine	Hot Brass	02:28
Lucio Agostini	Jolly Jumping Jack	Action With Agostini	01:36
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:54
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sanford & Son	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:38
Lucio Agostini	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:36
Jimmy Dale	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Profiles	03:29
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sing Me a Rainbow	Feelin'	02:18
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	September in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:16
Moe Koffman	Exodus	Tales of Koffman	04:29
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
Compilation	Jerry Toth - The Fool On the Hill	Motorcars In Concert 1970	01:41
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	ST	03:18
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme #2	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	02:33
Lenny Breau	Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	02:17
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Jerry Toth	Who Are You Now? .. Nicholas Fiore flute solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:19
Hagood Hardy	The Looking Glass	As Time Goes By	03:19
Johnny Cowell	Carmichael & Parrish (arranged by Johnny Cowell) - Stardust	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:49
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Come To Mother	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:54
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Jimmy Namaro	Love For Sale	At the Westbury	04:02
Ben McPeek	Peace Train	Peace Train	03:49
The Mutual Understanding	You Fascinate Me	In Wonderland	03:12
John Arpin	Love and Maple Syrup	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:37
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Far Away Places	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:56
Jackie Richardson	Papa Can You Hear Me - Piece of the Sky	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	06:30
Peter Appleyard	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
Ivy Steel	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
Guido Basso	Tour de Force (live) (Dizzy Gillespie)	Lost in the Stars	06:42
Tommy Ambrose	Goodbye	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:27
Terry Watada	Crying the Blues Away	Yellow Fever	04:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:19
Lucio Agostini	Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Morning Has Broken	Morning Has Broken	02:38
Paul Zaza	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
Knights of the Round Flugel	Toot-Suite (Grosney)	Bye Bye Love	03:02
Denny Vaughan	Moonlight Rendezvous	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:40
Ed Bickert	You're Right As Rain	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:54
Lenny Breau	Claude (Free Song)	ST	11:01
Lenny Breau	Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain (Fred Rose)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:18
Peter Appleyard	Passion Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:59
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Minor Mode	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:47
Eugene Amaro	Love Theme (Gone With The Wind)	Warm	03:04
Peter Appleyard	Avalon	The Vibe Sound Of	02:33
Johnny Cowell	Spring Rain	Our Winter Love	02:13
Guido Basso	Cry	Love Talk	02:57

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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