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
Eugene Amaro	On Days Like These	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Pat Riccio	Michelle (Lennon-McCartney)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:40
Doug Randle	Colored Plastics	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:43
The Laurie Bower Singers	Angie Baby	Back Home Again	03:32
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where Are You	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:09
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vinaroz	Halifax Instrumental	02:58
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Live & Let Die	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:27
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
Hagood Hardy	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	The Christmas Album	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	My Life's A Song	You	02:53
Moe Koffman	Goin' Out of My Head	Turned on	02:20
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	+ Horn = Dixie	04:40
Russ Little	Midnight Sun	Footwork	06:23
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	The Tender Loving Care	02:54
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:22
Guido Basso	Christina	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:44
John Arpin	Troubadour Rag (1919)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:16
Russ Little	More Than You Know	Snapshot	04:56
Rick Wilkins	(Our) Love is Here to Stay	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:45
Moe Koffman	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Goes Electric	02:43
Ed Bickert	Where Is the One	Out of the Past	05:26
Denny Vaughan	Miss Wistful	Girls I Knew	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	Venezuela	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:04
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Jackie Richardson	Me?	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:25
Compilation	Bernie Senensky - New Life Blues	Jazz Toronto	06:28
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Collage #3	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	02:51
Phil Nimmons Group	The Perfect Nanny	Mary Popppins Swings	04:06
Terry Watada	The Hawk (Reprise)	Night's Disgrace	02:08
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Nameless Hour	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	09:21
Rick Wilkins	Emotion	For the Sake of Music	03:28
Ed Bickert	It Might As Well Be Spring	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:30
Guido Basso	Noelle	Love Talk	02:56
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Moe Koffman	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
Jimmy Namaro	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
Russ Little	Sister Sadie	On the Shoulders of Giants	04:31
Terry Watada	On the Edge (Part II)	Night's Disgrace	01:10
Dr. Music	Time for Goodbye	Doug Riley Transcription	05:01
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Henry Cuesta	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You're Here	Montage	03:32
The Mutual Understanding	If You Say Goodbye	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	03:45
Lenny Breau	Please Release Me (Horton & Peck)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:30
Jimmy Namaro	Baia	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:04
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - It Ain't Necessarily So	CBC Comp 409	02:49
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Lenny Breau	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:34
John Arpin	The Most Beautiful Girl in the World	Direct to Disc	02:57
Jimmy Namaro	Nothing in This World (Compares With You)	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:37
Jackie Richardson	You've Got to Give Me Room	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:31
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	+ Horn = Dixie	02:44
Moe Koffman	Inverno Furioso (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	02:44
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Post Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:46
Jimmy Dale	Beautiful	Toronto Instrumental	02:29
Moe Koffman	Coaster	Cool and Hot Sax	04:03
Ed Bickert	Bye Bye Baby	Bye Bye Baby	03:41
Jimmy Namaro	The Man I Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:53
Russ Little	Peace	Footwork	02:50
Russ Little	Along Came Betty	On the Shoulders of Giants	05:25
Ed Bickert	I'm Just a Lucky So and So	Out of the Past	05:28
Henry Cuesta	Remember When (We Made These Memories)	Clarinet With Strings	03:05
Teddy Roderman	Measure The Valleys	Makin' It With You	02:41
Russ Little	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	02:13
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	A Garden in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:09
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadow	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:12
Rick Wilkins	Discovery	Discovery	03:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out For Someone	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:38
Peter Appleyard	Passion Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:59
Wally Koster	Nice Work if You Can Get It	The Songs of Wally Koster	01:52
Moe Koffman	In the Mood	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:09
Jimmy Dale	Cidade Vazia	Soft and Groovy	02:24
John Arpin	Wild Cherries Rag (1908)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:13
Eugene Amaro	I Found My Love Last Summer	Warm	03:38
Hagood Hardy	After You've Gone	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:27
The Mutual Understanding	Sunshine Man	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:05
Rick Wilkins	Should I Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:35
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Johnny Cowell	I Can't Get Started (Al Hirt & Bunny Berigan)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:43
Hagood Hardy	I'll Take Love	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love	02:30
Guido Basso	Love Talk	Love Talk	03:09
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Jimmy Namaro	Lamento Marimba	Driftwood	03:43
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
Ben McPeek	Leave Tenderly	Thinking of You	02:34
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Moe Koffman	Backbone Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:21
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
Denny Vaughan	An Affair to Remember	Girls I Knew	02:49
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:53
Jimmy Namaro	Similau	With Mallets A 4 Thought	04:20
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Peaches and Brandy	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:01
Lenny Breau	No Greater Love	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	07:10

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Johnny Burt Society - In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along

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Johnny Burt Society - ….Come Summer

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Trombone - Teddy Roderman

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - ST

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Halifax Instrumental

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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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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