The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
Moe Koffman House of Green Lights Tales of Koffman
Paul Zaza Guitarra Gitana Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Jimmy Dale Cidade Vazia Soft and Groovy
Ben McPeek Early Autumn His Voices and His Orchestra
Jimmy Namaro Dark Eyes Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Bill Badgley All At the Ports of Call
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
The Laurie Bower Singers Love Will Turn You Around Laurie Bower
Ben McPeek Never My Love Peace Train
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Bauble Bangles And Beads Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Ben McPeek Mame The Original Sounds of
Bill Butler Summertime The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Fidgety Feet Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Hogtown Trumpets Aztec CBC Comp 434 comp
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - There'll be Some Changes Made CBC Comp 409
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Go Breaking My Heart Feelin'
Knights of the Round Flugel Walkin' On New Grass (Ray Pennington) Bye Bye Love
Hagood Hardy Silent Sky Tell Me My Name
Henry Cuesta Glamorous Night Clarinet With Strings
Paul Zaza Portrait of a Rose Faces and Places
Hagood Hardy Jennifer's Song The Homecoming
John Arpin Cannonball Blues Concert In Ragtime
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction) Do Something Nice Today!
Bill Butler Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
The Laurie Bower Singers Just a Little Song Back Home Again
Guido Basso A Lazy Afternoon A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Rick Wilkins Someone I Used to Love Discovery
The Laurie Bower Singers Come To Mother Got a Feelin' for Love
John Arpin Dance in the Old Fashioned Way Direct to Disc
Brian Browne Trio After Midnight Toronto Instrumental
Lenny Breau Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad Mo' Breau
Eugene Amaro Send In The Clowns Warm
Doug Crosley Frances (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Down by the Old Mill Stream The Old Meets the New
Jerry Toth Heather My Love The Twelve Sides Of
Eugene Amaro People The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Pat Riccio Sympatico (Mascheroni-Engvick) Babs Babineau: vocals From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
John Arpin Efficiency Rag Concert In Ragtime
Hagood Hardy Leaside Bridge As Time Goes By
Lucio Agostini Heart of Gold (Neil Young) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' My Best Girl + Horn = Dixie
Yorkville Avenue Band Do it Again "Moving Day"
Moe Koffman Snowflakes (Largo) The Four Seasons
Lucio Agostini Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Jimmy Namaro Stranger in Paradise Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Yorkville Avenue Band Alexander's Ragtime Band "Moving Day"
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
John Arpin Cotton Jenny Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Destino And I Love Her
Johnny Cowell Angel of the Morning The Tender Loving Care
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Chips & Gravy (Nimmons) Now!
Lenny Breau Killer Joe Minor's Aloud
John Arpin You Are What I Am Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Ben McPeek Get Out of Town His Voices and His Orchestra
Jimmy Dale The Lamp Is Low Profiles
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Laughter in the Rain Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Phil Nimmons Group Kicks Nimmons 'N' Nine
Lenny Breau Freight Train Guitar Sounds From
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Bianca Sailin' Home
Compilation Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas Motorcars In Concert 1970
Jerry Toth Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady The Classic Jerry Toth
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith View from Paddy's Head Sailin' Home
Jerry Toth Here's That Rainy Day The Music Of
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' 12th Street Rag (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Ben McPeek Undun Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 4th movement Transformations - Invocations
Peter Appleyard Moonlight Feels Right ST
Jerry Toth The Importance of the Rose The Music Of
Rick Wilkins Don't Ask Me Why Discovery
The Laurie Bower Singers I Go To Rio It Goes Like It Goes
Peter Appleyard Satin Doll Toronto Instrumental
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Guido Basso For Awhile Love Talk
The Laurie Bower Singers Looks Like We Made It Looks Like We Made It
Russ Little Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little) Deeper and Deeper
Compilation Ted Komar - My Beloved CBC Comp 409
Lenny Breau She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Johnny Cowell The Golden Jet (Bobb Hull) His Girl
Denny Vaughan Dominion Square A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Peter Appleyard 'S Wonderful The Vibe Sound Of
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Moe Koffman Jazz Merengue Tales of Koffman
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra September in the Rain Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Compilation Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River Jazz Toronto
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup Take Me Home Country Roads
Ivy Steel God Bless the Child Reincarnation
Jimmy Namaro Late Late Blues With Mallets A 4 Thought
Moe Koffman Growing Up Tales of Koffman
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Bronze (The Contest) Transformations - Invocations
Compilation Fifes and Feathers Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
2B3 Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl The Toronto Sessions
Peter Appleyard What I Did For Love ST
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Goodbye Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby Strictly Nimmons
Paul Zaza Mellow Moments Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Laurie Bower Singers Kiss Me in the Rain It Goes Like It Goes
Brian Browne Trio Georgia on My Mind The Toronto Scene
Peter Appleyard Who Needs It ST

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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