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
Jimmy Namaro Yesterdays At the Westbury
Johnny Cowell Sweet and Sour Chop Chop Hot Brass
Rick Wilkins The Very Thought of You From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Hagood Hardy Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home Tell Me My Name
Eugene Amaro To Spend My Love Twilight Time
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Moe Koffman The Storm (Presto) The Four Seasons
Lenny Breau Blues Theme The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Wally Koster Lost in the Stars The Songs of Wally Koster
Jerry Toth Peaceful The Twelve Sides Of
Johnny Cowell Pickin' Plums Hot Brass
Denny Vaughan Hi Neighbor Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Ed Bickert Where Are You ST
Peter Appleyard Why Don't You Do Right Per-cus-sive Jazz
Doug Randle You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Johnny Cowell Ruby Begonia Hot Brass
Ed Bickert 'Tis Autumn I Like To Recognize the Tune
Robert Tennison Troupe Just Like a Fool Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here
Hagood Hardy Love is in the Air Reflections
Lucio Agostini Tutti Flutti Action With Agostini
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Wave Do Something Nice Today!
Jimmy Namaro We Three featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Fred Stone Theme from Lawrence of Arabia The Music of Fred Stone
Swing Sisters I Believe In Miracles Davenport Blues
Jimmy Namaro So Danco Samba We Gotta Get It All Together
Guido Basso God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Christmas Today
Compilation Season of the Yonge Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Johnny Cowell Roller Coaster The Virtuoso Trumpet
Bill Badgley Theme from "The Sand Pebbles" Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Peter Appleyard You Put the Shine on Me Peter Appleyard Presents
Jimmy Namaro Cha Cha Chimes Driftwood
2B3 Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat The Toronto Sessions
Hagood Hardy & the Montage You (Doug Riley) ST
Pat Riccio Michelle (Lennon-McCartney) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Too Late Now Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Moe Koffman Do You Know the Way to San Jose Turned on
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' 12th Street Rag (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Swing Sisters Royal Garden Blues Davenport Blues
Compilation Billy Van - Kiss The Wind 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Paul Zaza Canadian Express Faces and Places
Norman Amadio Trio Frenesi ST
The Laurie Bower Singers You Needed Me You
The Laurie Bower Singers Take Me Home Country Roads Take Me Home Country Roads
Peter Appleyard Moon Glow The Vibe Sound Of
Moe Koffman Anteater's Dance Moe's Curried Soul
Denny Vaughan Judy Girls I Knew
Bill Butler I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Guido Basso Fascinating Rhythm Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Denny Vaughan Happy Days Are Here Again Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Bill Butler Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Eugene Amaro Midnight Blue Twilight Time
Kathryn Moses Touch Me ST
Guido Basso Trust in Me And All That Latin Jazz!
Paul Zaza Foxy Lady Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Bossa Noto Bluesprint
Moe Koffman Battering Ram Goes Electric
Moe Koffman Soul Finger Turned on
Guido Basso Tequila It's Happening
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Bess You is My Woman Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Hagood Hardy Silent Sky Tell Me My Name
Jackie Richardson Thank You Lord Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Fair Weather The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
The Laurie Bower Singers Hold On to a Little Bit of Love Morning Has Broken
Lenny Breau A Taste of Honey The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Look Of Love The Now Sound
Moe Koffman Shimmy Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Jackie Richardson I Alone Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Moe Koffman Windy Turned on
Hagood Hardy Les Arrivants (Theme from the Newcomers) Tell Me My Name
Doug Crosley Good Morning (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Johnny Cowell W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Eugene Amaro Twilight Time Twilight Time
Guido Basso Ten Little Indians It's Happening
Ivy Steel Prelude to a Kiss Reincarnation
Moe Koffman Cantelope Island Moe's Curried Soul
Paul Zaza Foxy Lady Coasting (with Isaacs)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians 007 Medley (Dr. No, Goldfinger) The Old Meets the New
Guido Basso Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim) Lost in the Stars
Peter Appleyard If ST
Compilation Jerry Toth - But for Love Motorcars In Concert 1970
Rick Wilkins Jazz Gavotte From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Give Up On Us Baby Looks Like We Made It
Ben McPeek Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves Peace Train
Rick Wilkins Holiday Discovery
Guido Basso I Go to Rio And All That Latin Jazz!
Jimmy Dale I Should Care Soft and Groovy
Jimmy Namaro Babylon At the Westbury
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Jerry Toth I Am In Love The Twelve Sides Of
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Jackie Richardson Child Eyes Part 1 - A Woman's View Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Moe Koffman Bei Mir Bist Du Schön Cool and Hot Sax
Eugene Amaro Girl From Ipanema The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Johnny Cowell Oops His Girl
Moe Koffman Darktown Strutters Ball Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Hogtown Trumpets Back Bacon Blues CBC Comp 434 comp
Paul Zaza Sailing By Coasting (with Isaacs)
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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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