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
Ben McPeek	Colonel Bogey	The Original Sounds of	02:43
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Mississippi	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Rick Wilkins	How Deep Is Your Love	For the Sake of Music	02:50
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Compilation	Eve Smith - I Care	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:13
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Guido Basso	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Christmas Today	02:39
Jerry Toth	Last Tango In Paris	The Twelve Sides Of	02:38
Norman Amadio Trio	Hallelujah	ST	02:03
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Guantanamera	Montage	03:09
Peter Appleyard	Strike Up the Band	The Vibe Sound Of	02:35
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	Montage	03:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Look What They've Done to My Song	It's Impossible	02:34
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!)	Now!	04:46
Compilation	Ted Komar - Papirossew	CBC Comp 409	02:23
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Oh Didn't He Ramble	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:36
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Kathryn Moses	Touch Me	ST	07:28
Norman Amadio Trio	Taboo	ST	02:55
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Killing Me Softly (With This Song)	Do Something Nice Today!	03:10
Peter Appleyard	Moon Glow	The Vibe Sound Of	02:59
Johnny Cowell	El Condor Pasa	The Tender Loving Care	02:08
Moe Koffman	High Heeled Sneakers	Moe's Curried Soul	03:49
Teddy Roderman	Measure The Valleys	Makin' It With You	02:41
Johnny Cowell	Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:15
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Up, Up & Away	The Now Sound	03:01
Herb Marshall	Make it With You (David Gates - Bread)	Toronto Vocalist	01:48
Johnny Cowell	Je reviens (I'm Coming Back)	Hot Brass	02:32
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Song of the Tropics	ST	03:17
Carol McCartney	East of the Sun	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
The Brian Browne Trio	Home Again	The Toronto Scene	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just To Be Alone With You	You	02:39
Moe Koffman	Sleep (Adagio)	The Four Seasons	02:00
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Pat Riccio	Matchmaker (Bock-Harnick) Doug Crosley: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:25
Rick Wilkins	Summer Song	For the Sake of Music	03:34
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Rick Wilkins	Junk	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:58
Denny Vaughan	Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:10
Compilation	Bill Badgley - Walk On By	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:21
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
Jimmy Namaro	Love For Sale	At the Westbury	04:02
Lucio Agostini	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:36
Norman Amadio Trio	Enchantment	ST	02:28
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Joyce Sullivan	Speak Low	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:17
Jimmy Dale	My Reverie	Profiles	03:57
Jerry Toth	The Importance of the Rose	The Music Of	02:09
Doug Crosley	You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:30
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Teddy Roderman	Goodbye	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:24
Bill Butler	I'm Always Chasing Rainbows	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:54
Rick Wilkins	Ballad for Carolyn	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:48
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Peter Appleyard	Puff the Magic Dragon	The Vibraphone Of	02:08
Moe Koffman	Sunshower (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	04:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	Back Home Again	Back Home Again	03:29
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Angie Baby	Back Home Again	03:32
Hagood Hardy	Watching Through the Night	Maybe Tomorrow	03:40
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Mellotone	Take 10	06:49
Doug Crosley	In the Forest (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:56
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Espana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:56
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Jimmy Namaro	Driftwood	Driftwood	02:12
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	At the Ports of Call	02:16
Teddy Roderman	That's Life	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:00
Lucio Agostini	Coastin'	Action With Agostini	02:40
Moe Koffman	Goin' Out of My Head	Turned on	02:20
Moe Koffman	Backbone Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:21
Eugene Amaro	I Left My Heart In San Francisco	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:50
John Arpin	Softly	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:39
Tommy Ambrose	Margie	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:04
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Shuffle Boogie, Swamp, Groove Blue	Toronto Instrumental	02:35
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Cried for You	Bluesprint	05:41
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	04:02
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch the Girls By	At the Ports of Call	02:30
Kathryn Moses	Oleo	ST	04:28
Johnny Cowell	Still Feeling Blue	It's Gotta Be Love	02:42
John Arpin	Love and Maple Syrup	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:37
Peter Appleyard	Liza	The Vibe Sound Of	02:15
Doug Crosley	Good Morning (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Jackie Richardson	Too Beautiful to Know	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:56
Johnny Cowell	The Eternal Flame	Our Winter Love	02:23
Eugene Amaro	Why Did I Choose You	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:27
Ben McPeek	Someday Soon	The Original Sounds of	01:53
Jimmy Dale	Strange Music	Profiles	03:29
Jimmy Namaro	Lamento Marimba	Driftwood	03:43
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Face the Music and Dance	And I Love Her	02:25
Phil Nimmons Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27
Johnny Cowell	Stardust	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:44
Guido Basso	Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Lost in the Stars	05:25

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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