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
Guido Basso A Lazy Afternoon A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Jackie Richardson I Like Your Company - Old Friends Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Compilation Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Moe Koffman Bermuda Schwartz The Shepherd Swings Again
Peter Appleyard Tenderly Per-cus-sive Jazz
Jimmy Namaro Anna Maria Waltz featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Paul Zaza Mellow Moments Coasting (with Isaacs)
The Laurie Bower Singers Something is Happening Feelin'
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Peter Appleyard Undecided Per-cus-sive Jazz
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Denny Vaughan My Cherie Amour Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Johnny Cowell Caesar's Palace Hot Brass
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 3 Grave The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 3rd movement Transformations - Invocations
Johnny Cowell Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Claman Richard Morris & Jerry Toth St. Lawrence Centre Song St. Lawrence Centre Song
Phil Nimmons Group On the Autobahn Take 10
Guido Basso Tequila It's Happening (re-issue)
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup Take Me Home Country Roads
Guido Basso What A Friend It's Happening
Guido Basso Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour) Lost in the Stars
Hogtown Trumpets Bustling CBC Comp 434 comp
Phil Nimmons Group Who Walks Nimmons 'N' Nine
Ed Bickert I'll Follow the Sun I Like To Recognize the Tune
Wally Koster April in Paris The Songs of Wally Koster
Eugene Amaro Something About You Twilight Time
Hagood Hardy Watching Through the Night Maybe Tomorrow
Hagood Hardy Joy to the World The Christmas Album
Paul Zaza Welcome Home Faces and Places
Hagood Hardy A Time for Us As Time Goes By
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Blame Me Laurie Bower
John Arpin Laughter in the Rain Direct to Disc
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Theme for Susan Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Bill Butler I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Johnny Cowell Walk Hand in Hand The Tender Loving Care
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Teddy Roderman Goodbye Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Ron Collier Tentet The Days of Wine And Roses ST
Doug Randle Isn't it a Pity Songs for the New Industrial State
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Dance of the Only Son Sailin' Home
Paul Zaza Malaguena Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Jimmy Namaro Street of Dreams featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Jimmy Namaro Beachcomber's Blues Driftwood
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
The Laurie Bower Singers I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight) Laurie Bower
Lenny Breau Blues Theme The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Paul Zaza Warm Breezes Coasting (with Isaacs)
Johnny Cowell Genevieve The Tender Loving Care
Ben McPeek Big Red The Original Sounds of
John Arpin Efficiency Rag Concert In Ragtime
Moe Koffman Sunshower (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Hagood Hardy Don't Give up on Us Tell Me My Name
Peter Appleyard Feelings ST
Rick Wilkins I Could Have Been a Sailor Discovery
Guido Basso Estate A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Paul Zaza Spring Song Faces and Places
Moe Koffman Flute Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Eugene Amaro Blame It On My Youth Warm
Jackie Richardson My Baby Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Lenny Breau Neptune ST
Peter Appleyard Tico Tico ST
Denny Vaughan Cheerful Little Earful Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Guido Basso Two Bass Hit Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Lenny Breau Tuning Time The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Jimmy Dale Where Is the Love? Toronto Instrumental
Peter Appleyard Old Dave The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - This Can't Be Love Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians (Do You Know The Way To) San Jose The Now Sound
Lenny Breau Bluesette The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes We Gotta Get It All Together
The Brian Browne Trio After Midnight Toronto Instrumental
Hagood Hardy Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly) The Christmas Album
Jimmy Dale My Reverie Profiles
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Gold (The Challenge) Transformations - Invocations
Doug Crosley Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Phil Nimmons Group Band Call Take 10
The Laurie Bower Singers Wish I Was A Plane Wish I Was A Plane
Henry Cuesta Thorn in My Shoe Plays Favourites
Doug Wilson Quartet Canada Canada b/w Canadian Theme
Ben McPeek Fascinating Rhythm His Voices and His Orchestra
Hagood Hardy & the Montage My Love Montage
Phil Nimmons Group Little Poppy Nimmons 'N' Nine
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
The Laurie Bower Singers Battle Of New Orleans Wish I Was A Plane
Guido Basso Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer) Lost in the Stars
Hagood Hardy Christmas Song The Christmas Album
Compilation Jim Pirie - We'll Walk Together 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Music To Watch Girls By The Now Sound
Paul Zaza Superstar Faces and Places
Hagood Hardy When We Were Young As Time Goes By
The Laurie Bower Singers Got A Feelin' Got a Feelin' for Love
Peter Appleyard There Will Never Be Another You Per-cus-sive Jazz
Lucio Agostini Fiddler's Frolic Action With Agostini
Jackie Richardson I Alone Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Bill Butler Summertime The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Jackie Richardson If I Could Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Rick Wilkins Quiescence For the Sake of Music
Paul Zaza Guitarra Rhumba Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

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

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

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

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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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