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
Rick Wilkins	I Could Have Been a Sailor	Discovery	02:59
Russ Little	Footwork	Footwork	04:58
Tony Quarrington	One Bright Morning	One Bright Morning	06:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love	Laurie Bower	03:38
Eugene Amaro	Strangers In The Night	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
Eugene Amaro	Girl From Ipanema	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:24
Paul Hoffert	Grotto Walk	The Jazz Roots of	02:48
Norman Amadio Trio	Lullaby of the Leaves	ST	03:00
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Eugene Amaro	Another Time	Warm	03:21
Jimmy Namaro	Kcammot	Driftwood	02:19
Doug Crosley	When I Met You (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:38
Guido Basso	Don't Know Why (Jesse Harris)	Lost in the Stars	05:05
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Castle Rock	Bluesprint	04:45
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Rag Medley (Rogers)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everything Old is New Again	Looks Like We Made It	02:26
Guido Basso	Anniversary Song	It's Happening	02:09
Compilation	Snowmen	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:58
Russ Little	Out On a Limb	Snapshot	04:05
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Knights of the Round Flugel	Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams)	Bye Bye Love	02:32
Jimmy Namaro	I Cover The Waterfront	At the Westbury	02:15
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Cried for You	Bluesprint	05:41
The Laurie Bower Singers	My Life's A Song	You	02:53
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 1st movement	Transformations - Invocations	08:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Too Late Now	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:59
Phil Nimmons Group	Blue Lou	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Paul Zaza	Summer Evening	Images	02:36
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
Yorkville Avenue Band	Quite Contrary	"Moving Day"	03:17
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
Lenny Breau	Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad	Mo' Breau	07:30
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Squits	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:24
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake	The Toronto Sessions	04:59
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Goodbye	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	08:02
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Norman Amadio Trio	Hallelujah	ST	02:03
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Exactly Like Jerry Smith	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	08:22
Wally Koster	My One and Only Love	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:16
Peter Appleyard	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	She's Always A Woman	You	03:37
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Moonlight Serenade	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:13
Moe Koffman	Song for My Father	Turned on	02:54
Moe Koffman	Battering Ram	Goes Electric	02:34
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Dig	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:00
Lucio Agostini	Taboo	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:15
Ben McPeek	Only God Knows	Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease	02:39
Eugene Amaro	Sans Souci	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:36
Johnny Cowell	Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:38
Doug Riley	Roads Travelled & Days Gone By	Freedom	04:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Bye Bye Love	Laurie Bower	02:57
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Paul Zaza	Fandango	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Ed Bickert	Nica's Dream	Out of the Past	09:46
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Waltz	The Christmas Album	02:58
Jerry Toth	One (from a Chorus Line)	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:42
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Guido Basso	Windmills of Your Mind	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Mississippi	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
The Mutual Understanding	Rain Rain Go Away	In Wonderland	02:21
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Norman Amadio Trio	Alleluia D.T.'s.	ST	01:57
Henry Cuesta	Rose Garden	Plays Favourites	02:12
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Russ Little	Where Can I Go Without You?	Snapshot	06:02
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Champagne and Quail	Halifax Instrumental	02:48
Norman Amadio Trio	Enchantment	ST	02:28
Doug Riley	Jazz Etude	Freedom	00:56
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Lenny Breau	Please Release Me (Horton & Peck)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:30
Ben McPeek	That Old Black Magic	The Original Sounds of	02:50
Carol McCartney	East of the Sun	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
John Arpin	Leola	Concert In Ragtime	03:16
Guido Basso	Love Talk	Love Talk	03:09
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Twooch	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	09:15
Phil Nimmons Group	Chim chim cheree	Mary Popppins Swings	03:55
Doug Randle	Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	02:47
Norman Amadio Trio	Taboo	ST	02:55
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Doug Riley	Theme for Adele	Freedom	07:05
Russ Little	Creepin'	Slow Burn	05:39
Jimmy Namaro	Good Morning Annie	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:24
Jimmy Namaro	Bossa Nova Para Que Jaime	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:33
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Guido Basso	All the Sad Young Men	One More for the Road	04:36
Moe Koffman	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
Ed Bickert	Polkadots & Moonbeams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:27
Teddy Roderman	Sunshine, Lollipops and Roses	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:31
Moe Koffman	The Calm (Adagio)	The Four Seasons	01:59
Hagood Hardy	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
Wally Koster	Lost in the Stars	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:49
John Arpin	Meadowlark Rag (1916)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:03
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Ron Collier Tentet	Fair Wind	ST	02:49
Teddy Roderman	The Green Grass Starts To Grow	Makin' It With You	02:14

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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