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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Graf, Eddie & His Orchestra	Summer Wind	And I Love Her	02:50
Zaza, Paul	Foxy Lady	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:54
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Once I Loved (Gilbert/Jobim/DeMoraes)	ST	02:52
Compilation	Roy Patterson - Inland Passages Suite: Part II: The Road Song	Jazz Toronto	04:19
Zaza, Paul	High Spirits	Faces and Places	02:30
Compilation	Fifes and Feathers	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:54
Collier, Ron Tentet	Relaxin'	ST	02:28
Cowell, Johnny	The Eternal Flame	Our Winter Love	02:23
Laurie Bower Singers	Love to the People	Looks Like We Made It	02:58
McPeek, Ben	Imagine	Peace Train	02:59
Arpin, John	The Way We Were	Direct to Disc	03:08
Crosley, Doug	Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:44
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
Breau, Lenny	On A Bach Bouree	Minor's Aloud	06:29
Wilkins, Rick	Someone I Used to Love	Discovery	03:31
Zaza, Paul	Welcome Home	Faces and Places	02:22
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning	Montage	02:57
Zaza, Paul	Fiesta Flamenco	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Laurie Bower Singers	I Go To Rio	It Goes Like It Goes	03:24
Namaro, Jimmy	Venezuela	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:04
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Peaches and Brandy	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:01
Laurie Bower Singers	One More Love Story	When You Say Goodbye	03:14
Cuesta, Henry	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Plays Favourites	03:05
Dale, Jimmy	Alone Again, Naturally	Toronto Instrumental	02:55
Laurie Bower Singers	Sing Me a Rainbow	Feelin'	02:18
Laurie Bower Singers	You	You	03:15
Hardy, Hagood	The Trouble with Hello is Goodbye	The Homecoming	03:51
Little, Russ	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Breau, Lenny	She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:23
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - The Duke	Jazz Toronto	04:00
Breau, Lenny	Back In Indiana (Hanley & MacDonald)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:01
Amaro, Eugene	Why Did I Choose You	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:27
Namaro, Jimmy	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Cowell, Johnny	Sweet and Sour Chop Chop	Hot Brass	02:00
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Sanford & Son	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:38
Toth, Jerry	Little Boy Blue	The Twelve Sides Of	02:33
Little, Russ	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Canada (A Centennial Song)	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:15
Cowell, Johnny	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:45
Steel, Ivy	Robbin’s Nest	Reincarnation	03:27
McPeek, Ben	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	Thinking of You	02:11
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Laurie Bower Singers	Just To Be Alone With You	You	02:39
Arpin, John	Kansas City Stomps	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:34
Hardy, Hagood	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
2B3	Bill Payne, Rob Gusevs - Hip Hug-her	The Toronto Sessions	04:57
Nimmons, Phil Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Dale, Jimmy	Triste	Soft and Groovy	03:05
Namaro, Jimmy	Late Late Blues	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:30
Breau, Lenny	Cold, Cold Heart	Guitar Sounds From	04:44
Schofield, Pete & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Cowell, Johnny	Pretty Girl	Our Winter Love	02:09
Laurie Bower Singers	Pretty Lady	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:16
Wilkins, Rick	Summer Song	For the Sake of Music	03:34
Mutual Understanding	Summer of '42	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:38
Nimmons, Phil Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp	Strictly Nimmons	06:15
Koffman, Moe	Do You Know the Way to San Jose	Turned on	02:32
Laurie Bower Singers	Daybreak	Looks Like We Made It	02:45
Appleyard, Peter	Satin Doll	Toronto Instrumental	02:39
Hogtown Trumpets	Ludwig's Bugle	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:14
Cowell, Johnny	El Condor Pasa	The Tender Loving Care	02:08
Browne, Brian Trio	Blue Hair	The Toronto Scene	03:02
Basso, Guido	Let It Snow	Christmas Today	02:47
Schofield, Pete & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
McPeek, Ben	Superstar	Peace Train	03:34
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Amadio, Norman Trio	Mein Shtetele Belz	ST	02:13
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 5th movement	Transformations - Invocations	13:41
Hardy, Hagood	Don't Give up on Us	Tell Me My Name	02:52
Koffman, Moe	Pretzel Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
Cuesta, Henry	Me And You And A Dog Named Boo	Plays Favourites	01:48
Cowell, Johnny	Marcella	It's Gotta Be Love	02:22
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Sleepy Lagoon	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:58
Laurie Bower Singers	Pussywillow Cat-tails	Morning Has Broken	02:53
Koffman, Moe	Shimmy Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:07
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One Long Song	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:52
Butler, Bill	I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:03
Agostini, Lucio	Leah's Latin Lover (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:39
Toth, Jerry	Portrait of Caroline	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:34
Arpin, John	Laughter in the Rain	Direct to Disc	02:50
Laurie Bower Singers	Too Much Is On The Line	When You Say Goodbye	03:49
Stone, Fred	Theme from Lawrence of Arabia	The Music of Fred Stone	08:32
Koffman, Moe	Flute Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:10
Laurie Bower Singers	The Importance of the Rose	Feelin'	02:07
Agostini, Lucio	Canadians on the Go-Go	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:49
Koffman, Moe	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Goes Electric	02:51
Zaza, Paul	For Julia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:22
Collier, Ron Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Collage #3	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	02:51
Cowell, Johnny	Roller Coaster	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:09
Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Cry Out Loud	It Goes Like It Goes	03:14
Cowell, Johnny	I've Gotta Feeling	Hot Brass	01:49
Amaro, Eugene	More Than You Know	Twilight Time	02:02
Sullivan, Joyce	Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:21
Moses, Kathryn	Ready or Not	ST	03:39
Namaro, Jimmy	Yesterdays	At the Westbury	03:28
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake	The Toronto Sessions	04:59
Laurie Bower Singers	The Way I Want	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:28
Butler, Bill	My Heart at thy Sweet Voice	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:46
Arpin, John	Jenny's Tune	Direct to Disc	02:54

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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

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Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra - ST

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Breau, Lenny - ST

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Namaro, Jimmy - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Badgley, Bill - Blue-Ribbon Badgley

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Badgley, Bill - At the Ports of Call

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Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Collier, Ron Tentet - ST

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Amaro, Eugene - Warm

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Agostini, Lucio - Action With Agostini

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Schofield, Pete and the Canadians - It’s a Sign of the Times

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Laurie Bower Singers - You

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Toth, Jerry - The Twelve Sides Of

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Hardy, Hagood & the Montage - ST

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Wilkins, Rick - From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)

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McPeek, Ben - Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease

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Hardy, Hagood - As Time Goes By

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Sanderlings - With The Jim Pirie Orchestra

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Hoffert, Paul - The Jazz Roots of

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Zaza, Paul - Faces and Places

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Namaro, Jimmy - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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McPeek, Ben - The Original Sounds of

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Laurie Bower Singers - Take Me Home Country Roads

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Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six - Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64

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Basso, Guido - Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

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Randle, Doug - Songs for the New Industrial State

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Richardson, Jackie - Woman's View... Through Child Eyes

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Breau, Lenny - Minor's Aloud

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Basso, Guido - It's Happening (re-issue)

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Mutual Understanding - Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye

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