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
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six I Told You So Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Bill Badgley Moon Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Norman Amadio Trio Enchantment ST
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - Stompin' at the Savoy CBC Comp 409
Eugene Amaro My Love Twilight Time
Moe Koffman James Brown's Bag Turned on
Denny Vaughan Hayseedelic Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Paul Zaza Granada Fantasia Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Denny Vaughan May All Your Troubles be Little Ones Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Peter Appleyard Tell Me A Story ST
The Laurie Bower Singers What is Christmas Danielle b/w What is Christmas
Johnny Cowell Dreams Of A Lonely Man His Girl
Norman Amadio Trio Mein Shtetele Belz ST
Bill Badgley Georgy Girl Blue-Ribbon Badgley
The Laurie Bower Singers If You Feel Got a Feelin' for Love
Peter Appleyard Just In Time The Vibe Sound Of
Paul Hoffert Grotto Walk The Jazz Roots of
Moe Koffman Doxy The Shepherd Swings Again
Paul Zaza Blue Porcelain Faces and Places
Jerry Toth I've Got My Eyes On You The Music Of
Guido Basso You are My Sunshine It's Happening (re-issue)
Johnny Cowell Flight of the Bumblebee (Wynton Marsalis) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Joyce Sullivan Love (Can Be a Moment's Sadness) The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Compilation Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Dolly Medley (Herman) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Jimmy Namaro September Song Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Lip Flap (For Fred) Now!
The Laurie Bower Singers Just a Little Song Back Home Again
Guido Basso Winter Wonderland Christmas Today
Johnny Cowell Darling Mama His Girl
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Goodbye Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Paul Hoffert 6 Bar Theme The Jazz Roots of
Teddy Roderman The Happening Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Song And Dance Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Denny Vaughan Dominion Square A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
The Laurie Bower Singers Country Comfort Take Me Home Country Roads
Denny Vaughan Put a Little Love in Your Heart Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Cast Your Fate to the Wind Montage
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice (It's All Right) ST
Guido Basso All the Sad Young Men One More for the Road
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Silver (A Prayer) Transformations - Invocations
John Arpin Bethena Concert In Ragtime
Norman Amadio Trio Hallelujah ST
John Arpin Bill Bailey Concert In Ragtime
The Laurie Bower Singers You Don't Bring Me Flowers You
Guido Basso Sweet Georgia Fame A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
John Arpin Jenny's Tune Direct to Disc
Paul Zaza Spring Song Faces and Places
Paul Zaza Summertime Drive Faces and Places
Hagood Hardy The Trouble with Hello is Goodbye The Homecoming
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Introducin' My Man It’s a Sign of the Times
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
The Mutual Understanding Everybody Loves My Baby In Wonderland
Ron Collier Tentet Come Sunday ST
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? Do Something Nice Today!
Doug Randle One Way Swimming Songs for the New Industrial State
Jimmy Dale Cidade Vazia Soft and Groovy
Johnny Cowell W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Hagood Hardy I Feel It Stop 33 Sutton Place
Paul Zaza Fiesta Flamenco Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Georgy Girl The Now Sound
Paul Zaza Fine and Dandy Faces and Places
Bill Butler 18th Variation from Rapsodie on a Theme of Paganini (Theme from "A Story of Three Loves") Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - It Ain't Necessarily So CBC Comp 409
Johnny Cowell Like No Other Girl It's Gotta Be Love
Tommy Ambrose You're Driving Me Crazy Young Tommy Ambrose
Bill Badgley All At the Ports of Call
John Arpin You Are What I Am Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Yorkville Avenue Band Tonight "Moving Day"
Paul Zaza Hollywood Hills Faces and Places
Eugene Amaro Send In The Clowns Warm
Rick Wilkins Even Now For the Sake of Music
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Original Toronto Dixieland Band
Peter Appleyard Theme from Black Orpheus The Vibraphone Of
Jimmy Namaro Too Marvellous For Words At the Westbury
Guido Basso Don't Know Why (Jesse Harris) Lost in the Stars
Jackie Richardson The Lies of Handsome Men Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Wave Do Something Nice Today!
Peter Appleyard Undecided Per-cus-sive Jazz
Doug Randle Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Denny Vaughan Hi-Lili Hi-Lo Girls I Knew
Moe Koffman Cloud Nine The Shepherd Swings Again
Hagood Hardy Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home Tell Me My Name
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Medley #1: Rose of Washington Square; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Sweet Georgia Brown (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Robert Tennison Troupe Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Watermelon Man The Now Sound
Hagood Hardy & the Montage The Garden Path Montage
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Look What They've Done to My Song It's Impossible
Compilation Season of the Yonge Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Peter Appleyard Soulful Strut The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Cast Your Fate The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
The Laurie Bower Singers Rain Brings People Together Wish I Was A Plane
Guido Basso Suite P.E.I. Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Peter Appleyard Wichita Lineman The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Jerry Toth Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady The Classic Jerry Toth
Doug Wilson Quartet Canadian Theme Canada b/w Canadian Theme
Guido Basso Cry Love Talk
Henry Cuesta The Things I Love Clarinet With Strings

We Gotta Get It All Together

One Bright Morning

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Tony Quarrington

Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

It's Gotta Be Love

Johnny Cowell / It's Gotta Be Love LABELS

Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love MINT BACK

Night's Disgrace

Yellow Fever

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Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 01

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace INLAY

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace BACK

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever LABELS

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever BACK

The Vibraphone Of

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of LABELS

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of BACK

Peter Appleyard Presents

Toronto Instrumental

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Vibe Sound Of

Per-cus-sive Jazz

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The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Doug Riley Transcription

Doug Riley

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