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
Jimmy Namaro Soft Hands Driftwood
The Laurie Bower Singers When I Need You Looks Like We Made It
Jimmy Namaro I Cover The Waterfront At the Westbury
Johnny Cowell Stay With Me The Tender Loving Care
Wally Koster My Funny Valentine The Songs of Wally Koster
Guido Basso Anna’s Theme Put Your Hand in the Hand
Denny Vaughan Windy Girls I Knew
Bill Badgley Moonlight Sonata Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Moe Koffman Comin' Home Baby Goes Electric
Guido Basso Megantic Outlaw Put Your Hand in the Hand
Jimmy Namaro On a Little Street in Singapore Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Ask Me Why It Goes Like It Goes
The Mutual Understanding Pretty People In Wonderland
Pat Riccio Michelle (Lennon-McCartney) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
The Laurie Bower Singers American Music Laurie Bower
Phil Nimmons Group Blue Lou Nimmons 'N' Nine
Ben McPeek Soon It's Gonna Rain The Original Sounds of
Rick Wilkins Somewhere Along the Way My Heart Belongs to Me
Norman Amadio Trio Hallelujah ST
Moe Koffman Growing Up Tales of Koffman
Ben McPeek Downtown His Voices and His Orchestra
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Come Saturday Morning Montage
2B3 Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy The Toronto Sessions
Bill Badgley In the Arms of Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Moe Koffman Song for My Father Turned on
Hagood Hardy Clouds The Homecoming
Moe Koffman Hambourg Bound Cool and Hot Sax
Eugene Amaro Blame It On My Youth Warm
Compilation Eve Smith - I Care 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
The Laurie Bower Singers Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End Laurie Bower
Hagood Hardy The Children's Song As Time Goes By
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Come Saturday Morning (Previn/Karlin) ST
Peter Appleyard If ST
Jerry Toth The Worst That Could Happen The Music Of
Lucio Agostini Tico-Tico Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Guido Basso A Lazy Afternoon (alternate version) A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
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)
John Arpin Cabaret Direct to Disc
Hagood Hardy I'll Remember You Stop 33 Sutton Place
Peter Appleyard This Masquerade ST
Jimmy Namaro Sentimental Journey At the Westbury
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Lucio Agostini Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
The Laurie Bower Singers When You Find a Sad Song Back Home Again
Guido Basso Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein) Lost in the Stars
Johnny Cowell Like No Other Girl It's Gotta Be Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Everything Old is New Again Looks Like We Made It
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Winchester Cathedral It’s a Sign of the Times
Doug Randle Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!) Now!
Lucio Agostini World of Music Action With Agostini
Lenny Breau Blues Theme The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Russ Little Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas) Deeper and Deeper
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Lenny Breau Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Lenny Breau King of the Road Guitar Sounds From
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Ben McPeek Superstar Peace Train
Compilation Billy Van - Single Moments 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Paul Zaza Summertime Drive Faces and Places
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Kicks (Closing Theme) Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Hagood Hardy No Good On My Own As Time Goes By
Guido Basso Canada It's Happening
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One Long Song Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Lujon ST
Henry Cuesta Fate Clarinet With Strings
Guido Basso Gentle Rain One More for the Road
Joyce Sullivan I'll Give My Love an Apple The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Phil Nimmons Group Kicks Nimmons 'N' Nine
Paul Zaza Blue Porcelain Faces and Places
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Rick Wilkins Blues for Helene From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Compilation Brian Hughes - The Bridge Jazz Toronto
Carol McCartney Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye A Night in Tunisia
The Laurie Bower Singers Una Paloma Got a Feelin' for Love
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 5th movement Transformations - Invocations
Eugene Amaro I Just Fall In Love Again Warm
Compilation Hogtown Hoe-Down Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Guido Basso Nightcap It's Happening (re-issue)
Bill Badgley After The Lovin' Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Jimmy Namaro Cha Cha Chimes Driftwood
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - How Insensitive The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Bill Badgley How Insensitive Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Jimmy Namaro Driftwood Driftwood
Joyce Sullivan You'll Never Know The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
2B3 Michael Fonfara, Lance Anderson - Magic Carpet Ride The Toronto Sessions
Jimmy Namaro Kcammot Driftwood
Paul Zaza Mellow Moments Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Lucio Agostini Sulkey Race Action With Agostini
Johnny Cowell I Can't Get Started (Al Hirt & Bunny Berigan) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Lenny Breau I Love You Because (Leon Payne) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Guido Basso Christina And All That Latin Jazz!
Herb Marshall Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint) Toronto Vocalist
Hagood Hardy I Won't Last a Day without You The Homecoming
Henry Cuesta Remember When (We Made These Memories) Clarinet With Strings
The Laurie Bower Singers Glitter Queen Got a Feelin' for Love
Phil Nimmons Group Kicks (Outro) Nimmons 'N' Nine

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

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"

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