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
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Say Goodbye	When You Say Goodbye	03:56
Peter Appleyard	The Linconshire Poacher	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Swing Sisters	Davenport Blues	Davenport Blues	03:20
Don Gillis	Baby It's Alright	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Know	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:02
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	Come To Mother	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:54
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Henry Cuesta	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Plays Favourites	03:05
The Mutual Understanding	Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion	In Wonderland	02:32
Guido Basso	S'Wonderful	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:10
The Mutual Understanding	Summer of '42	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:38
Compilation	Snowmen	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:58
Jimmy Namaro	I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin'	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:51
Ben McPeek	Yorkville Yak	The Original Sounds of	01:47
Peter Appleyard	Telephone Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:37
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
John Arpin	The Chevy Chase (1914)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:10
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Lenny Breau	Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	02:17
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Look What They've Done to My Song	It's Impossible	02:34
John Arpin	Bethena	Concert In Ragtime	05:56
Moe Koffman	Twistin' and Bumpin'	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:15
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Paul Zaza	Fine and Dandy	Faces and Places	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Looks Like We Made It	Looks Like We Made It	03:39
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Peter Appleyard	Crazy Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:36
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks (Outro)	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:33
Ed Bickert	Nobody Else But Me	Bye Bye Baby	04:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:19
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mirage	ST	03:56
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:32
Guido Basso	Take the 'A' Train	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Denny Vaughan	Fine and Dandy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:38
Joyce Sullivan	Grandfather's Clock	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:33
Carol McCartney	A Night in Tunisia	A Night in Tunisia	05:31
Phil Nimmons Group	Squeeze Play	Take 10	03:58
Jerry Toth	One (from a Chorus Line)	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:42
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Ray	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Jerry Toth	It's a Great Life	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:08
Tommy Ambrose	Just for a Thrill	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:10
Terry Watada	The 505	Night's Disgrace	04:17
Moe Koffman	James Brown's Bag	Turned on	02:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Got A Feelin'	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:32
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
Jerry Toth	Guitar Concerto: Adagio	The Music Of	04:07
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Georgy Girl	The Now Sound	02:24
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Love Talk	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Decorated My Life	When You Say Goodbye	03:38
Doug Riley	Freedom	Freedom	04:34
Doug Randle	Cote d´Azur	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:33
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Rey	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Sound of Silver	ST	03:20
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Guido Basso	Two Bass Hit	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	08:02
Johnny Cowell	Butterscotch	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:23
Jimmy Namaro	Westside Story (Medley): Maria - Cool - America - I Feel Pretty - To-night - Dance in the Gym	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:40
Moe Koffman	Paniano	Goes Electric	02:50
Guido Basso	Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans)	Lost in the Stars	06:25
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:03
Moe Koffman	The Mighty Quinn	Turned on	02:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We	The Rose And The Rain	03:23
Doug Crosley	Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:54
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	Our Winter Love	02:36
Peter Appleyard	Only For Lovers	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	03:03
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - Windows	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:35
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
Guido Basso	Two Bourees	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	06:07
Teddy Roderman	Oops	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:42
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Lip Flap (For Fred)	Now!	03:48
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
The Brian Browne Trio	Toot That Whistle	The Toronto Scene	02:13
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
Denny Vaughan	Have You Ever Been Lonely?	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:49
Jerry Toth	Portrait of Caroline	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Crooked Mile	Wish I Was A Plane	02:43
Lenny Breau	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Eugene Amaro	Send In The Clowns	Warm	03:17
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Bill Badgley	Mesclado (MYXAPYKL)	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	02:10
Kathryn Moses	Oleo	ST	04:28
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Peter Appleyard	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	The Vibe Sound Of	02:51
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	One Cylinder	Bluesprint	04:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Young New Mexican Pupeteer	Morning Has Broken	03:12
Bill Butler	Theme from "The Pathetique"	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:00
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	And I Love Her	The Old Meets the New	03:11
Ivy Steel	Prelude to a Kiss	Reincarnation	04:55
Compilation	Billy Van - Single Moments	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:28
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:19
Bill Butler	Canadian Sunset	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:05
Hagood Hardy	Words	Maybe Tomorrow	03:04

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Peter Appleyard - Per-cus-sive Jazz

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Peter Appleyard - ST

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Peter Appleyard - The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

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Dr. Music - Doug Riley Transcription

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Doug Riley - Freedom

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

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Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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