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
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Jerry Toth	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:06
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Live & Let Die	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:27
Peter Appleyard	Mambo #V	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:28
Johnny Cowell	Quiet Girl	The Tender Loving Care	02:19
Wally Koster	My One and Only Love	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:16
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Guido Basso	Ramblin'	It's Happening	02:16
Paul Zaza	Peace River	Images	02:46
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Cape St Marys	CBC Comp 409	03:05
Ron Collier Tentet	Fair Wind	ST	02:49
Jimmy Namaro	This Could be the Start of Something Big	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:40
Paul Zaza	Fiesta Flamenco	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Bill Butler	Spring Will be a Little Late This Year	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:51
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Jimmy Namaro	I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin'	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:51
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
Moe Koffman	Growing Up	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Ivy Steel	Boudoirs	Reincarnation	02:50
Teddy Roderman	Beautiful Second Hand Man	Makin' It With You	02:34
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Jimmy Namaro	Cha Cha Chimes	Driftwood	02:14
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Hagood Hardy	I Won't Last a Day without You	The Homecoming	03:55
Robert Tennison Troupe	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:51
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Silver Bird	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Guido Basso	Christina	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:44
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - Windows	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:35
The Laurie Bower Singers	Magnificent Sanctuary Band	Morning Has Broken	03:10
Hagood Hardy	Samba de Orfeu	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:19
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How I Think of You	Montage	02:47
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
Guido Basso	Cuminha Cruzado	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:45
Pat Riccio	Then I'll Be Tired of You (Schwarz-Harburg) Doug Crosley: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:01
Joyce Sullivan	Speak Low	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:17
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	02:43
Rick Wilkins	Discovery	Discovery	03:39
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Reminiscing	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:08
Henry Cuesta	Glamorous Night	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Jimmy Dale	I Should Care	Soft and Groovy	03:03
Kathryn Moses	Ready or Not	ST	03:39
Guido Basso	Lush Life	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:26
Moe Koffman	Windy	Turned on	02:35
Hagood Hardy	I'll Take Love	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love	02:30
Johnny Cowell	Air On a G String	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:15
Norman Amadio Trio	Frenesi	ST	02:05
Bill Badgley	If You Leave Me Now	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:09
Tommy Ambrose	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:48
Peter Appleyard	Liza	The Vibe Sound Of	02:15
John Arpin	Kansas City Stomps	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:34
Jerry Toth	Make Me Rainbows	The Music Of	02:29
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:51
The Mutual Understanding	Wonderland	In Wonderland	02:54
Jackie Richardson	Too Beautiful to Know	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:56
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Johnny Cowell	Freeze!	Our Winter Love	02:07
Lenny Breau	Taranta	Guitar Sounds From	06:51
Moe Koffman	Sunshower (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	04:23
Carol McCartney	Dat Dere	A Night in Tunisia	03:39
Jimmy Namaro	Body and Soul	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:19
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
Jackie Richardson	Finer Wine	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:07
John Arpin	Softly	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:39
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Twooch	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	09:15
Guido Basso	Do You Hear What I Hear?	Christmas Today	02:53
Lucio Agostini	Caramba (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:03
Hagood Hardy	I Feel It	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:24
Terry Watada	Romance fn the Road	Night's Disgrace	03:24
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Johnny Cowell	Sangre De Toro Bravo	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:28
Compilation	Woodland City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:47
Bill Badgley	June	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:26
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - How Insensitive	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:29
Lucio Agostini	Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:20
Ed Bickert	It Might as Well Be Spring	ST	05:50
Eugene Amaro	I Just Fall In Love Again	Warm	03:38
Moe Koffman	Twistin' and Bumpin'	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:29
Hagood Hardy	Cold on the Shoulder	The Homecoming	03:31
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 2	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	02:46
Johnny Cowell	His Girl	His Girl	02:11
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Guantanamera	Montage	03:09
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:15
Ed Bickert	Polkadots & Moonbeams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:27
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wish I Was A Plane	Wish I Was A Plane	02:50
Jimmy Namaro	Similau	With Mallets A 4 Thought	04:20
Herb Marshall	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Together	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:23
Doug Randle	Martin of Her Mind	Songs for the New Industrial State	05:01
Jimmy Namaro	Jimmy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:50
The Laurie Bower Singers	Guitar Man	Wish I Was A Plane	03:19
Denny Vaughan	Windy	Girls I Knew	02:31

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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