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
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadian Sunset	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:36
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mike Fright	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Key Largo	Laurie Bower	03:22
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
Eugene Amaro	Sans Souci	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:36
Compilation	Ted Komar - Papirossew	CBC Comp 409	02:23
John Arpin	Bethena	Concert In Ragtime	05:56
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canada (A Centennial Song)	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:15
Jimmy Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues	Strictly Nimmons	02:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Are What I Am	Wish I Was A Plane	02:23
Compilation	Jane Bunnett - Rendez-Vous	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
Rick Wilkins	Why Think About Tomorrow	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:43
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon	And I Love Her	02:32
Ivy Steel	What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Reincarnation	03:28
Jimmy Dale	Guanabara	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	I've Found a New Baby	Feelin'	02:06
Guido Basso	My Ideal	One More for the Road	02:00
Lucio Agostini	Jolly Jumping Jack	Action With Agostini	01:36
Hagood Hardy	Balloons	The Homecoming	02:54
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Guido Basso	Too Late Now	Love Talk	03:19
Moe Koffman	Now is the Time	Goes Electric	02:55
Jimmy Namaro	Misty	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	01:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Ice Castles - Through the Eyes of Love	Laurie Bower	03:38
Rick Wilkins	Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars)	For the Sake of Music	03:59
Lenny Breau	Monday, Monday	Guitar Sounds From	02:30
Guido Basso	What a Friend	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
Jim O'Driscoll	If You Could Read My Mind	Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind	03:02
Carol McCartney	Jersey Bounce	A Night in Tunisia	04:40
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 4th movement	Transformations - Invocations	04:55
Jimmy Dale	Cidade Vazia	Soft and Groovy	02:24
Lucio Agostini	Fiddler's Frolic	Action With Agostini	02:42
Russ Little	You've Got a Friend	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	02:56
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David)	Now!	03:14
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Blame Me	Laurie Bower	04:03
Compilation	Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:16
Peter Appleyard	Rockin' in Rhythm	The Vibraphone Of	02:18
Eugene Amaro	People	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:43
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Bacharach-David)	Now!	05:50
Guido Basso	What A Friend	It's Happening	02:31
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	My Love	Montage	02:26
The Brian Browne Trio	After Midnight	Toronto Instrumental	01:37
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Peter Appleyard	Apres Toi	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:58
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:11
Russ Little	Cottontail	On the Shoulders of Giants	05:01
Bill Butler	A Portrait of a Piano	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:14
Jimmy Namaro	Baia	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:04
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:59
Peter Appleyard	Happiness is a Thing Called Joe	The Vibraphone Of	02:59
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Love for Sale	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:12
Ben McPeek	A Taste of Honey	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:42
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Goes Electric	02:51
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
Johnny Cowell	To Love Somebody	The Tender Loving Care	02:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	When I Need You	Looks Like We Made It	03:45
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mirage	ST	03:56
Rick Wilkins	The Way You Look Tonight	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:33
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Unchained Melody (Tommy Common, vocals)	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:51
Peter Appleyard	Rock's Push	Toronto Instrumental	02:16
John Arpin	The Most Beautiful Girl in the World	Direct to Disc	02:57
Peter Appleyard	Fascinating Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:45
Yorkville Avenue Band	All of You	"Moving Day"	03:22
Guido Basso	Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	05:48
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
Ben McPeek	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	Thinking of You	02:11
Rick Wilkins	Without Your Love	Discovery	03:18
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Do Something Nice Today!	03:14
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Destino	And I Love Her	02:40
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	It's Delovely	And I Love Her	02:19
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canadian Theme	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	03:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Got a Name	Back Home Again	02:51
Terry Watada	Rose of St. Urbain	Night's Disgrace	04:33
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	Driftwood	03:05
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening	02:07
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Maple Leaf Rag	+ Horn = Dixie	03:24
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
John Arpin	Bill Bailey	Concert In Ragtime	03:21
Terry Watada	The 505	Night's Disgrace	04:17
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How I Think of You	Montage	02:47
Hagood Hardy	Reunion (Theme from Rituals)	Tell Me My Name	03:18
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Peter Appleyard	'S Wonderful	The Vibe Sound Of	02:18
Guido Basso	Let It Snow	Christmas Today	02:47
The Mutual Understanding	Show Me Your Laughter	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:41
Lucio Agostini	Reel	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:07
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme #2	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	02:33
Teddy Roderman	The Green Grass Starts To Grow	Makin' It With You	02:14
Russ Little	Peace	Footwork	02:50
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Winchester Cathedral	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:22
Eugene Amaro	I Left My Heart In San Francisco	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:50
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Caribbean Moonlight	ST	03:09

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Johnny Burt Society - In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along

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Johnny Burt Society - ….Come Summer

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Trombone - Teddy Roderman

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - ST

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Halifax Instrumental

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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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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