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
Hagood Hardy	Sonny's Ragtime	Reflections	02:09
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wang Wang Blues	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:42
Moe Koffman	L'il Bitty Pretty One	Moe's Curried Soul	03:56
Rick Wilkins	The Closer I Get To You	For the Sake of Music	03:23
Rick Wilkins	With a Little Luck	Discovery	03:01
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Peter Appleyard	Streets of London	ST	03:31
Johnny Cowell	Air On a G String	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:15
Guido Basso	Let It Snow	Christmas Today	02:47
Moe Koffman	Curried Sole	Moe's Curried Soul	03:17
Denny Vaughan	Mary in the Morning	Girls I Knew	02:55
Fred Stone	Elissa	The Music of Fred Stone	07:25
Lucio Agostini	Tutti Flutti	Action With Agostini	02:42
Peter Appleyard	Hells Bells	The Vibraphone Of	01:46
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	Kiss Me in the Rain	It Goes Like It Goes	04:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	50 Ways	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:31
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Swing Sisters	Girl Talk	Davenport Blues	03:54
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Joyce Sullivan	Love (Can Be a Moment's Sadness)	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:28
Lucio Agostini	Reel	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:07
Moe Koffman	Dr. Swahili	Goes Electric	02:42
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me (Randy Goodrum)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:25
Hagood Hardy	The Homecoming	The Homecoming	02:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
Bill Butler	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:48
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vera Cruz	Halifax Instrumental	02:36
Lenny Breau	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:34
Moe Koffman	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
Phil Nimmons Group	Blue Lou	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Peter & The Wolf	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:43
Moe Koffman	Francesca	Cool and Hot Sax	04:09
Peter Appleyard	'S Wonderful	The Vibe Sound Of	02:18
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Bill Badgley	Gonna Fly Now - Theme From Rocky	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:27
Guido Basso	Windmills of Your Mind	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
Carol McCartney	Jersey Bounce	A Night in Tunisia	04:40
Lucio Agostini	Fiddler's Frolic	Action With Agostini	02:42
Teddy Roderman	Measure The Valleys	Makin' It With You	02:41
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Taste of Honey	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:59
Ben McPeek	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	Thinking of You	02:11
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Dr. Music	Ain't That a Groove	Doug Riley Transcription	07:52
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Got a Name	Back Home Again	02:51
Paul Zaza	Fiesta Romantica	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	04:35
Don Gillis	Lady Death	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:58
Hagood Hardy	The Trouble with Hello is Goodbye	The Homecoming	03:51
Jimmy Namaro	Laura	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:52
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	What Now My Love	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:38
Guido Basso	Cuminha Cruzado	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:45
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Jimmy Namaro	Good Morning Annie	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:24
Moe Koffman	Sure It Is	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:37
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
John Arpin	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
The Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	Angie Baby	Back Home Again	03:32
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Peter Appleyard	The Man That Got Away	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:37
John Arpin	The Most Beautiful Girl in the World	Direct to Disc	02:57
Knights of the Round Flugel	Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams)	Bye Bye Love	02:32
Lucio Agostini	The Girls of Spain	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:28
Johnny Cowell	Napoli	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:45
Jerry Toth	A Rock Madrigal For Mehitabel	The Twelve Sides Of	02:46
Rick Wilkins	Somewhere Along the Way	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:57
Johnny Cowell	W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:38
Teddy Roderman	So Let Our Love Begin	Makin' It With You	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Takes Time	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:39
Tommy Ambrose	Just for a Thrill	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:10
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Back Home Again	Back Home Again	03:29
Kathryn Moses	Oleo	ST	04:28
Pat Riccio	Watermelon Man (Hancock)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:11
Moe Koffman	Dance Of The Leaves (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:30
Bill Butler	The Girl that I Marry (mono version)	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:33
Guido Basso	What a Friend	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Daybreak	Looks Like We Made It	02:45
Guido Basso	Fascinating Rhythm	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	03:43
Terry Watada	On the Edge (Part II)	Night's Disgrace	01:10
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	A Brand New Scene	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:53
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
Jimmy Namaro	Pubba and The Puddy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:12
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Jackie Richardson	I Like Your Company - Old Friends	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:32
Peter Appleyard	Only For Lovers	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	03:03
Lucio Agostini	Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:27
Lenny Breau	The Claw	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:31
Wally Koster	Lost in the Stars	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:49
Moe Koffman	Hambourg Bound	Cool and Hot Sax	04:05
John Arpin	Excelsior Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:06
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Summer Wind	And I Love Her	02:50
Tony Quarrington	Hi Lilly Hi Lo	One Bright Morning	06:03
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One Long Song	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:52

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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