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
Russ Little	Jive Samba	Slow Burn	06:06
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme #2	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	02:33
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	The Music Of	02:49
Pat Riccio	In To Miami (Barry)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:15
Henry Cuesta	Rose Garden	Plays Favourites	02:12
Terry Watada	Little Geisha	Night's Disgrace	03:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	Fool That I Am	It Goes Like It Goes	02:51
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:11
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
Eugene Amaro	I'll Follow The Sun	Warm	02:44
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Peter Appleyard	Open the Gates of Love	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:00
Ben McPeek	Happy Talk	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:13
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Perfect Day	Sailin' Home	02:25
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
Ben McPeek	Both Sides Now	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:07
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll See You in My Dreams	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
Ben McPeek	Early Autumn	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:47
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
Jerry Toth	Who Are You Now? .. Nicholas Fiore flute solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:19
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sunshine On My Shoulders	Back Home Again	02:58
Robert Tennison Troupe	Just Like a Fool	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:39
Kathryn Moses	Prince Charming's Brother	ST	04:01
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Moon River	Toronto Instrumental	02:13
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Introducin' My Man	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:05
Terry Watada	Rose of St. Urbain	Night's Disgrace	04:33
Ivy Steel	Robbin’s Nest	Reincarnation	03:27
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Angie Baby	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:43
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Told You So	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sweet Ginger Bread Man	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:52
Moe Koffman	Bermuda Schwartz	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:47
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz (Valse Brilliante)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	05:30
Rick Wilkins	(Our) Love is Here to Stay	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:45
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	One More Love Story	When You Say Goodbye	03:14
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:50
The Laurie Bower Singers	Cotton Jenny	Morning Has Broken	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	At the Ports of Call	02:34
Peter Appleyard	Hells Bells	The Vibraphone Of	01:46
Moe Koffman	Trains and Boats and Planes	Goes Electric	02:48
Compilation	Jim Pirie - We'll Walk Together	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:02
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadiana 67	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:04
Lucio Agostini	Hoedown	Action With Agostini	02:28
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Up, Up & Away	The Now Sound	03:01
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Rey	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
Lenny Breau	Anytime (Herbert Lawson)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Out Here On My Own	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
Paul Hoffert	Lover Man	The Jazz Roots of	11:00
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Rag Medley (Rogers)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:00
Joyce Sullivan	Speak Low	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:17
Peter Appleyard	Sleep	The Vibraphone Of	01:56
Lucio Agostini	Tico-Tico	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:35
Jimmy Namaro	Late Late Blues	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:30
Guido Basso	Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:21
Ben McPeek	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
Guido Basso	Embraceable You	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:13
Russ Little	Midnight Sun	Footwork	06:23
The Laurie Bower Singers	Hold On to a Little Bit of Love	Morning Has Broken	02:18
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Scarboro Fair (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	02:29
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	Crooked Mile	Wish I Was A Plane	02:43
Moe Koffman	Backbone Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:21
Lucio Agostini	Skiing in Québec	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:30
Jerry Toth	The Worst That Could Happen	The Music Of	02:34
Russ Little	Speedball	Slow Burn	04:15
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!)	Now!	04:46
2B3	Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest	The Toronto Sessions	03:50
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love	02:41
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Thorn In My Shoe	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:34
The Mutual Understanding	Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion	In Wonderland	02:32
Ben McPeek	Keyboard Grease	Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease	02:31
Rick Wilkins	Sometimes When We Touch	For the Sake of Music	03:10
Moe Koffman	Overture To Spring (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	03:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Glitter Queen	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	Daniel	Wish I Was A Plane	03:17
Peter Appleyard	Streets of London	ST	03:31
Teddy Roderman	Niagara	Makin' It With You	02:10
Hagood Hardy	Will You Still be Mine?	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:13
Phil Nimmons Group	Jasper	Take 10	03:49
Lenny Breau	Bonaparte's Retreat (King & Stewart)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:02
John Arpin	Excelsior Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:06
Terry Watada	3439 North Sheffield	Night's Disgrace	06:08
Eugene Amaro	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz	His Girl	02:10
Russ Little	Song for My Father	On the Shoulders of Giants	05:24
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Adios Muchachos	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:59
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Reminiscing	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:08
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out	+ Horn = Dixie	03:17
The Mutual Understanding	When The World Was Young	In Wonderland	03:49

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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