The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
Doug Randle Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Jimmy Dale Only Love Can Break Your Heart Toronto Instrumental
Guido Basso Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer) Lost in the Stars
John Arpin Efficiency Rag Concert In Ragtime
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When Ragtime Alex Plays the Humoresque (vocal by Trump Davidson) (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Hagood Hardy Joy, Joy The Christmas Album
Paul Zaza Sunday Morning Images
Johnny Cowell Lonely Trumpet The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Johnny Cowell Silver Thread & Golden Needles The Tender Loving Care
Jimmy Dale Strange Music Profiles
Ben McPeek American Woman Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Paul Zaza Warm Breezes Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Sanderlings Roller Coaster Ride (Bob Ruzicka) With The Jim Pirie Orchestra
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Rockin' Good Way Bluesprint
Compilation Episode 7-Oh! Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues for Someone Else Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Jimmy Namaro Soft Hands Driftwood
Hagood Hardy & the Montage The Garden Path Montage
Bill Butler Summertime The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Hagood Hardy Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home Tell Me My Name
Eugene Amaro I Just Fall In Love Again Warm
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Live & Let Die Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Herb Marshall Love Music (Sergio Mendez) Toronto Vocalist
Hagood Hardy Harlequin (A Time for Love) Reflections
Guido Basso Polka Dots & Moonbeams A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Bill Badgley Georgy Girl At the Ports of Call
Peter Appleyard Satin Doll The Vibe Sound Of
Guido Basso Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez) Lost in the Stars
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Not Soon Enough Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Eugene Amaro Twilight Time Twilight Time
Peter Appleyard Midnight Sun The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Ron Collier Tentet Lee's Lament ST
Don Gillis Lady Death Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction) Do Something Nice Today!
Yorkville Avenue Band Do it Again "Moving Day"
Moe Koffman Now is the Time Goes Electric
Guido Basso Do You Hear What I Hear? Christmas Today
Denny Vaughan Lonely Evening Time Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Cotton Jenny Morning Has Broken
Lenny Breau Scrapple From The Apple Minor's Aloud
Paul Zaza Guitarra Gitana Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Laurie Bower Singers Looks Like We Made It Looks Like We Made It
Peter Appleyard Moonlight Feels Right ST
Compilation Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas Motorcars In Concert 1970
Yorkville Avenue Band Moving Day "Moving Day"
Paul Zaza Wonderman Faces and Places
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow CBC Comp 409
John Arpin The Way We Were Direct to Disc
Rick Wilkins Holiday Discovery
Don Thompson 'D.T.' Just You, Just Me (vocals Dianne Brooks) Bluesprint
Ed Bickert Things Are Getting Better Bye Bye Baby
Jerry Toth Heather My Love The Twelve Sides Of
Phil Nimmons Group In a Minor Mode Nimmons 'N' Nine
Guido Basso What A Friend It's Happening
The Laurie Bower Singers Oh My Lady Wish I Was A Plane
Teddy Roderman Lovers Roulette Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Jimmy Namaro Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha Driftwood
Bill Badgley June Blue-Ribbon Badgley
The Brian Browne Trio Misty Roses Toronto Instrumental
Guido Basso Take the 'A' Train And All That Latin Jazz!
Guido Basso Lush Life A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Lenny Breau She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction) Do Something Nice Today!
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Fair Weather The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Henry Cuesta Proud Mary Plays Favourites
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Put Your Hand in the Hand
The Laurie Bower Singers If You Feel The Way I Do The Rose And The Rain
The Laurie Bower Singers Kiss Me in the Rain It Goes Like It Goes
Paul Zaza Blue Shadows Coasting (with Isaacs)
Compilation Billy Van - Single Moments 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Bill Badgley Moon Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Lucio Agostini Caramba (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Hagood Hardy It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else Tell Me My Name
Peter Appleyard Angel Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Rick Wilkins A Wish Away For the Sake of Music
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Blue Velvet The Old Meets the New
Don Gillis Baby It's Alright Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
The Laurie Bower Singers American Music Laurie Bower
Jimmy Namaro Lamento Marimba Driftwood
The Brian Browne Trio Toot That Whistle The Toronto Scene
Ivy Steel Easy Living Reincarnation
Paul Zaza Spring Song Faces and Places
Hagood Hardy The Homecoming The Homecoming
Peter Appleyard Why Don't You Do Right Per-cus-sive Jazz
Compilation Roy Patterson - Inland Passages Suite: Part II: The Road Song Jazz Toronto
Lenny Breau Music to Watch Girls By Guitar Sounds From
Jerry Toth Here There & Everywhere .. Albert Pratz violin solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado) ST
Henry Cuesta Forever April Clarinet With Strings
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Give Up On Us Baby Looks Like We Made It
Bill Butler My Heart at thy Sweet Voice Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Lucio Agostini The Partisan (Marley - Zaret) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Moe Koffman Darktown Strutters Ball Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Denny Vaughan Ramona Girls I Knew
Paul Hoffert Lover Man The Jazz Roots of
Johnny Cowell Every Single Day The Tender Loving Care
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Compilation Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Cast Your Fate to the Wind Montage

FEATURED

Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

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