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
Ivy Steel	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Cast Your Fate	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:02
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	At the Ports of Call	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just To Be Alone With You	You	02:39
Rick Wilkins	Emotion	For the Sake of Music	03:28
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:54
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Moonlight Serenade	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:13
Lucio Agostini	Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:14
Johnny Cowell	Stay With Me	The Tender Loving Care	02:11
Ben McPeek	Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:31
Johnny Cowell	Antigua	It's Gotta Be Love	02:08
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Paul Zaza	Swallow Flight	Images	03:45
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues	Strictly Nimmons	02:59
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Hey Jude (Lennon-McCartney)	Now!	05:04
Moe Koffman	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Goes Electric	02:43
Peter Appleyard	Sophisticated Lady	ST	02:42
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
Lenny Breau	Hard Day's Night	Guitar Sounds From	04:12
Lucio Agostini	Tico-Tico	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:35
Hagood Hardy	Winter Time	The Christmas Album	02:19
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Baby I'm a Want You	Montage	04:24
Lenny Breau	A Taste of Honey	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:30
Paul Hoffert	Growing Up	The Jazz Roots of	05:13
Guido Basso	My Ideal	One More for the Road	02:00
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Teddy Roderman	Measure The Valleys	Makin' It With You	02:41
John Arpin	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
Moe Koffman	Nature's Banquet (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	07:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Guitar Man	Wish I Was A Plane	03:19
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Moon River	Toronto Instrumental	02:13
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Decorated My Life	When You Say Goodbye	03:38
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Think I'd Call It Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:00
John Arpin	The Way We Were	Direct to Disc	03:08
Compilation	Eve Smith - I Care	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:13
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks	Strictly Nimmons	03:38
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I Say A Little Prayer For You	The Now Sound	02:49
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Johnny Cowell	Marcella	It's Gotta Be Love	02:22
Ben McPeek	Everything's Alright	Peace Train	02:46
Moe Koffman	Cantelope Island	Moe's Curried Soul	06:56
Peter Appleyard	The Blue Room	The Vibe Sound Of	02:35
Norman Amadio Trio	The Very Thought of You	ST	03:07
Bill Butler	Summertime	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Norman Amadio Trio	Lullaby of the Leaves	ST	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Do Something Nice Today!	03:14
Moe Koffman	The Storm (Presto)	The Four Seasons	01:54
Rick Wilkins	Junk	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:58
Jimmy Namaro	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
Compilation	Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:53
Joyce Sullivan	Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:21
Denny Vaughan	Love Me Tender	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:44
Moe Koffman	Up, Up and Away	Turned on	02:28
Jerry Toth	The Last Rhapsody	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:43
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Jimmy Namaro	Man of La Mancha	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:04
Jimmy Namaro	I Wanna Know	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:37
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Compilation	Dave Young & Oscar Peterson - OP&D	Jazz Toronto	05:45
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Kiss Me in the Rain	It Goes Like It Goes	04:01
Ron Collier Tentet	I Feel Pretty	ST	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	50 Ways	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:31
Jimmy Dale	My Reverie	Profiles	03:57
Rick Wilkins	Holiday	Discovery	03:18
Johnny Cowell	Pretty Girl	Our Winter Love	02:09
Lucio Agostini	Prairie Boy	Action With Agostini	03:29
Jimmy Namaro	Carnival Brasiliero	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	El Condor Pasa	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:40
Peter Appleyard	Ben	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:17
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening	02:32
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
Rick Wilkins	Together	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:59
Jerry Toth	The Singer	The Twelve Sides Of	02:11
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
Terry Watada	Jazz On a Rainy Day	Night's Disgrace	03:37
Guido Basso	Embraceable You	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:13
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Invitation	And I Love Her	02:25
Denny Vaughan	Lonely Evening Time	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:13
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Jackie Richardson	You've Got to Give Me Room	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:31
Joyce Sullivan	Say it Isn't So	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Here's That Rainy Day	Feelin'	02:13
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How Insensitive	Montage	03:38
The Mutual Understanding	Show Me Your Laughter	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:41
Peter Appleyard	A Face Like Yours	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:58
Terry Watada	The Hawk Cries a Bitter Blue	Night's Disgrace	05:53
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp	Strictly Nimmons	06:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Daniel	Wish I Was A Plane	03:17
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	01:04
Teddy Roderman	A Gliss to Build a Gleam On	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:55
Tommy Ambrose	While We're Young	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:53
Jimmy Namaro	Similau	With Mallets A 4 Thought	04:20
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Petite Waltz	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
Doug Randle	Song for the Middle Aged	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:06

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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