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
Paul Zaza	Canon in D	Images	02:25
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
The Laurie Bower Singers	Una Paloma	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:23
Doug Crosley	Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:44
Jimmy Dale	Stranger in Paradise	Profiles	03:46
Teddy Roderman	Dance Of A Hip Gypsy	Makin' It With You	02:31
Eugene Amaro	In My Life (You Belong)	Twilight Time	02:50
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	The Getaway	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:27
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks	Strictly Nimmons	03:38
Moe Koffman	Flute Salad	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:38
Hagood Hardy	Words	Maybe Tomorrow	03:04
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz	His Girl	02:10
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Fair	Looks Like We Made It	03:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Hey Look	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:22
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
Henry Cuesta	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43
The Laurie Bower Singers	Angie Baby	Back Home Again	03:32
Guido Basso	Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour)	Lost in the Stars	04:51
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Hagood Hardy	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadows	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:12
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Bronze (The Contest)	Transformations - Invocations	08:32
Denny Vaughan	Miss Wistful	Girls I Knew	02:38
Hagood Hardy	Feelin' Good	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:14
Paul Hoffert	Growing Up	The Jazz Roots of	05:13
Rick Wilkins	Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars)	For the Sake of Music	03:59
Johnny Cowell	Dreams Of A Lonely Man	His Girl	02:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Peter Appleyard	Flamingo	The Vibraphone Of	02:36
The Mutual Understanding	Little Girl Blue	In Wonderland	03:29
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:22
Moe Koffman	Twistin' and Bumpin'	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:15
Henry Cuesta	Proud Mary	Plays Favourites	02:47
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Won't You Step Into My Life	Montage	02:27
Denny Vaughan	Can't Help Falling in Love With You	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:38
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Guantanamera	Montage	03:09
Tommy Ambrose	That's the Way it Was	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	02:46
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Maple Leaf Rag	+ Horn = Dixie	03:24
Robert Tennison Troupe	Cause You Are Here	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:38
Terry Watada	Crying the Blues Away	Yellow Fever	04:46
Jimmy Dale	Alone Again, Naturally	Toronto Instrumental	02:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	Is Someone Listening?	Morning Has Broken	02:18
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Look What They've Done to My Song	It's Impossible	02:34
Johnny Cowell	Goodbye My Love	The Tender Loving Care	02:04
Rick Wilkins	Savin' it Up	Discovery	03:46
Moe Koffman	Flute Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:10
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Fanny	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Candida	It's Impossible	03:08
Paul Hoffert	6 Bar Theme	The Jazz Roots of	05:23
Rick Wilkins	Lowdown	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:41
Ben McPeek	Mame	The Original Sounds of	03:04
Lucio Agostini	The Girls of Spain	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:28
Yorkville Avenue Band	Takin' Me Through the Night	"Moving Day"	03:31
Johnny Cowell	Stardust	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:44
John Arpin	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:08
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Cast Your Fate to the Wind	Montage	03:15
Guido Basso	You're Nearer	One More for the Road	06:03
Lucio Agostini	Sulkey Race	Action With Agostini	02:55
Moe Koffman	Goin' Out of My Head	Turned on	02:20
Johnny Cowell	(These Are) The Young Years	Our Winter Love	02:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Boney Fingers	Back Home Again	02:26
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:29
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:54
Teddy Roderman	Goodbye	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:24
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Goes Electric	02:51
Jimmy Namaro	Blues for Fives	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:22
Guido Basso	Take the 'A' Train	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
Doug Riley	Freedom	Freedom	04:34
Teddy Roderman	Beautiful Second Hand Man	Makin' It With You	02:34
Jimmy Dale	Night Song	Soft and Groovy	03:40
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
Eugene Amaro	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
Jerry Toth	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
Bill Butler	I'm Always Chasing Rainbows	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:54
Wally Koster	Sunset Waltz	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:46
Jimmy Namaro	Baia	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:04
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:40
Guido Basso	Dale be There	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:25
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
Ben McPeek	If Only We Could See	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:32
Peter Appleyard	Avalon	The Vibe Sound Of	02:33
Johnny Cowell	Just One More Time	His Girl	02:15
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Bye Bye Love	Laurie Bower	02:57
Eugene Amaro	Why Did I Choose You	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:27
The Laurie Bower Singers	Looks Like We Made It	Looks Like We Made It	03:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:40
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	My Best Girl	+ Horn = Dixie	03:31
Compilation	This Train	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:13
Jimmy Namaro	Yesterdays	At the Westbury	03:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:15
Doug Crosley	Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:47
Colina Phillips	River Jordan	Toronto Vocalist	03:05
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Adios Muchachos	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:59
Compilation	L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:17

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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