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
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Teddy Roderman	Lovers Roulette	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:54
Jimmy Namaro	Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha	Driftwood	02:54
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Laughter in the Rain	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:50
Terry Watada	Only Dreams	Night's Disgrace	04:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Looks Like We Made It	Looks Like We Made It	03:39
Eugene Amaro	Midnight Blue	Twilight Time	02:53
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Jerry Toth	Last Tango In Paris	The Twelve Sides Of	02:38
Doug Riley	Roads Travelled & Days Gone By	Freedom	04:54
Jimmy Namaro	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
Phil Nimmons Group	Who Walks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:16
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:34
Rick Wilkins	You Can Have Me Anytime	Discovery	03:28
Jimmy Dale	Strange Music	Profiles	03:29
Lenny Breau	I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Way I Want	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Una Paloma	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:23
Hagood Hardy	White Christmas	The Christmas Album	04:09
Boogus	Gemini Rag	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:37
Guido Basso	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Christmas Today	02:39
Henry Cuesta	Lonely Girl	Clarinet With Strings	02:29
Lucio Agostini	Captain Bacardi	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:34
Hagood Hardy	Don't Give up on Us	Tell Me My Name	02:52
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Midnight Bells	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:22
Johnny Cowell	Sangre De Toro Bravo	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:28
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
Moe Koffman	Mein Shtetel Belz	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Collage #3	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	02:51
Hagood Hardy	Wintertime	The Homecoming	02:20
Hagood Hardy	Jingle Bells	The Christmas Album	02:07
John Arpin	Troubadour Rag (1919)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:16
John Arpin	Laughter in the Rain	Direct to Disc	02:50
Peter Appleyard	'S Wonderful	The Vibe Sound Of	02:18
Fred Stone	For Igor	The Music of Fred Stone	07:46
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Fair Wind	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	03:37
The Laurie Bower Singers	Battle Of New Orleans	Wish I Was A Plane	02:54
Denny Vaughan	Judy	Girls I Knew	02:24
Johnny Cowell	Road of Love	Our Winter Love	02:22
Denny Vaughan	Lonely Evening Time	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:13
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Too Late Now	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:59
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One Long Song	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:52
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Denny Vaughan	Ain't We Got Fun	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:57
Eugene Amaro	Blame It On My Youth	Warm	03:04
Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill)	Lost in the Stars	06:08
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Aurora Borealis	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	10:16
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Denny Vaughan	May All Your Troubles be Little Ones	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	02:36
Rick Wilkins	Weekend in New England	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:38
Phil Nimmons Group	Chim chim cheree	Mary Popppins Swings	03:55
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Lance Anderson - Magic Carpet Ride	The Toronto Sessions	06:38
Jimmy Namaro	We Three	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
Compilation	Season of the Yonge	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:07
Bill Badgley	All	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:57
Doug Crosley	Pisces Child (Dolores Claman)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
Bill Butler	Chopin Nocturne In E Flat	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:35
Bill Butler	Canadian Sunset	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:05
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Johnny Cowell	Freeze!	Our Winter Love	02:07
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Georgy Girl	The Now Sound	02:24
Eugene Amaro	I Found My Love Last Summer	Warm	03:38
Jimmy Dale	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Profiles	03:29
Paul Zaza	Blue Lagoon	Images	02:33
Guido Basso	Lush Life	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:26
Eugene Amaro	Twilight Time	Twilight Time	02:45
Hagood Hardy	Promenade	Reflections	03:09
Guido Basso	What a Friend	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:31
John Arpin	Great Scott Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:25
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	My Love	Montage	02:26
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wish I Was A Plane	Wish I Was A Plane	02:50
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rock With You	When You Say Goodbye	03:18
Herb Marshall	Make it With You (David Gates - Bread)	Toronto Vocalist	01:48
Jimmy Dale	Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Moe Koffman	Battering Ram	Goes Electric	02:34
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	At the Ports of Call	02:04
Paul Zaza	Fandango	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Compilation	Ken Steele - Gently	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:31
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
Hagood Hardy	Folks Who Live on the Hill	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:10
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl	The Toronto Sessions	05:09
Hagood Hardy	You and Me Against the World	The Homecoming	03:31
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening	02:21
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Moe Koffman	Cantelope Island	Moe's Curried Soul	06:56
Terry Watada	The 505	Night's Disgrace	04:17
Denny Vaughan	Let a Smile be Your Umbrella	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:51
Eugene Amaro	Send In The Clowns	Warm	03:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Go To Rio	It Goes Like It Goes	03:24
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Dig	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:00
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
Compilation	Jerry Toth - But for Love	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:29

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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