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
Lenny Breau	That's All	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:53
Paul Zaza	Lake Louise	Images	03:02
Henry Cuesta	Glamorous Night	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Sailin' Home	Sailin' Home	04:15
Ben McPeek	Thinking of You	Thinking of You	02:15
Swing Sisters	I Believe In Miracles	Davenport Blues	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Importance of the Rose	Feelin'	02:07
Hagood Hardy	You and Me Against the World	The Homecoming	03:31
Moe Koffman	L'il Bitty Pretty One	Moe's Curried Soul	03:56
Phil Nimmons Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27
Paul Zaza	The Magic Island	Images	02:51
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadows	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:12
Johnny Cowell	A Season For My Love	His Girl	02:19
Lenny Breau	New York City	Mo' Breau	05:04
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:15
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Espresso	Sailin' Home	05:30
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
John Arpin	Cotton Jenny	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:14
Johnny Cowell	Angel of the Morning	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
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
Eugene Amaro	Am I Blue	Twilight Time	02:23
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Compilation	Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:00
Paul Hoffert	Growing Up	The Jazz Roots of	05:13
Ed Bickert	Manha de Carnaval	ST	09:46
Hagood Hardy	Afternoon in Venice	Maybe Tomorrow	02:16
Hagood Hardy	Beauty	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:18
Moe Koffman	Exodus	Tales of Koffman	04:29
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:21
Lucio Agostini	Coastin'	Action With Agostini	02:40
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
Eugene Amaro	Midnight Blue	Twilight Time	02:53
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - How Insensitive	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:29
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Watermelon Man	The Now Sound	03:03
Jimmy Namaro	Venezuela	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:04
Terry Watada	Yellow Fever	Yellow Fever	03:59
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	I Enjoy Being a Girl	And I Love Her	02:07
Jimmy Namaro	Too Marvellous For Words	At the Westbury	02:05
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
Peter Appleyard	Wave	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:27
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Moonlight Serenade	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:13
The Laurie Bower Singers	It Goes Like It Goes	It Goes Like It Goes	03:40
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
Guido Basso	Windmills of Your Mind	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Got A Feelin'	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:32
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - Just Us, Just Fun, Just Kicks	Strictly Nimmons	03:38
Guido Basso	Take the 'A' Train	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
Jerry Toth	I Am In Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:24
Hagood Hardy	Jingle Bells	The Christmas Album	02:07
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Delta Dawn	Do Something Nice Today!	02:35
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out	+ Horn = Dixie	03:17
Lucio Agostini	World of Music	Action With Agostini	02:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're The One That I Want	You	02:44
Moe Koffman	Pretzel Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	A Garden in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:09
Johnny Cowell	Arioso	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:00
Hagood Hardy	Clouds	The Homecoming	03:34
Jimmy Namaro	Nothing in This World (Compares With You)	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:37
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I'll be Waiting	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:05
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Teddy Roderman	Measure The Valleys	Makin' It With You	02:41
The Laurie Bower Singers	El Condor Pasa	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:40
Hagood Hardy	Let Me Love Again	As Time Goes By	03:52
Jimmy Namaro	On a Little Street in Singapore	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:47
Compilation	Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:42
Yorkville Avenue Band	Moving Day	"Moving Day"	03:10
Tommy Ambrose	Time After Time	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:05
Hagood Hardy	Something in Your Smile	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:44
Dr. Music	Too High	Doug Riley Transcription	04:40
Jimmy Namaro	Anna Maria Waltz	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:17
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Lucio Agostini	Centipediantics	Action With Agostini	02:53
The Mutual Understanding	Little Girl Blue	In Wonderland	03:29
Moe Koffman	Hey There	Cool and Hot Sax	03:42
Doug Randle	Batteries Not Included	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:47
Henry Cuesta	Way Down Deep	Plays Favourites	02:06
Denny Vaughan	Ramona	Girls I Knew	02:04
Jerry Toth	Little Boy Blue	The Twelve Sides Of	02:33
Rick Wilkins	Tomorrow	For the Sake of Music	02:40
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
Denny Vaughan	The French Song	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Too Much Is On The Line	When You Say Goodbye	03:49
Paul Zaza	Swallow Flight	Images	03:45
Ben McPeek	Get Out of Town	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	Daniel	Wish I Was A Plane	03:17
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Johnny Cowell	Roller Coaster	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:09
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wolverine Blues	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:42
Denny Vaughan	Cheerful Little Earful	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	02:15
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Winchester Cathedral	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:22
Jimmy Namaro	Stranger in Paradise	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:43
2B3	Doug Riley, Michael Fonfara - Steel Onions	The Toronto Sessions	05:39
Hogtown Trumpets	Ludwig's Bugle	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:14
Henry Cuesta	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43

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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