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
Compilation Hogtown Hoe-Down Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Guido Basso Last Night When We Were Young One More for the Road
The Laurie Bower Singers Sweet Ginger Bread Man Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Johnny Cowell Genevieve The Tender Loving Care
Johnny Cowell Theme from Zorba (Herb Alpert) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Teddy Roderman Mississippi Stay Awhile
Dr. Music Bright Lights Doug Riley Transcription
Paul Zaza Warm Breezes Coasting (with Isaacs)
Lenny Breau New York City Mo' Breau
Compilation Fifes and Feathers Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Moe Koffman Cloud Nine The Shepherd Swings Again
Hagood Hardy Don't Give up on Us Tell Me My Name
Hagood Hardy Beauty Stop 33 Sutton Place
Lucio Agostini Voyageur Canoe Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Guido Basso Noelle Love Talk
Johnny Cowell Roller Coaster The Virtuoso Trumpet
Phil Nimmons Group Chim chim cheree Mary Popppins Swings
Jimmy Dale Till the End of Time Profiles
Ben McPeek Early Autumn His Voices and His Orchestra
Yorkville Avenue Band Watcha' Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Round "Moving Day"
Lenny Breau That's All The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Phil Nimmons Group A Spoonful of Sugar Mary Popppins Swings
Teddy Roderman Measure The Valleys Makin' It With You
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Jerry Toth Pieces Of Dreams The Twelve Sides Of
Doug Randle Colored Plastics Songs for the New Industrial State
Moe Koffman Mein Shtetel Belz Tales of Koffman
Teddy Roderman Lovers Roulette Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Teddy Roderman It's Impossible Makin' It With You
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Destino And I Love Her
Eugene Amaro Am I Blue Twilight Time
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Jimmy Namaro Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Paul Zaza High Spirits Faces and Places
The Laurie Bower Singers Brand New Key Morning Has Broken
John Arpin Cotton Jenny Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Cast Your Fate The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Hagood Hardy Love of Life Tell Me My Name
The Mutual Understanding Look Around In Wonderland
Jimmy Dale On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Profiles
Denny Vaughan Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Love Will Turn You Around Laurie Bower
Ben McPeek Mame The Original Sounds of
Bill Badgley Lady At the Ports of Call
Jimmy Namaro Afro-Rock We Gotta Get It All Together
The Laurie Bower Singers You're Driving Me Crazy Feelin'
Jimmy Dale Alone Again, Naturally Toronto Instrumental
Ed Bickert Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye Baby
Johnny Cowell Sangre De Toro Bravo The Virtuoso Trumpet
Dr. Music Pastorale Doug Riley Transcription
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Mike Fright Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Moe Koffman The Calm (Adagio) The Four Seasons
Peter Appleyard Happiness is a Thing Called Joe The Vibraphone Of
Jimmy Namaro Lamento Marimba Driftwood
Denny Vaughan Dominion Square A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Jimmy Dale Strange Music Profiles
Lucio Agostini Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
The Laurie Bower Singers Pussywillow Cat-tails Morning Has Broken
Ben McPeek Talk It Over In The Morning Peace Train
Rick Wilkins If You Remember Me Discovery
The Laurie Bower Singers Guitar Man Wish I Was A Plane
Jackie Richardson If I Could Only Sleep Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Compilation Bill Badgley - Walk On By Motorcars In Concert 1970
Terry Watada Crying the Blues Away Yellow Fever
The Laurie Bower Singers I Go To Rio It Goes Like It Goes
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Sleeping Beauty Waltz Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Henry Cuesta Help Me Make It Through The Night Plays Favourites
Doug Randle London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Jackie Richardson Too Beautiful to Know Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Up, Up & Away The Now Sound
Denny Vaughan A Very Precious Love Girls I Knew
Paul Zaza Superstar Faces and Places
Ben McPeek Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars His Voices and His Orchestra
Paul Zaza Welcome Home Faces and Places
The Laurie Bower Singers Shadow Song Wish I Was A Plane
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues Strictly Nimmons
Ben McPeek American Woman Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Lucio Agostini Captain Bacardi Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
The Laurie Bower Singers Back Home Again Back Home Again
Teddy Roderman Niagara Makin' It With You
Tommy Ambrose Time After Time Young Tommy Ambrose
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Coasting (with Isaacs)
Guido Basso Love Talk Love Talk
Ed Bickert They All Laughed I Like To Recognize the Tune
Ben McPeek Someday Soon The Original Sounds of
Lucio Agostini Taxi Action With Agostini
Pete Schofield and the Canadians If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Do Something Nice Today!
Johnny Cowell Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
John Arpin Jenny's Tune Direct to Disc
Johnny Cowell Every Single Day The Tender Loving Care
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes We Gotta Get It All Together
Ed Bickert You’re In Love With Someone Bye Bye Baby
Bill Butler My Heart at thy Sweet Voice Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Colina Phillips River Jordan Toronto Vocalist
2B3 Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl The Toronto Sessions
Johnny Cowell Caesar's Palace Hot Brass
Guido Basso Two Bourees Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Colina Phillips Never Had it So Good Toronto Vocalist
Fred Stone Elissa The Music of Fred Stone

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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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

It's Gotta Be Love

Johnny Cowell / It's Gotta Be Love LABELS

Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love MINT BACK

Night's Disgrace

Yellow Fever

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 02

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 01

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace INLAY

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace BACK

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever LABELS

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever BACK

The Vibraphone Of

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of LABELS

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of BACK

Peter Appleyard Presents

Toronto Instrumental

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Vibe Sound Of

Per-cus-sive Jazz

ST

The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Doug Riley Transcription

Doug Riley

Freedom

Doug Riley Transcription BACK

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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