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
Guido Basso White Christmas Christmas Today
Compilation Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut Motorcars In Concert 1970
Ben McPeek Blue Cha Cha His Voices and His Orchestra
Denny Vaughan Can't Help Falling in Love With You A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Moe Koffman The Swingin' Shepherd Blues Cool and Hot Sax
Lenny Breau Freight Train Guitar Sounds From
Jackie Richardson Green Lies and Man Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Candida It's Impossible
Rick Wilkins Amarillo My Heart Belongs to Me
Jackie Richardson Me? Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Ivy Steel Prelude to a Kiss Reincarnation
Eugene Amaro Afterglow Warm
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Fair Wind Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Bill Badgley Moonlight Sonata Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Paul Zaza Canon in D Images
Ben McPeek Only God Knows Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
Jerry Toth A Rock Madrigal For Mehitabel The Twelve Sides Of
Rick Wilkins Junk My Heart Belongs to Me
Knights of the Round Flugel Walkin' On New Grass (Ray Pennington) Bye Bye Love
Henry Cuesta Me And You And A Dog Named Boo Plays Favourites
Johnny Cowell Walk Hand in Hand Our Winter Love
The Laurie Bower Singers Rainy Day People Got a Feelin' for Love
Hagood Hardy If I Had Nothing But a Dream Reflections
Denny Vaughan Happy Days Are Here Again Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 5th movement Transformations - Invocations
The Laurie Bower Singers Nine to Five It Goes Like It Goes
Bill Butler I'll Remember April The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Bali Ha'I ST
Lucio Agostini Brazil Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Wave Do Something Nice Today!
The Laurie Bower Singers Take The Long Way Home When You Say Goodbye
Johnny Cowell Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Ed Bickert Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye Baby
Boogus Cow Cow Boogie CBC Comp 403 comp
Jackie Richardson I'm In Love Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jimmy Namaro Sonny’s Daze Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Jimmy Dale Could it be Magic Profiles
Ivy Steel Willow Weep for Me Reincarnation
Yorkville Avenue Band All of You "Moving Day"
The Laurie Bower Singers Out Here On My Own It Goes Like It Goes
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Lenny Breau The Claw The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Ben McPeek American Woman Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Hagood Hardy Wintertime The Homecoming
John Arpin Kansas City Stomps Other Side Of Ragtime
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 3rd movement Transformations - Invocations
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
John Arpin Love and Maple Syrup Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Carol McCartney The Shadow of Your Smile A Night in Tunisia
The Laurie Bower Singers Do You Know Got a Feelin' for Love
Hagood Hardy & the Montage If Montage
Jerry Toth Gymnopedie The Classic Jerry Toth
The Brian Browne Trio After Midnight Toronto Instrumental
Peter Appleyard This Masquerade ST
Johnny Cowell Runnin' Away Hot Brass
Guido Basso Mia Mia It's Happening (re-issue)
Guido Basso Lush Life A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Paul Zaza Sailing High Images
Bill Butler Spring Will be a Little Late This Year The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Paul Zaza Mellow Moments Coasting (with Isaacs)
Denny Vaughan My Cherie Amour Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Bill Butler 18th Variation from Rapsodie on a Theme of Paganini (Theme from "A Story of Three Loves") Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Compilation Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha Motorcars In Concert 1970
Hagood Hardy Something in Your Smile Stop 33 Sutton Place
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra I Love You And I Love Her
Moe Koffman Hey There Cool and Hot Sax
The Laurie Bower Singers Ready To Take A Chance You
Ben McPeek Undun Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil) Now!
Johnny Cowell Stardust The Virtuoso Trumpet
Johnny Cowell Dreams Of A Lonely Man His Girl
Guido Basso The Good Life One More for the Road
Pete Schofield and the Canadians If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Do Something Nice Today!
Bill Badgley In the Arms of Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Paul Zaza Mimosa Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Jimmy Namaro Climax We Gotta Get It All Together
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Jackie Richardson The Lies of Handsome Men Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Lenny Breau Minors Aloud Minor's Aloud
Colina Phillips Never Had it So Good Toronto Vocalist
The Laurie Bower Singers Sir Duke Looks Like We Made It
Pete Schofield and the Canadians The Look Of Love The Now Sound
Moe Koffman Darktown Strutters Ball Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Paul Zaza Flutey Fuge Faces and Places
Ron Collier Tentet Fair Wind ST
John Arpin Great Scott Rag Concert In Ragtime
Ed Bickert Street of Dreams I Like To Recognize the Tune
The Laurie Bower Singers A Love Song Laurie Bower
Hagood Hardy Winter Time The Christmas Album
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
The Brian Browne Trio Careless Love The Toronto Scene
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Up, Up & Away The Now Sound
The Mutual Understanding You Fascinate Me In Wonderland
Compilation Snowmen Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Jimmy Dale Touch Her Soft Lips Profiles
Eugene Amaro Girl From Ipanema The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Jimmy Namaro Nothing in This World (Compares With You) With Mallets A 4 Thought
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 1st movement Transformations - Invocations
Don Thompson 'D.T.' One Cylinder Bluesprint

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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