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
The Brian Browne Trio	Waltzing Matilda	The Toronto Scene	04:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We?	Feelin'	01:59
Denny Vaughan	I Love You Because	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:41
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - This Can't Be Love	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Find a Sad Song	Back Home Again	03:00
Guido Basso	Cuminha Cruzado	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:45
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canada	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	02:23
Lucio Agostini	St. Thomas	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:17
John Arpin	Jenny's Tune	Direct to Disc	02:54
Terry Watada	Crazy Love	Night's Disgrace	05:32
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	I Enjoy Being a Girl	And I Love Her	02:07
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Teddy Roderman	The Happening	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:21
Compilation	On a Wonderful Day Like Today (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:19
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
Compilation	Billy Van - Kiss The Wind	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:18
Moe Koffman	Lord Have Mercy	Goes Electric	02:24
Peter Appleyard	Flamingo	The Vibraphone Of	02:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	Out Here On My Own	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
Kathryn Moses	Oleo	ST	04:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	You	You	03:15
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Dolly Medley (Herman)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	03:11
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Jimmy Namaro	Tahiti Boat	Driftwood	02:39
Lenny Breau	Bonaparte's Retreat (King & Stewart)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:02
Johnny Cowell	Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:15
Jimmy Dale	Bye Bye	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Peter Appleyard	The Blue Room	The Vibe Sound Of	02:35
Bill Badgley	Theme from the Sand Pebbles	At the Ports of Call	02:18
Guido Basso	Christina	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:44
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning	Montage	02:57
Peter Appleyard	Happiness is a Thing Called Joe	The Vibraphone Of	02:59
John Arpin	Dead Man Blues	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:04
Peter Appleyard	Mambo #V	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:28
Johnny Cowell	Stawberry Jam	His Girl	02:04
Ivy Steel	Willow Weep for Me	Reincarnation	04:44
Doug Riley	Roads Travelled & Days Gone By	Freedom	04:54
Denny Vaughan	Have You Ever Been Lonely?	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:37
Doug Randle	A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:09
Bill Badgley	All	At the Ports of Call	01:58
Lenny Breau	A Taste of Honey	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	Una Paloma	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:23
Jimmy Namaro	Bossa Nova Para Que Jaime	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:33
Tony Quarrington	You Stepped Out of a Drink	One Bright Morning	07:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	What is Christmas	Danielle b/w What is Christmas	01:39
Doug Crosley	Somewhere, Sometime (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Ben McPeek	Fascinating Rhythm	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:05
Guido Basso	Let It Snow	Christmas Today	02:47
Moe Koffman	Swingin' Explorer	Goes Electric	02:43
Jimmy Dale	Till the End of Time	Profiles	02:40
The Laurie Bower Singers	When You Say Goodbye	When You Say Goodbye	03:56
Peter Appleyard	The Linconshire Poacher	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Hagood Hardy	I'll Remember You	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:10
Hagood Hardy	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning)	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love	03:06
Joyce Sullivan	I'll Give My Love an Apple	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:19
Johnny Cowell	I've Gotta Feeling	Hot Brass	01:49
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	Montage	03:19
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
Eugene Amaro	I'll Follow The Sun	Warm	02:44
Hagood Hardy	Maybe Tomorrow	Maybe Tomorrow	02:56
Hagood Hardy	I'll Take Love	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love	02:30
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:54
Terry Watada	Rose of St. Urbain	Night's Disgrace	04:33
Jerry Toth	Portrait of Caroline	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:34
Moe Koffman	Coaster	Cool and Hot Sax	04:03
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Hey Jude (Lennon-McCartney)	Now!	05:04
Rick Wilkins	Without Your Love	Discovery	03:18
Johnny Cowell	(These Are) The Young Years	Our Winter Love	02:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Christmas is for Children	Christmas is for Children b/w What is Christmas (Pop Style)	01:59
Guido Basso	The Continental (Con Conrad)	Lost in the Stars	06:00
Teddy Roderman	Autumn Concerto	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:43
Phil Nimmons Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27
Guido Basso	Fascinating Rhythm	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	03:43
Lenny Breau	Marlborough Street	Mo' Breau	02:06
Paul Zaza	Beautiful People	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
Guido Basso	Polka Dots & Moonbeams	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	04:34
Norman Amadio Trio	Blues For Yna Yna	ST	02:31
Hagood Hardy	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	The Christmas Album	01:43
Wally Koster	The More I See You	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:20
Johnny Cowell	Darling Mama	His Girl	02:22
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End	Laurie Bower	02:42
Peter Appleyard	The Man That Got Away	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:37
Rick Wilkins	Portrait of a Young Lady	Discovery	03:09
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	At the Ports of Call	03:00
Johnny Cowell	Valley of the Six Hundred	It's Gotta Be Love	02:06
Pat Riccio	Michelle (Lennon-McCartney)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:40
Jerry Toth	"Odd Couple" Theme	The Music Of	02:46
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	I Love You	And I Love Her	02:27
Paul Zaza	Fine and Dandy	Faces and Places	02:31
Moe Koffman	Growing Up	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Minor Mode	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:47
John Arpin	Bill Bailey	Concert In Ragtime	03:21
Rick Wilkins	Let Me be the One	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:31
Peter Appleyard	Soft Summer Breeze	The Vibraphone Of	01:59

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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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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