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
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - What Now My Love	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:26
Rick Wilkins	Holiday	Discovery	03:18
Hagood Hardy	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Hagood Hardy	No Good On My Own	As Time Goes By	03:31
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
The Brian Browne Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
Johnny Cowell	Goodbye My Love	The Tender Loving Care	02:04
Teddy Roderman	The Green Grass Starts To Grow	Makin' It With You	02:14
Johnny Cowell	I've Gotta Feeling	Hot Brass	01:49
Moe Koffman	High Heeled Sneakers	Moe's Curried Soul	03:49
Tommy Ambrose	That's the Way it Was	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	02:46
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Johnny Cowell	Don't Mention My Name	Hot Brass	01:56
Bill Butler	Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:22
Hagood Hardy	Reunion (Theme from Rituals)	Tell Me My Name	03:18
John Arpin	Bird-Brain Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:08
Henry Cuesta	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Back Home Again	Back Home Again	03:29
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - Stompin' at the Savoy	CBC Comp 409	02:41
Rick Wilkins	Quiescence	For the Sake of Music	02:59
Guido Basso	Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans)	Lost in the Stars	06:25
Denny Vaughan	I Love You Because	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:41
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Gitana	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:23
Hagood Hardy	It's Not Unusual	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:00
Paul Zaza	Flight to the Sun	Faces and Places	04:06
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 3 Grave	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:53
Lenny Breau	Killer Joe	Minor's Aloud	06:12
Tony Quarrington	Savannah (For South Africa)	One Bright Morning	13:24
Norman Amadio Trio	Blues For Yna Yna	ST	02:31
Phil Nimmons Group	Squeeze Play	Take 10	03:58
Doug Riley	Hymn to Freedom	Freedom	04:50
Paul Hoffert	Lover Man	The Jazz Roots of	11:00
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Yorkville Avenue Band	St. Louis Blues	"Moving Day"	03:13
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Norman Amadio Trio	Oh Lady Be Good	ST	02:49
Tommy Ambrose	This Song Is Ended	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:18
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
Terry Watada	The Hawk (Reprise)	Night's Disgrace	02:08
Hagood Hardy	Winter Wonderland	The Christmas Album	02:36
Eugene Amaro	Afterglow	Warm	03:38
Jackie Richardson	Too Beautiful to Know	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:56
Eugene Amaro	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	She's Always A Woman	You	03:37
Eugene Amaro	People	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:43
Rick Wilkins	Summer Song	For the Sake of Music	03:34
Denny Vaughan	Theme from "The Killer of Kildonan"	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Go To Rio	It Goes Like It Goes	03:24
Moe Koffman	In the Mood	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:09
Rick Wilkins	Ballad for Carolyn	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:48
Moe Koffman	Nature's Banquet (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	07:45
Compilation	Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:42
Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill)	Lost in the Stars	06:08
The Mutual Understanding	When The World Was Young	In Wonderland	03:49
Jackie Richardson	I Alone	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:27
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me	ST	04:33
Phil Nimmons Group	Blue Lou	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Lenny Breau	Music to Watch Girls By	Guitar Sounds From	04:29
Don Gillis	Baby It's Alright	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:10
Hagood Hardy	When We Were Young	As Time Goes By	03:04
Rick Wilkins	My Heart Belongs to Me	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:16
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Goes Electric	02:51
Tony Quarrington	Hi Lilly Hi Lo	One Bright Morning	06:03
Hagood Hardy	If I Had Nothing But a Dream	Reflections	02:51
Doug Riley	Dinosaurus	Freedom	04:44
Johnny Cowell	The Swagger O' The Kilt	His Girl	02:12
Jimmy Namaro	We Could Make Such Beautiful Music	Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music	02:55
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Compilation	Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:00
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Jerry Toth	If We Try	The Twelve Sides Of	03:04
Rick Wilkins	Somewhere Along the Way	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:57
Moe Koffman	Monks Monastery	Tales of Koffman	02:55
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Blue Velvet	The Old Meets the New	02:49
Teddy Roderman	Watching Scotty Grow	Makin' It With You	02:21
John Arpin	Centennial Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:21
Compilation	Jerry Toth - But for Love	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:29
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	I Love You	And I Love Her	02:27
Compilation	Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:12
Peter Appleyard	Why Don't You Do Right	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:35
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Song And Dance	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	09:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Simple Song	Back Home Again	02:20
Paul Zaza	Malaguena	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:51
Ben McPeek	Keyboard Grease	Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease	02:31
Doug Crosley	Sing a Happy Song (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	04:01
Compilation	Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River	Jazz Toronto	03:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just To Be Alone With You	You	02:39
Hagood Hardy	Jennifer's Song	The Homecoming	02:45
Moe Koffman	Windy	Turned on	02:35
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - The Dreamer	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:50
Norman Amadio Trio	Mein Shtetele Belz	ST	02:13
The Laurie Bower Singers	You	You	03:15
Hagood Hardy	Promenade	Reflections	03:09
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Hagood Hardy	Travellin' On	The Homecoming	03:04
Guido Basso	Last Night When We Were Young	One More for the Road	04:58
Rick Wilkins	Savin' it Up	Discovery	03:46
The Mutual Understanding	Little Girl Blue	In Wonderland	03:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sweet Ginger Bread Man	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:52

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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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